“Astronautical”, a painting inspired in part by Mainspring — (Thanks to the artist.)

Fictional antedating of the marthambles — Language Log takes on Patrick O’Brian.

APOD with a photo of Hyperion, one of the moons of Saturn — It looks like a giant piece of coral to me. Very cool stuff.

Bendy gadget future for graphene — Mmm. Materials science. (Thanks to .)

Pro-abortion donuts — Nice to see that the quality of thinking on the American Right continues to be absymally ludicrous.

?otD: What did Delaware?

1/18/2009
Body movement: n/a – will be exercising later today
This morning’s weigh-in: 226.0 (! Which is just weird)
Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe