[photos] Your Tuesday moment of zen
Your Tuesday moment of zen.
Photographed in Portland, OR by Roadstars.
Posted: 3:17 am Tue August 25 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad goes walking in Omaha
Too Much Coffee Man writes a book — (Thanks to
The death of print? — James Gurney on Smithsonian‘s push for digital subscriptions.
Heroes from a future that never was — (Via Dark Roasted Blend.)
Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol Performs ‘Live’ Before 25,000 — Max Headroom, anyone? (Thanks to
Japanese Game Show MRI — And cross-dressing nurses! Um, yeah. (Thanks, I think, to
The Closest Dwarf — Centauri Dreams on close brown dwarfs.
A Touch of Ingenuity — An inexpensive pressure-sensitive pad could make surfaces smarter. Some cool UI stuff happening.
Haunted by Stalin’s Ghost — How Russia views its past. (Snurched from Scrivener’s Error.)
?otD: Since when?
8/25/2009
Body movement: 65 minute suburban walk (saw the owl, and a skunk)
This morning’s weigh-in: n/a (traveling)
Currently reading: The Real Wizard of Oz by Rebecca Loncraine; Acacia by David Anthony Durham
Posted: 2:58 am Tue August 25 2009 | Comments(0) |
[travel] And so I arrive in Omaha
Well, saw
In other news, I knocked out the first draft of a 4,700 word short story called “Mother Urban’s Booke of Dayes” for the Dark Faith anthology project. We’ll see if Maurice likes it. Also revised a shorter spec (meaning, no market waiting) piece entitled “Not Much of a War”, which is from the Flowers continuity, briefly concerning the further adventures of Jason, Kalliope and Onesiphorous. (It falls midway through Madness of Flowers.) Read
Huh, wonder why I’m tired?
Posted: 6:07 pm Mon August 24 2009 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Your Monday moment of zen
Your Monday moment of zen.
Photographed by me in Xi’an, China.
Posted: 6:33 am Mon August 24 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad lights out for Omaha
Sally Forth on movie remakes and rights releases — Heh.
The Mainzer Rad — Heraldric neepery and history of German microstates.
Quadrilingual Washlet Instructions — Hah! Longtime readers will recall my extensive toilet misadventures in Japan two years ago.
Morning glory clouds over Australia — In case you forgot that the earth is a fundamentally alien place.
Poll: Republicans Think Government Should Stay Out Of Medicare — Among Republicans, 62% say the government should stay out of Medicare, compared to only 24% of Democrats and 31% of independents who agree. How can you have a serious discussion about anything with people whose starting position on the matter is so profoundly counterfactual?
Justice too long delayed is justice denied — The Edge of the American West on Senator Lieberman comparing healthcare reform to Civil Rights legislation, and defending incrementalism by example. Do you really want to go there, Joe? Civil Rights incrementalism is not exactly a proud history for conservatives, or Americans in general.
?otD: Who put the Mon in the Monday?
8/24/2009
Body movement: n/a (traveling)
This morning’s weigh-in: 230.4 (yikes!)
Currently reading: The Real Wizard of Oz by Rebecca Loncraine
Posted: 6:29 am Mon August 24 2009 | Comments(9) |
[photos] Your Sunday moment of zen
Your Sunday moment of zen.
Photographed by me in Portland, OR.
Posted: 7:13 am Sun August 23 2009 | Comments(0) |
[travel] Heading back to Portland
Posted: 7:10 am Sun August 23 2009 | Comments(1) |
[calendula] The woman reads
She did a fabulous job. And this was her first reading and signing, ever. Mad props to the woman.
Posted: 7:00 pm Sat August 22 2009 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Your Saturday moment of zen
Your Saturday moment of zen.
Photographed by me in Portland, OR.
Posted: 5:27 am Sat August 22 2009 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad wakes up in Bellevue, WA
Gravitational Waves and their Limits — Centauri Dreams on some cool cosmology.
The Electric Acid Test — On the Isle of Man, the beginnings of a marketable electric motorcycle. This is a terrific narrative.
Obama’s Trust Problem — Krugman on Obama’s increasingly uneasy relationship with progressives. What he said.
Brewster Rockit spots the flaw in the healthcare “debate” — I’ve actually had people say to me, “I like the plan I have now, therefore we don’t need to change.” Um…
Making Light on the absurdity of “death panels” — Even by the routine standards of conservative lies, this one’s been a nonsensical whopper. Think about it people. If you opposed healthcare reform for reasons that made any sense, you might have more credibility. Being mad at Obamacare over “death panels” is like me being mad at former President Bush because of the role the State of Texas played in faking the moon landings.
More truly dumb conservative rhetoric — Strident anti-abortion Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann: “no certain circumstances will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions.” This lack of self-awareness borders on the pathological.
Posted: 5:25 am Sat August 22 2009 | Comments(0) |