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[links] Link salad wonders about choirs of clouds
SF Airshow — This is some serious cool.
Jiffy Lube: 1904 — Steam locomotive pr0n from Shorpy. Mmmm.
Save Your Eyes: Use Your Goggles — Steampunk before steampunk was cool. Like 1936.
Wondermark on the difference between engineering and math
The dreaded vuvuzela claims its first victim — Soon they will stalk the night, their flat-toned hunting calls striking terror everywhere.
Why We Dream: Real Reasons Revealed — (Snurched from io9.com.)
Trees, Sky, Galactic Eye — This APOD photo functions on so many levels…
Handing Out The Car Keys — The Edge of the American West on WASPS, privilege and wisdom. Um, yeah.
The Thing About Dave, Cont. — Ta-Nehisi Coates with more on Dave Weigel. I was struck by this bit, near the end: It’s fun to be mean, and it makes your side howl–and sometimes it’s even necessary. But my game is as follows–stating my opinions directly, clearly and without equivocation and without undue malice. That’s pretty much what I was getting at in my post a while back on kindness in discourse. [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] Also, if you’re interested Ed Brayton and Keith Olbermann on the same topic.
?otD: Do you really want to go to heaven?
6/29/2010
Writing time yesterday: n/a
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 9.0 (solid)
This morning’s weigh-in: 225.4
Yesterday’s chemo stress index: 6/10 (GI follies)
Currently (re)reading: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Posted: 5:38 am Tue June 29 2010 |
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