[links] Link salad is profoundly irked at life
Dreamland: 1905 — Shorpy with a photo of the Dreamland Ballroom, Coney Island.
10 deadly do-it-yourself gadgets
A Sign? Man Bursts Into Flames at San Francisco Sex Shop
The Ox-Files: ‘Mass cow sacrifices by aliens’ sent White House into panic, FBI records reveal — Hahahahah. Uh, yeah.
Why Sarah Palin doesn’t get what she deserves — Interesting media perspective.
The case for rationing healthcare — Americans will have to decide what we can and cannot afford. I especially was struck by this bit: We want our doctors to go all-out for our loved ones and ourselves. But as voters and consumers, we send a different message. We pick politicians who promise to cut taxes, and we demand low-cost insurance. We’re telling government and the healthcare industry to hold the line on healthcare costs, even if it means sacrificing clinical benefits. And we put doctors in the middle of this contradiction.
?otD: Got cancer?
4/19/2011
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (cancer follies)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 6.25 hours (solid)
Weight: 246.6
Currently reading:
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea
Tags: California, Culture, healthcare, Links, media, Personal, Photos, Politics, sex, weird
Posted: 5:02 am Tue April 19 2011 | Comments(1) |
[personal|cancer] Oncology follow up appointment today
Not a lot to say. Just a lot to fear.
Tags: Cancer, health, Personal
Posted: 5:04 am Mon April 18 2011 | Comments(3) |
[photos] Your Monday moment of zen
Your Monday moment of zen.
House, Pomeroy, WA. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Tags: Photos, Washington, zen
Posted: 5:03 am Mon April 18 2011 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad considers cured meat
In which my Dad asks for a little help with some American social history: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Engineering the end: How planning for loss helped a family through it — Ah, cancer.
DIY Bacon Roses — Just because. (Via Miki.)
French school lunches — An amazing snippet of video… (Via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1)
willyumtx.)
Name of the Year — Heh.
A Gay Former N.B.A. Player Responds to Kobe Bryant — Yeah. I know. Me mentioning sports. But this is a gender (and to some degree, race) issue. Both of which I do care about.
The New Cold War — There has long been bad blood between Iran and Saudi Arabia, but popular protests across the Middle East now threaten to turn the rivalry into a tense and dangerous regional divide.
Neediest and sickest would pay the price under GOP budget plan — Mmm, compassionate conservatism on the march. You guys sure know how to make America proud.
?otD: Bacon or pancetta?
4/18/2011
Writing time yesterday: 1.0 hours (WRPA)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 5.75 hours (interrupted)
Weight: 247.0
Currently reading:
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea
Tags: Cancer, Culture, Food, France, Funny, gay, healthcare, Help, Iran, Language, Links, Personal, Politics, sports, Videos
Posted: 5:01 am Mon April 18 2011 | Comments(0) |
[help] American social history
My dad is doing some historical/genealogical research on our family, and is stumped by an item from the 1910 U.S. Census. He’s hoping someone out here in the blogosphere can shed some light. So far his Google fu has been inadequate.
Dad says:
Two men in their 40’s living together at time of 1910 census in New York. Both employed as silk finishers in a silk mill.
One is listed as head of household and single. He apparently remained single for his whole life.
The other is listed as “partner” and married – having been married 20 years.
Anyone understand the use of the term partner in the 1910 census?
Thanks!
Tags: family, Help, history
Posted: 7:18 pm Sun April 17 2011 | Comments(3) |
[child] The Child plays lacrosse
the_child in motion, which appears to be her natural state.
They won 8-4. She scored five of those goals, including two on run-ins from an interception. She is nothing like I was in my childhood. For which I say, good for her!
Photo © 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Tags: Child, Photos
Posted: 7:17 am Sun April 17 2011 | Comments(0) |
[conventions] Norwescon programming
My Norwescon schedule, for them what wants it:
| Friday |
| 4 pm |
Cascade 4 |
New Shared World Anthologies |
|
| Saturday |
| 3 pm |
Grand 2 |
Autograph Session 2 |
| 4 pm |
Cascade 5&6 |
The Best Writing Advice I Ever Received |
|
| Sunday |
| 11 am |
Cascade 8 |
Which Point of View Serves Your Story Best? |
| 1 pm |
Cascade 3 |
Jay Lake reads from his work |
Otherwise I will be generally around in the usual places.
Tags: Conventions, Seattle
Posted: 7:15 am Sun April 17 2011 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Your Sunday moment of zen
Your Sunday moment of zen.
Railroad car graffito, Washington State. © 2007, 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Tags: Art, Photos, zen
Posted: 7:13 am Sun April 17 2011 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad prepares to cook momos this afternoon
SF Signal reviews Green — With mixed enthusiasms.
Authors protest against BBC treatment of genre fiction
The Art of Flirting — Now being taught at Norwescon.
Does anyone want to be “well-read?” — Roger Ebert on literary fame.
Shakespeare Meets Abbott and Costello — An oldie but a goodie.
Mimetoliths — Art guru James Gurney with your word of the day.
The view from Everest — APOD strikes again.
Is Sitting a Lethal Activity? — Why people react differently to the same calorie intake.
Frozen remains help explain the life and eventual extinction of the woolly mammoth
What’s under Elmer’s Island? — BP and the Gulf oil spill.
Civility is the Last Refuge of Scoundrels — Republicans are [...] trying to use deficit concerns to push through their goal of dismantling the Great Society and if possible the New Deal; they have stated explicitly that they want to reduce taxes on high incomes to pre-New-Deal levels. And it’s an article of faith on their part that low taxes have magical effects on the economy.
?otD: Who was watching the detectives, anyway?
4/17/2011
Writing time yesterday: 1.5 hours (WRPA)
Body movement: 2 hour suburban walk
Hours slept: 6.0 hours (solid)
Weight: 245.6
Currently reading:
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea
Tags: Books, Conventions, Cool, Culture, Funny, Green, Language, Links, Personal, Photos, Politics, Publishing, reviews, Science, sex, Videos
Posted: 7:11 am Sun April 17 2011 | Comments(1) |
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