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[links] Link salad for a whole new year and the end of time on the Mayan calendar
Telegraphic language — Complaints from another era about the influence of media on literature. Always amusing to read this stuff, sort of like reading about Socrates complaining about kids today. His day, twenty-five centuries ago.
Raiding the Lost Ark — A “filmumentary” offering an in-depth look at the making of the 1981 collaboration between Spielberg and Lucas through behind-the-scenes footage, rare interviews with cast and crew, reconstructed deleted scenes and subtitled facts.
Technology Review‘s Favorite Gadgets of 2012
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done — Roger Ebert on the mortality of friends.
Obesity Linked to Changes In The Brain
Presidential campaign needs to get real on salvaging middle class — With the coming U.S. presidential election, 2012 offers voters, business leaders and politicians an opportunity for a joint debate over the fundamentals of capitalism in America. Not from the GOP, it’s not. The Republican party is all about protecting the 1%.
Noting “Nastier” Attacks, Gingrich Will Make Adjustments — Mr. GOPAC Memo himself, the primary inventor of the modern no-holds barred attack politics that have significantly empowered unthinking conservative radicalism and did more to wreck our process of governance than any other modern human, is now concerned about electoral nastiness. Fuck you, Newt, and born-again Catholic horse you rode in on to fool the rubes.
2011 in Review — Stonekettle Station reviews many of the (as always) completely wrong hysterical conservative predictions for 2011. (Did you notice the mass exodus from the military when DADT was repealed? Because I didn’t either. But there’s no accountability for the bigoted asshole Republicans who shouted that from the rooftops for months beforehand.) Because, Your Liberal Media certainly never will hold Republicans accountable for the alarmist shit they spew. High snark factor, btw. (Via Steve Buchheit.)
?otd: Didja stay up til midnight?
1/1/2012
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (chemo fatigue)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 11.0 (solid)
Weight: 209.8
Currently (re)reading: The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Posted: 9:40 am Sun January 01 2012 |
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Jim Wright/Stonekettle Station
January 1st, 2012 at 9:56 amThanks for the link to Stonekettle Station, Jay. And to the most excellent Steve Buccheit for tipping you off to me. I appreciate it.
Jay
January 1st, 2012 at 3:08 pmYou are most welcome. Nice post. ;D
Cora
January 1st, 2012 at 5:39 pmAnswer of the Day: I was at till 2:40 AM, so yes I did stay up.
Anyway happy new year, Jay. May this one be better than the last for you.