[personal] Stepping into the dark side
Posted: 5:36 pm Mon December 01 2008 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad for a Sunday
Undersea webcams — Some cool stuff. (Thanks to lt260.)
Team records ‘music’ from stars — More on COROT and the observation of stellar interiors, this one with a slightly whimiscal bent.
ACLU: 2/3 of US population lives in “Constitution-free” zone — An article about the Border Patrol and Fourth Amendment rights. (Thanks to chriswjohnson.)
Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says — How about that rigorous vetting process, Mr. Straight Talk? (Special bonus, Language Log comments on the usage of the term “going rogue”.)
Dark Night of the Soul — Barack Obama is noted for his powerful intellect, but I don’t think he gets nearly enough credit for the mental dexterity it takes to be simultaneously an Islamic theocrat, atheistic communist and national socialist while posing as a center left candidate. Hahahahahaha. Being a Republican these days is like being OJ’s defense lawyer back in the day. You throw everything you have against the wall regardless of logic or evidence and hope some of it sticks. Unfortunately for the reality-based community, some of that stuff does stick. OJ was acquitted, after all.
ericjamesstone on Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan — I disagree with his argument on a number of levels, but he’s a thoughtful guy with whom I disagree with on a lot of things. In short, the high level argument about Obama makes some assumptions which strike me as facile, while the subordinate argument on both Iraq and Afghanistan seems to hing on logic which says “we in too deep to stop now.” Even if you take the Bush Administration’s stated war aims at face value, we’ve long since passed the point of removing Saddam from power, destroying Iraqi state sponsorship of terrorism and eliminating the threat of Iraqi WMDs. Under Eric’s argument, there seems to be no point where changing policy conditions and changing goals ever enter into the question. “Never stop fighting until we win” is not a strategy, it’s a hope.
10/26/08
Body movement: 2 hour, 35 minute suburban walk
Last night’s weigh-out: n/a
This morning’s weigh-in: 227.6
Currently reading: The Best of C.M. Kornbluth
Posted: 7:49 am Sun October 26 2008 | Comments(0) |
[funny] Separated at birth?
Red Sox manager Terry Francona
John Scalzi (and bonus Albert Hoffman!)
Posted: 8:15 am Tue September 30 2008 | Comments(0) |
[funny] Tastes like chicken, not
davidlevine on a particularly objectionable meal centered around andouillette:
“It tasted like something they took out of Jay.”
Posted: 7:51 pm Tue August 26 2008 | Comments(0) |
[funny] My new favorite sign
My new favorite sign:
Posted: 5:31 pm Sun August 24 2008 | Comments(0) |
[funny] The wit and wisdom of Launch Pad
At dinner, immediately after a round of rather off color comments, Mike Brotherton says in a slacker voice: “I have a Ph.D. in Astronomy.”
My response in a similar tone: “Yeah. Astronomy starts with ‘ass’…and ends with ‘me’.”
Posted: 7:03 pm Mon August 04 2008 | Comments(0) |
[funny] A steampunk abecedary
From an email exchange this morning:
A is for airship which flies in the sky.
B is for bat which the evening brings by.
Let’s play a bloggy game. Per the above, put your suggestions for a steampunk abecedary in comments — next week I’ll distill them out, and we’ll have a poll for the coolest/funniest, with hardback copies of Escapement [ Powell's | Amazon
Bonus points for rhyming couplets or more complex formalisms.
Big bonus points for posting art to go with your letter(s).
Posted: 5:37 am Thu July 10 2008 | Comments(4) |
[funny] Wisdom of the Niece
“Bacon is the candy of meat.”
Posted: 1:02 pm Fri July 04 2008 | Comments(0) |
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