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[links] Link salad takes out its guitar and plays

A reader reacts to Escapement — And Pinion.

Adam Engst on iPad and ereaders — Interesting thoughts on the ebooks publishing process. (Via a mailing list I’m on.)

Language nudges Art — Language Log on linguistic gender and cheese. Mmm.

Similar quake due to hit Northwest — Home, sweet home.

A false color map of the Honshu earthquake’s tsunami wave height — One of the more frightening images I’ve ever seen, in a weird way. (Via Bad Astronomy.)

Japanese official says pumping system caused nuclear plant blast — I really feel for Japan already, but this is a twist that cuts deeply into a unique scar on their cultural psyche.

How Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Systems Work — The world’s only earthquake warning system likely helped limit damage and loss of life. Government spending in action.

Coase Goes to War — Bribery as a precision guided munition.

New FAA Rule Turns Airplane Lavatories Into Deadly Traps — To quote danjite “Number of terrorist attacks on US planes per year, average: 0 Number of legitimate deployments of oxygen masks per year: 40-50. FAA: Remove oxygen from toilets to prevent terrorism!”

pecunium on how government regulation saves lives

Dumbing Deficits Down — Paul Krugman on deficits, healthcare and the disingenuousness of politicians.

?otD: Heavy metal or easy listening?

3/12/2011
Writing time yesterday: 2.75 hours (2,800 words on Sunspin, much WRPA)
Body movement: Urban hiking to come
Hours slept: 8.0 hours (interrupted)
Weight: n/a (forgot)
Currently reading: Esprit de Corps by Lawrence Durrell

Tags: Art, Books, Cheese, ebooks, Escapement, healthcare, Japan, Language, Links, Northwest, Personal, Pinion, Politics, Publishing, reviews, Science, Travel

Posted: 8:03 am Sat March 12 2011 | Comments(1) |

[links] Link salad finds itself living in another part of the world

just because I didn’t kill myself, doesn’t mean I didn’t feel like I was dying — Read this, about the gay college experience, and maybe you’ll understand a little of the despair. Sigh.

Don’t forget the new caption contest [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]

This is a news website article about a scientific paper — Hahaha. (Snurched from james_nicoll.)

Scientists find rocky planet in the Goldilocks zone of Gliese 581 — In case you missed it. (From numerous sources.)

Trout Lake Cheese Caves — This is cool, and not so far from Portland. Trout Lake is also a locale for a lot of UFO sightings, I believe. And and I once got dreadfully lost in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest without ever finding the place.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Fires Unnamed Staffer Who Wrote Gay Slur Online — He did the right thing. No excuses. No temporizing. No “red meat to the base”. I don’t often have it in me to compliment Republicans, but kudos to Senator Chambliss.

The Sorting Hat: What Kind of Activist Are You? — An interesting metaphor. Worth the read. (Via jimvanpelt.)

White America has lost its mind — More political snark with a bone-serious message.

?otD: Have you ever said to yourself, “My god, what have I done?”

10/1/2010
Writing time yesterday: 90 minutes (Kalimpura, WRPA)
Body movement: n/a (terrible sleep, stayed in bed)
Hours slept: 5.0 (badly interrupted)
This morning’s weigh-in: n/a
Yesterday’s chemo/post-op stress index: 4/10 (post-op pain, fatigue, peripheral neuropathy)
Currently (re)reading: The Exile Kiss by George Alec Effinger

Tags: Cheese, Contests, Culture, Food, funn, gay, Links, Personal, Politics, Science

Posted: 5:10 am Fri October 01 2010 | Comments(1) |

[links] Link salad searches for its birth certificate

Black Blade Blues, by J.A. Pitts – An interview with the man behind the woman

Andrew Wheeler on How to Train Your Dragon — My second favorite movie review ever, when he says: “In short, if there had been any doubt that animated movies today are made entirely by geeks who still haven’t gotten over being picked last for kickball, How to Train Your Dragon provides yet another object lesson.”

Thieves have taste for fine cheeses — Bwuh? (Via Freakonomic.)

Scientists find water-ice and organic material on asteroid — I told you guys to clean up after that party.

Death & taxes: 2011 — (Via Dark Roasted Blend.)

Steele’s ‘biggest gaffe so far’ — I hadn’t realized the GOP had been in denial about the arrant racism of the Southern Strategy. Insofar as I can tell, that’s been one of the cornerstones of modern conservative electorical success.

The Politics of Contempt — Daniel Larison, normally a reliable independent thinker, joins the chorus of disingenuous conservative voices pretending the new Arizona immigration law is reasonable and just. No racism here, move along, nothing to see. That’s mighty white of him.

?otD: How would you prove your citizenship if stopped by the Arizona law?

4/29/2010
Writing time yesterday: none (chemo brain)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 6.5 (interrupted)
This morning’s weigh-in: 231.2
Yesterday’s chemo stress index: 4/10 (fatigue)
Currently (re)reading: Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

Tags: Books, Cheese, Culture, Food, Links, Movies, Personal, Politics, reviews, Science

Posted: 5:15 am Thu April 29 2010 | Comments(4) |

[photos] Your Wednesday moment of zen

Your Wednesday moment of zen.

This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Tags: cars, Cheese, Photos, Portland, zen

Posted: 5:39 am Wed November 18 2009 | Comments(0) |

[photos] Portland vans

Portland vans, presented without comment.

Tags: cars, Cheese, Funny, Photos, Portland

Posted: 6:09 pm Fri August 28 2009 | Comments(0) |

[travel] Seattleday

Drove to Seattle yesterday afternoon. Traffic was annoying but not apocalyptic. Had a nice Greek dinner with , hit the Clarion West party til late (by my standards, anyway), then crashed at her place. Today some light tourism, including cheese, then off to ‘s bbq this evening. At least it’s not hellishly hot here. Only heckishly.

Tags: Cheese, Conventions, Personal, Seattle, Travel

Posted: 8:38 am Sat August 01 2009 | Comments(0) |

[personal] Saturday unfolds

, and I are off to do Saturday things. Some shopping, some hanging around, a cheese expedition.

We’re winding up at my parents’ about 5 for a cancer party with Mom and Dad, (my other mother), , The Niece, The Niece’s dad and his sweetie, , (and onboard twins!), and the delightful K—.

is back to San Francisco tomorrow morning. I’m off to Omaha on Monday, then Delaware on Wednesday (anyone down for dinner in Dover Wednesday night?), then San Francisco next Friday so and I can hit BayCon. Cancer news when I have it; still waiting on the PET scan results as well as the biopsy on the polyp.

Tags: Calendula, California, Cancer, Cheese, Child, Conventions, family, Omaha, Personal, Portland, Travel

Posted: 10:30 am Sat May 16 2009 | Comments(1) |

[personal] A dinner in New York City

A rather nice dinner in New York City last night, at Tarffalli y Vino just off Union Square. That’s an elegant little wine bar with a nice Italian menu. and organized it for me, though was only to make it by for dessert. We had a nice turn out, including , , KA, , (without , unfortunately), , , NF from the Day Jobbe, , , , and the sadly tardy .

I’d ordered some appetizers in advance, including a nice duck confit, a terrific fried chevre, and cheese plates consisting of Sottocenere al Tartuffo, Epoisses, Garroxta, a chevre whose name escapes me now, and Blacksticks, a Lancashire blue with a strong resemblance to Shropshire.

Dinner was very nouveau, with elegantly modest portions, but quite tasty. Some wine flowed — I had a pinot grigio, while had something Basque she’d never tried before. Conversation flowed around the table quite nicely. I felt very welcomed in New York by old friends and new.

Thank you everyone who made it out for this.

Tags: Cheese, Food, New York, Personal, Photos, Travel

Posted: 6:33 pm Thu April 23 2009 | Comments(0) |