Your Wednesday moment of zen.
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the_child, at age 9, in a Montana park. © 2006, 2010 Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 4:16 am Wed March 10 2010 | Comments(0) |
What About Genre, What About Horror? — Peter Straub on gene. (Nicked from nihilistickid.)
The Schilovski Gyrocar — A truly odd bit of automotive history. (Thanks to danjite.)
A Russian ekranoplan rotting — x planes with a striking bit of aviation decay. Plus ekranoplans rock the weird.
Scott and Scurvy — Fascinating essay about medicine, science and misconceived theories. (Via elfs.)
How to Build a Superluminal Computer — This article manages to be simultaneously fascinating and annoyingly vague. Also, isn’t it “supraluminal”?
More church sign lunacy — Ah, Christianism. Wonder what color the sky is in their world?
Fox’s Beck not tickled pink by Massa confession — Hahahahah.
Family Feud Politics — Slacktivist nails the “party of no” strategy of the GOP with a simple metaphor.
Updating Our Political Dictionaries — Got to account for the justly famed principled consistency of Republicans somehow.
?otD: Have you received your fair share of abuse?
Posted: 4:15 am Wed March 10 2010 | Comments(0) |
Your Tuesday moment of zen.
Roof detail, Fort Benton, MT. © 2006, 2010 Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 5:40 am Tue March 09 2010 | Comments(0) |
Lost Jewish tribe ‘found in Zimbabwe’ — Fascinating.
Is it true every type of animal dropping has its own name? — The Straight Dope with your vocabulary lesson for the day.
The Jobs of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations — A nifty photo essay from NPR.
The Accident, Part 2 — Another haunting image, from the same incident as yesterday’s Shorpy link.
New Rocket Engine Could Reach Mars in 40 Days
Literacy and the sex ratio — Sigh.
Vatican hit by gay sex scandal — Vatican chorister sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for papal gentleman-in-waiting. Those who live by the sword…
The Dogs Will Eat You Because They Are Dogs — When George W. Bush was wrecking the nation, left wing groups talked in terms of organization for elections or of impeachment. These [right wing] groups talk in terms of armed resistance. Yes, that.
Why health care reform is not a “huge progressive victory” — Clearly something has gone terribly wrong since 1965. The ideological barriers against solving national problems through public provision rather than through the logic of profit maximization have increased enormously.
?otD: Do you like pickles?
Posted: 5:39 am Tue March 09 2010 | Comments(2) |
kenscholes with a sympathy shave.
Photo © 2010 Jen West Scholes, reproduced with permission.
Posted: 2:58 pm Mon March 08 2010 | Comments(0) |
Your Monday moment of zen.
Grain elevator, Fort Benton, MT. © 2006, 2010 Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 4:27 am Mon March 08 2010 | Comments(0) |
Mars Over the Allalinhorn — A rather nice photo from APOD.
The Accident: 1906 — An unspecified disaster at a railroad depot, via Shorpy. I find this photo haunting on several levels.
Smart cows — Another Criggo classic.
Who Would Want Credit For Iraq? — Conservative commentator Daniel Larison is startlingly wise about our war in Iraq. Much to think on here, whatever your political perspective.
?otD: Did you avert your eyes with shame?
Posted: 4:25 am Mon March 08 2010 | Comments(0) |
Your Sunday moment of zen.
Me hiking in the rain forest above Lake Quinalt, WA. © 2010 Shannon Page.
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Posted: 9:13 am Sun March 07 2010 | Comments(0) |
Flickr’s Season Wheel — Now this is cool.
Ken Miller can’t win? P.Z. and me gets pwned. — Journalism and biased story.
The economy is hitting us all pretty hard — Hahahaha.
Catholic Charities Ends Spousal Benefits — n a bid to avoid inadvertently providing spousal benefits to gay men and women who happen to be employees, Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C. , has taken the extraordinary step of ending spousal benefits for all of its employees, the Washington City Paper reports. Stay classy, conservative America. It’s what you do best, along with forcing women to remain pregnant, ruining the economy, and launching trillion dollar wars of choice.
?otD: How tall is your tree?
Posted: 9:10 am Sun March 07 2010 | Comments(0) |
Your Saturday moment of zen.
Lake Quinalt, WA. © 2010 Joseph E. Lake, Jr.
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Posted: 8:52 am Sat March 06 2010 | Comments(0) |