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global warming... and kittens!
In 1990 they said climate change would take at least a couple hundred years to have a significant effect. In 2001, the IPCC released a report that put the threshold at 2100. In 2009, a study funded by the British Government revised that estimate down to 2060. You can read about that here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6236690/Met- ( Read more... ) -
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Found this in the comments section on some random website. It was an image about "Atheism" and was basically total bullshit, and almost certianly a troll, but more than half the commenters took it seriously. I'd say something about Jonathan Swift and satire but you've probably heard it before. Anyway, finding these gems almost makes it worth wading ( Read more... ) -
The Critical Impulse
I just flexed some editorial muscles on celzmccelz' nanowrimo, and am reminded of how much I like being an editor, regardless of whether I'm good at it or not. There's something visceral about going through a piece of writing, analyzing it, and crafting a response; the combination of the deep thought involved in linguistic problem-solving with the ( Read more... ) -
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I saw more substance abuse than usual during my commute today ( Read more... ) -
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So I was on facebook, and I saw Clayton's weekly $100,000 question. For those of you that don't know him on facebook, every so often Clayton will post random questions like "What is the best way to get out of a hole?" or "What is the best thing to turn into during a full moon?". Usually they elicit a wide range of wacky and/or disturbing answers ( Read more... ) -
Don't you hate it when...
...you start getting interested in a band, only to find out that they broke up a few months before? This keeps happening and it's driving me crazy ( Read more... ) -
HEY, and has anybody seen Moyashimon?
So I hear that LJ is the place to be these days? Anyway I've been meaning to find a place to rant about politics and TV, and this is as good as any. It's like talking to me in person, but this time there'll be in-line citations and footer comments! yay! And you'll also be able to see my glorious spelling mistakes because I don't use a spell checker ( Read more... )