Am I going to be a land agent? It's looking like maybe I shouldn't.

I have a training gig in Chicago that ends on Friday the day before land grab. Can I get home, pick up Piper and drive West in time? I'm guessing the result would be a tragic loss of sleep. There is also some Performing Arts stuff I'm interested in happening in the Shire of Iron Ox ( Read more... )

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My friends in Egypt are sounding both irritated and frustrated. There are a lot of incidents that indicate that the far right (financially strong) control their media, and many progressive voices are being blacked out. There's probably a lot more to it than that, but I rely on Google translate, and Arabic often turns into abstract poetry in English ( Read more... )

I see a lot of people bemoaning the common misuse of words (continually/continuously, there/their/they're, etc).

One pair that I see frequently misused in the media and in conversation is Radiation and Radioactivity.

The difference is fairly simple if you think about it physically:

Radiation is particles or energy that radiate away from a source ( ( Read more... )

The nature of my job seems to be changing. I just saw my confirmed list of training gigs from now to Pennsic, and after this week, the next week I'm teaching in Boston, and then after that, I'm doing eTraining from my home every week. I'm guessing that I am done racking up Frequent Flier miles and hotel points, and will have to start doing Camelot ( Read more... )

Today looks nice. I'm indoors next to a window looking out at tall buildings (some new, some neogothic) near the lake. Sadly my friend Phillip White has just moved to NYC, so I don't get to visit him this trip ( Read more... )

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Here is a map of Opportunity (the MER Rover on Mars)'s recent past and near future travels. This is a huge image (maybe 4000x5000 pixels).


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