This weekend I got started on some things I've been putting off, like partly cleaning my room, living room, etc ( Read more... )

A lot of good people died yesterday, but Alison Des Forges was someone who I've come across many times over the years ( Read more... )

That's right: the day after tomorrow is the 200th birthday of two people who both make the very short list for Person of the 19th Century.

So I'm celebrating by doing some internet browsing.

20 tidbits about Darwin

Apparently this guy has been celebrating Feb. 12 for some time.

More cool stuff as I find it.

I also get irritated with the "did not/did too" back-and-forth of a lot of cross-political discussion, and I think Yglesias explains very well how we should learn from each other:

...the goal in finding a conservative writer should be to find a writer who’s not a liberal but who liberals enjoy reading. That doesn’t need to be columns that make ( Read more... )

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I don't get this...as far as I know there's still no search, and now I see that it doesn't "know" whether you're using RTF or HTML.
Plus, you can't even show women nursing in the your icons.
Is there a way you can set up an account at some more tech-savvy site, that both cross-posts and cross-reads with LJ so I don't have to visit both?

Michael Yon's webmaster felt the need to issue a clarification in the comments:

Michael does not endorse comments calling for the abolition of Islam. He also does not endorse the abolition of Christianity, Hinduism or Buddhism. He strongly wishes to abolish war, but is not hopeful that his attempts will be successful. Good luck Mike! In the ( Read more... )

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