"'Slutty' behavior is good for the species. That is the conclusion of a new wave of research on the evolutionary drives behind sexuality and parenting ( Read more... )

What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?

Wow. Breathtaking, over the top, proud fanaticism. This is what happens when young neocons run amok.

“This is the lexis nexis search string that I use for AG appointments ( Read more... )

Okay, I said I'd do this when I had a minute...
Taken from anubisgrrl's version.
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"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
( The Big Read List )

On NPR news this morning:
"There's a shift in thinking. The Corps [of Engineers] is starting to think it's no longer such a good idea to build on flood plains."

I dunno- this smacks of governmental interference in people's fundamental freedoms to do shortsighted dumb things.

YouTube video of Bill Moyers calling for some perspective about Rev. Jeremiah Wright."Behold the double standard- John McCain sought out the endorsement of John Hagee, a warmongering, Catholic-bashing Texas preacher who said the people of New Orleans got what they deserved for their sins. But no one suggests that McCain shares Hagee's delusions, or ( Read more... )

"I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?"
- Diogenes of Sinope

A game hardware company called OCZ announced a brain wave controlled interface called the "Neural Impulse Actuator," although some of it may also be facial muscles. Still, slaying monsters and goons by making faces could be fun in its own way.
If I had a spare three hundred bucks, I'd be all over that.

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Randomly cable channel-surfing this morning, I saw on G4 on X-play a quick review of several arty and atypical games they'd seen at a game expo or gotten advance buzz about... The most compelling one is called Crayon Physics Deluxe, an upgrade of a simple but ingenious freeware game by Petri Purho, a student at Helsinki Polytechnic in Finland ( Read more... )

Today I finally thought to chase down a fake factoid on IMDB.com and was enlightened. To wit: For ages now I'd been mixing up Scottish character actors Peter Capaldi and John Hannah. I feel silly and clever and geeky at the same time now. See, Peter Capaldi was Azolan, Valmont's manservant in Dangerous Liaisons, and the angel Islington in ( Read more... )

Because one of my lovers put it up. I've been absent for ages, still around, just busy ( Read more... )