I got this from sherinyb and was awarded the letter E.

The premise is that if you have a blog and leave a comment on this post, I’ll assign you a letter. You take that letter and make a list of 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Then, you pass on the letter love to the bloggers who make comments on your post. It’s creative *and* social! ( Read more... )

( most of which is behind this cut )

This NYTimes article says that the US is handing detainees (including some from gitmo) over to the Afghan government, which then basically reads the US detention report into the 'court' record, and sends people to prison based solely on that, even if there's *no* evidence. The quoted Afghan judge's remarks are profoundly frightening, beware.

Tonight/this morning I finally got around to watching the musical _Company_ which I recorded from PBS. I don't know how I lasted until late 2007 without realizing how great a genius Stephen Sondheim is. Weird. I mean, I've been to David Ward's house several times, and still, this truth eluded me ( Read more... )

So...the MacBook AirSometimes, Apple pushes things further than the public is ready for, or in directions that the public doesn't care about. I predict a flop, because this is an example of the latter. Thinness? Thinner than the already-thin MacBook? Seriously ( Read more... )

so, i've been playing some chess online (mostly against cbohall and rigawiz) recently. so when untoward, half the creative dynamo behind the a softer world webcomicals posted about online chess, i decided to challenge him to a game. and we played today. he handled my initial attack pretty well, and i think got adequate compensation (through development) for the pawn i ( Read more... )

today i had an highly agreeable off-camera speaking part in Dinosaur Comics. T-Rex's response to my idiolect is unsurprising, especially the latter part when he learns to appreciate its greatness.

in other news, i am quite fond of the word 'idiolect.'

This NYTimes article on 'baiting insurgents' is downright scary to me. There just doesn't seem to be any explanation of how they keep from shooting people who picked up the wire/explosives/whatever in order to turn it into the authorities...or to just see what it is, for that matter. sniping non-uniformed people *at all* just seems like a recipe ( Read more... )

*hell* yes, XKCD, that is an excellent idea.

henry V at IL shakespeare festival was an adequate show. chillin' with folks was the best part. henson keys was the archbishop of canterbury/king of france. he was fine.

here's a lil' article on priming the subconscious brain that some people may enjoy. so have at it.
that is all.