Yesterday, I heard Lee Hood talk about his time as an undergrad at Caltech back in the early '50s. During his talk, he mentioned how his first roommate had flamed out because he spent 20 hours a day playing bridge. Apparently whether it's card games or computer games, some constants remain through time.

Adapted from Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread from allrecipes.com ( Read more... )

From the NPR, a set of recipes to eat in Tolkien's world for an entire day:

Elevenses and then some

Even though it's ridiculous, I'm tempted to try this...

P.S. Happy Xmas, everyone!


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Two school teachers opened a police box in a junkyard and walked into history.


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A pretty profound excerpt from a commencement ceremony speech.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTU0OTIzOTky.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/28/new-york-crime-free

"Just this once, everybody lives!"

Didn't actually get to see it since it rained here the entire today for the first time in days, but here's a clip of the first part of it from the observatory in Hawaii.

10 miles today!

Chem-valentines: a collection of Valentine's Day messages with a chemistry twist.


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From J and BMX:
Anscombe's Quartet


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