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Climate Change, Peak Oil, Ramblings
So the Copenhagen Conference has kicked off. I'm interested to see what develops - the bottom line is that we need to be serious about global warming *now* (actually, yesterday would have been nice), and I'm hoping that something substantive comes out of this. I'm worried, though. In this country, global warming is a political issue when it ( Read more... ) -
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Richard Nixon was a poetic soul
Behold these gems I found while checking through books to go out to the Nixon Presidential Library today:
Cooperation
I think
We ought
To cooperate
In finding
An area
Of cooperation.
Consideration
I
Don't
Want
Anybody
Shown
Any
Consideration
Whatever.
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I enjoy my History of the Book class. It almost, almost makes me want to do a thesis about the evolution of the written word. Today, we are surrounded by books. Go into a bookstore, and there are shelves and shelves of these objects. We can buy them and then leave them at airports or train stations for the next person to pick up, all without ( Read more... ) -
I For One Welcome Our Robot Overlords
Check this out, guys:
They're creating an artificial brain. Out of silicon.
Cylons, you guys! It's the Cylons! The cycle has not been broken! All of this has happened before, and will happen again...and again...and again... -
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This article kind of neatly summarizes up just why I think that libraries are going to be important in the post peak oil society, and why I refuse to believe it when people say that libraries are going to be obsolete ( Read more... ) -
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Yesterday I got a package from my friend Lola, who I haven't heard from in quite some time. I met her when I was studying abroad in Kyoto. She was just back in Japan for an extended vacation, and sent me a package of wagashi and a small packet of matcha, along with a letter. It was lovely to hear from her. I really need to stir myself and get ( Read more... ) -
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I don't know if anyone else on this list watches Chuck, but this part of the series finale was awesome enough that I decided it needed to be shared:
You don't need to know much about the Chuck mythology to appreciate the awesomeness of watching a fight scene set to Mr.Roboto, and even though I admit to having reeeeaaallly mixed feelings about the ( Read more... ) -
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Today I was stopped by a young man working for Greenpeace. I know that canvassing is a thankless job, no matter for how worthy a cause, so I usually stop if I have the time to at least hear what they have to say. If they're collecting signatures, I'll sign. If they want donations, I might give some depending on how much cash I have on me. But ( Read more... ) -
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There was a woman today at the farmer's market standing in the middle of the crowd asking if anyone could help her get a meal. Not being very vocal about it, just sort of mumbling her request to anyone who passed close by. No one responded. I offered her one of my apples. She said no, she can't chew apples since she's missing some of her front ( Read more... ) -
Hanami
There are some moments when you realize that in spite of all of the misery and suffering and endless rounds of bad and worse news in the world today, the world still has a great deal of beauty in it.
For me, this morning was one of those moments.
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