If nothing else, I am committing to posting books I read this year to LJ ( Read more... )

Now, for a bit of silly math.

I recently saw the DSCOVR image of the Earth and Moon that's making the rounds. If you haven't seen it, please do. It's inspiring, at least to me ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my b-day, and as such I have some personal funds allocated to me.

What do LJ folk think I should spend my money on?

Poll If you had to give up Chocolate or Cheese...

Music and movie behind the scenes recommendations:

Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
Muscle Shoals
20 Feet from Stardom
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
I Know That Voice

“Cooking in the Archives” sets out to find, cook, and discuss recipes from cookbooks produced between 1600 and 1800. Alyssa Connell and Marissa Nicosia take recipes from the 17th and 18th centuries, and translate them into modern cooking terms, and cook them. Come for the Jumballs, try the Carrot Pudding, stay for the Maccarony Cheese, and wash ( Read more... )

Waiting for the bus this morning, I watched a few cars go by, and my mind drifted to the self-driving cars in the news, including the recent no-steering-wheel google car. And it hit me what the killer app for self-driving cars is going to be. Sex ( Read more... )

For April first, Megan Lynch will be giving away her album "Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me" for free download on Bandcamp ( Read more... )

yolen asked me to write down today's macaroni and cheese before I forget it ( Read more... )

Eating breakfast with my son, I had a thought about how when he was first born, and could not even talk ( Read more... )