Ugh.  I'm sick.  Coughing, achy, can't sleep, and generally feeling crap-tacular.  It's been going on for a couple of days now, and only seems to be getting worse.  I hope I don't miss out on Samhain this year, but it would be wrong to go out and infect everyone else.  Blah.

This is to all the people who have ever rolled their eyes at me when I've said I'm afraid of driving on the viaduct.  Here is why we need to make replacing the seawall the primary goal and NOT replace that double decker nightmare.

Viaduct Collapse Simulation - WSDOT

Seriously, watch the video, it shows you what the scientists at the DOT believe it ( Read more... )

I am moved.  Literally, I have tears on my cheeks.  Thank you, Melodysheep, for using auto tune to make science so beautiful.  Everybody needs to watch this.

Caral Sagan ft Stephen Hawking - A Glorious Dawn

Check this out, it's sadly true - but freaking hilarious too!

Health Care Plan

In a timeline not so different from ours...

President Barack Obama: My fellow Americans, it is my distinct pleasure to announce that thanks to increased public funding, researchers have discovered a cure for cancer, which has been approved by the FDA. I call on Congress to fast-track legislation that will approve funds to provide this cure to every ( Read more... )

( Torin and I are no longer engaged )

Okay, this is awesome, but probably NSFW due to language.

An Ode to Yaweh

Some things are not as dangerous as they look.  This is not one of those things.

How to talk to an Atheist

I've been trapping ferals again.  The idea was to catch cats... but this time I managed to trap a raccoon as well.  By the time I found him he'd pulled the cover I'd put over the cage inside... one mangled hand sized chunk at a time.  He was ferocious!  Snarling, growling, and (quite effectively) launching attacks through the metal mesh every time ( Read more... )