Something occurred to me last night while listening to the news about the latest effort to plug the Deepwater Horizon oil leak: What if this is something that we can’t fix? I mean, ever ( Read more... )

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A Philadelphia political candidate is outed-- as straight! (NOT an Onion headline.)

He's running is a gay/gay-friendly district, and was identifying as gay himself. Then his opponent accused him of having a girlfriend. Now he says he's bisexual, but is that gay enough? And how important is this?

In other news, Archie Comics introduces its first " ( Read more... )

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Love your new iPad, but wish you could print from it?

There's (kind of) an app for that...

Books- 
-Last 200 pages of "Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
-The latest Sookie Stackhouse, the one that's still in hardback. Borrowed from a friend. New one comes out early May. I rarely buy hardcovers new, but I may have to bite the bullet on this one.
-"I Am What I Am," by John Barrowman. I'm not making any excuses for this one; it's the literary ( Read more... )

A medievalist discusses the recent highly-buzzed-about study regarding the history of portion size, vis-a-vis paintings of the "Last Supper."

http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2010/03/whats-all-this-about-super-sized-last.html

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YouTube has published a statement defending itself against legal action from Viacom. It's pretty wild. You can read the whole thing here:
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/03/broadcast-yourself.html

But here's some choice quotes:
"For years, ( Read more... )

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So, I'm doing some costumes for a local theater production of "The Producers," specifically the "Springtime for Hitler" showgirl costumes. So far I have Ulla as the black eagle, a Wagner-esque valkyrie, and two girls in Bavarian costume, one decked out in giant pretzels and the other in beer steins ( Read more... )