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Crazy!
You know the fires in the Santa Cruz mountains happening right now? I can actually smell the smoke from where I am at home. And we're pretty far away.
Apparently they had to close down the 17 because of zero visibility, which makes me really really glad I went to Santa Cruz last weekend when I had to. -
This is rather neat
I totally loooove graphs and data sets that analyze social phenomena, so obviously I am a fan of the NameVoyager Type in any name and see its rise and/or fall in popularity through time, compared with other similar names! It's super addicting. I have so far found out the rather unsurprising facts that certain pop stars' names will jump in ( Read more... ) -
You are so cute, Expelled reviewer
This reviewer gave the film 5 stars, let's remember.
Pros
The movie moved very well and told the story in depth.
Cons
I would have liked more scientific information... or maybe their isn't any.
Nooooo really? Intelligent design, no scientific information? Shock! Especially considering that the scientific information that did exist in the film, ( Read more... ) -
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Sometimes, I manage to convince myself that the world is largely rational, and what isn't is simply holdovers from childhood, beliefs people can't get rid of because of various emotional/they've-done-it-forever reasons, things they've never thought about questioning.
Then I come across things like, holy crap people actually believe this stuff?At ( Read more... ) -
YouTube didn't really exist back in 2005
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Persepolis
Today I got distracted in a bookstore, as is frequent, and found the book Persepolis, which I've been hearing a lot about, and proceeded to read about 2/3 of the first one. It's really, really good. I don't read much of the graphic novel/comic type but it's not that I can't appreciate it-they just need to use the form in a truly illuminating way. ( Read more... ) -
So it turns out they do exist
http://www.squishable.com/pc/squish_cow_15/Big_Animals/Big+Squishable+Cow
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Awesomesauce.
You know, I'm not a huge Obama supporter or anything(but I possibly could be), but gosh, this is awesome:
Obama began by recalling a moment in Tuesday night's debate when he and his rivals were asked to name their biggest weakness. Obama answered first, saying he has a messy desk and needs help managing paperwork - something his opponents have ( Read more... ) -
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I should be here today, but I'm not, for a variety of reasons(money and school and hp cons and i'd-be-the-youngest-one-there). I guess there's always next year. I'm still so very tempted, despite not being a blogger or knowing anything.
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