And one that I've grown up with has at least one documented counter example ( Read more... )

http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/web/news/index.cfm?newsid=2311Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFKglFtwSLM (NSFW)

I'd have a corresponding Colbert Report clip, but YouTube doesn't carry Colbert Report clips and Comedy Central doesn't make them accessible for referencing. :/

Dr. Steven E. Smith is giving a University Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, February 7th, at 7:30pm in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center (at TAMU). Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available from the MSC box office (979.845.1234).

For more information, see the on-line announcement from the Provost.

Even in journalism, it is important to use the right words so people have the right context for a discussion. Good journalism tries to remove the journalist from the discussion. Poor journalism introduces the journalist's bias ( Read more... )

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1105AP_Nigeria_Gays.htmlRead more... )

I'm feeling better. Still a bit weak, but starting to take in solid food.

I found an interesting quote:

An excellent therapist I once knew made the point that in almost all cases of criminal psychotic acting-out there was an easier alternative that the disturbed person overlooked. Brenda Spenser, for instance, could have walked to the local ( Read more... )

I was talking to a friend recently about writing and mentioned the three things Samuel R. Delany said to put in a story for a well rounded character. "There [are] three types of actions: purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous." ("Characters" Jewel Hinged Jaw p. 157, referring to a passage from Nova.) Of course, I wasn't quite that eloquent on the ( Read more... )

Here's an opera that we need to bring to TAMU and that I need to see: Salome by Richard Strauss.

After Salome inquires into his promise, and he swears to honor it, Salome prepares for the dance. This dance, very oriental in orchestration, has her slowly removing her seven veils, one by one, until she lies naked at his feet. Salome then demands the ( Read more... )

I've had to live with electric stoves for most of the time since I left home back in '91. They just don't cook the same way as the gas stoves I grew up on. Fortunately, the house I bought came with a gas stove and convection oven. I'm starting to enjoy cooking again ( Read more... )