Back from five days in Ithaca and it was wonderful. Beautiful weather (mid-60s), time with family, basketball and ice hockey, touring some falls, trivia, celtic rock, food glorious food, and no work. A good time was had by all!

Plus it gave my thumb time to heal so it was a good time to take a Nano break anyway. Back to it!

You know there are some holidays that, if you leave your decorations up after the fact, it just isn't that big a deal. I mean, if you leave your Christmas decor up through New Year's...so what. It's a jolly fat man and some reindeer. But there's a house down the street that still has like four corpses hanging in the tree. And while I love Halloween ( Read more... )

Human-powered aircraft makes aviation history by becoming the first to fly using flapping wings

Ever since Leonardo da Vinci sketched the first human-powered ornithopter in 1485, humans have tried to take to the air like birds by flapping their wings ( Read more... )

Only one game was played, sure, but what stellar conversation and food!

First a 30 minute wait at Torchy's and now the Cathedral of Junk is being torn down. Sad sadness.

Still, it could be worse. Our local branch of the NAACP could be finding (1000% IMAGINARY) racial slurs and threats in Hallmark cards like they did in California:

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Seriously? I pity how small minded some people are and how they need so badly to go ( Read more... )

I'm going to start promoting the theory that the Harry Potter series is really about the transition away from the gold standard.

Fact: A banner or flag is also called a standard.
Fact: The hero's house standard had gold in it.
Fact: Green, the color of money, and silver, an inferior metal to gold, are in the villain's house standard.
Fact: ( Read more... )