”I count the grains of sand on the beach and measure the sea; I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless.” -- Pythia at Delphi
The anteroom is full with those awaiting prophecy ( Read more... )

After some politicomathematical nerdery with stephencass, it turns out that Higgins was not handed his political victory by SF's intervention. He wins in the 4th count after trailing for some time due to (your friend and mine) transfers ( Read more... )

Absolutely fascinating for political junkies like me:

http://webpages.dcu.ie/~omalle/Politics%20with%20Hidden%20bases.pdf

TL;DR - Irish politics is explained better by events in the 12th century than anything since. Who knew?

1. Capricho árabe, for Guitar: Julian Bream ( Read more... )

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/chinas-maglev-trains-to-hit-1-000kph-in-three-years-doc-brown/

( Fire In The Hold )

( Pilgrimage )

( For those familiar with Romeo and Juliet... )

( Last The Best )

( Escaping the Twelfth, N.I. )