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Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho!!
It's the 19th day of September, Arr... that means it be International Talk Like yer Pirate Day!!
So ye scurvy sea dogs, we make way down the Spanish Main an' keep a weather eye (yer good eye, ye Dogs) open to the 'orizon lest ye be caught in the sights of Blackbeard's long guns. Heave ho, ye rapscallions, raise the main and trim that jib er you' ( Read more... ) -
Michael Moore's latest film
Last night I saw Sicko and had my usual reactions of sadness, anger, disgust, and fear to a Michael Moore film. I am well aware that his films often stir up much controversy, and I do not intend to do so here. I would rather encourage everyone who has an interest in medical care and insurance in this country (which is pretty much all of us) to ( Read more... ) -
Wasting Time With Randomness
For those with some time to waste exploring an interesting site, I suggest http://www.random.org/
This web site is entirely devoted to applications of random numbers generated by their atmospheric radio antennas. Spend some time generating random strings, or choosing random times or dates. It is way to easy to spend time there. -
Back from Pennsic!
Yes, another year has passed, and another Pennsic war graced the fields of Western PA. This year's war was a mix for me of oppressive heat, wonderful company, new friends, old friends, love, loss, and plenty of intoxicating tastes and smells.
As usual, the garb fairies did not do well enough by me (except for one new tunic gifted to me by a most ( Read more... ) -
Scary news from Minneapolis
It seems that I-35 over the Mississippi river between Minneapolis and St. Paul has fallen into the river. The video on CNN is quite chilling. My thoughts and prayers are with those who were on the bridge when it collapsed. For those who know pacbarbie, she reports that the members of her family are all safe. -
Happy 4th of July!
Ladies and Gentlemen, friends and relatives, citizens of this country, and children of all ages... welcome once again to that yearly day of patriotic fervor and backyard BBQ's, of fireworks and flame-grilled burgers; It is July 4th, or Independence Day in the U.S.
In honor of the signing of Declaration of Independence two-hundred and thirty-one ( Read more... ) -
Dumbledore's Army!!
For those of us with way to much time and too much else we don't want to do...
http://joindumbledoresarmy.warnerbros.com/
Check it out, there is lots of fun and tons of stuff to waste more and more time. :-) -
Moon Illusion
This weekend the moon will look bigger in the sky than the rest of the year thanks to the "moon illusion". I got a link to a neat article about it, http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27jun_moonillusion.htm?list161084 from a mailing list I'm on.
It's pretty cool and current theories suggest it is entirely a trick of the mind; there is no ( Read more... )