Despite earlier reports that Comet ISON might have broken up at perigee with Sol, it seems to have survived. Yet another thing to be thankful for today.

Yes. I saw The Day of the Doctor and mostly loved it.

Here are three more things to watch, if you haven't already, that are well worth the time.

( As usual, video goes behind the Pixel Curtain )

As sad and disastrous as it was, I believe that the assassination of John F Kennedy was only the second most important assassination of a Kennedy in the 1960s ( Read more... )

Honda makes great commercials. The latest, for the CR-V is full of trompe-l'oeil. It's not as good as the Rube Goldberg machine made from (and the ad for) the Accord several years back, but it's still fun.

sodyera especially will want to see the newer ad.

( And you can see both of them behind the Magic Curtain )

This article is currently on the front page of cnn.com. It's an excellent piece, both fair and fairly in-depth. Yes, it presents the viewpoint of a therapist who asserts that poly amounts to people running away from their responsibilities in a relationship, but that contrasts with the overall poly-positive tone of the article:

It's not just a ( Read more... )

A link in this article indicates that Biology-Online has apologized for the offensive comment and fired the employee who sent it.

Update: 5:24 am, 14 October - Alan Weisleder of Keebali, the company that operates Biology-Online.org, sent an apology (JPEG screenshot) to Danielle Lee overnight. On their discussion board, a slightly extended apology ( Read more... )

Stop me if you've heard this one: a female African-American blogger refuses uppaid work and gets abused for it

Scientific American’s blog network drew controversy Friday after removing a complaint about mistreatment posted by one of its scientific bloggers ( Read more... )

Saw Steve Hackett's Genesis Revisited show. The NYCB Theatre at Westbury (I still want to call it "Westbury Music Faire") is a really nice venue; it's wide and bowl-shaped, with good sightlines from everywhere. It's still a theater in the round, though the sections behind the musicians were closed off tonight ( Read more... )

The universe is telling me something. I just don't know what ( Read more... )

Via Metafilter, I found this article: Guest Column - Are backing tracks killing live music by Public Service Broadcasting" by J Willgoose of London duo Public Service Broadcasting ( Read more... )