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"The sun is waking up from a deep slumber, and in the next few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity. At the same time, our technological society has developed an unprecedented sensitivity to solar storms. The intersection of these two issues is what we're getting together to discuss."

The LOST series finale begins in about 90 minutes. I am looking forward to it... I do not believe it will answer all my questions, but I am still hoping for a satisfying 2-2.5 hours of tee vee. Once LOST is gone, there will not be much active on TV I am interested in. Fringe, Mad Men and a couple comedies and cartoons I think, plus random ( Read more... )

Finale or no, it is a mistake to expect LOST to stop being LOST.

We hosted a little event at my office last night. I was stocking the refrigerator for this when the new heart art on a Diet Coke can caught my eye. "Tom Gauld", I says, and I was right. It wasn't quite so rattling a moment as coming face to face with Dan Clowes art on OK Soda cans in a Texas supermarket in the middle of the night back in '93 but ( Read more... )

I took my car in to the Toyota dealership for maintenance today. Just routine stuff. It wasn't quite due for any work yet but I had a coupon that was going to expire on 4/2, and the rear end was feeling a little off to me in some turns, so I figured I'd go ahead and get things taken care of. I arrived at the dealership a little before 9 and ( Read more... )

Silly.

I have been listening to Occult America by Mitch Horowitz lately, mostly on the way to or from work. I love it, the stories of the various personalities and movements it covers are just fascinating to me. Really illuminating ( Read more... )

I'm excited about a couple books I've gotten my hands on lately. First, Pim and Francie: The Golden Bear Days, by Al Columbia. Holy cow. I was really smitten with Al Columbia's creeped out 'Max Fleischer goes to hell' pieces in the long-ago Zero Zero anthology. This stuff had this perfect, perfect old black and white cartoon look to it, with ( Read more... )

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