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SIGNAL BOOST: SAY YES TO GAY YA
Originally posted by darkspirited1 at SIGNAL BOOST: SAY YES TO GAY YA
This comes from an article by rachelmanija entitled, Say Yes to Gay YA.
(click the link for the full article)
Our novel Stranger has five viewpoint characters; one, Yuki Nakamura, is
gay and has a boyfriend. Yuki's romance, like the heterosexual ones in
the novel, involves nothing more explicit than ( Read more... ) -
One more way to keep people confused
MS-NBC has a poll for those after the Republican Candidate's Debate, over who won it.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/07/7658608-who-do-you-think-won-the-republican-debate-at-the-reagan-library
Now, at the time I first checked it, it was showing 50.8% of the votes for Ron Paul, 17% for Mitt Romney. I suspect there's possibly some Ron ( Read more... ) -
Tax Rates & Happiness
The following article is presented as "research": http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906152459.htm
My problem is - it sounds like rather poor research.
"A more progressive tax system makes people happier" is the title.
It's almost one of those "DUH!" moments.
Now, I do understand the need to verify that what you think is true, actually is ( Read more... ) -
Studying Math
I really really need to get past my hang-ups in calculus, so I can start to understand Special and General Relativity better. I keep getting hung up on this one "thought experiment" that is supposed to illustrate the equivalence of "Inertial Mass" and "Gravitational Mass". Because, except at the very limit... it doesn't show that at all ( Read more... ) -
Just struck me...
Does it say something about us that the last Shuttle to fly is the one named after a (most likely) mythical continent? -
An odd thought
Today, I walked into the local Family Dollar, where I was immediately hammered between the eyes by one of the Great Evils of the 20th Century.
Elevator Music.
Apparently, Corporate has now sent down a CD that all of the stores must have playing constantly.
One CD - aka, one hour of music.
Now, it's got some ads interspersed, but ... it's elevator music ( Read more... ) -
Space - the Final Frontier
Lately, I've been getting dis-enchanted with Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomy blogger) ( http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/ ) as his blog has become more of a screed on skepticism, railing on anti-vaccination people, and whining about "climate change deniers".
Today, I have to admit he's said something so very very true about the ( Read more... ) -
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I was reading the Bad Astronomy Blog's article about SpaceX's Dragon capsule drop test, which went off beautifully. Then I started wandering around on their website - and found that they're SERIOUS about becoming COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf). In clear, simple to understand language, they list *LAUNCH* prices, for Falcon Ie, Falcon 9, and ( Read more... ) -
Go baby go!!!
Falcon 9 - 9 minutes to orbit - it's just *APPROPRIATE*. And who knows? Maybe it'll be the start of getting us out of this mess with NASA that the last few presidents have gotten us into. Maybe we'll get the Falcon 16 or Falcon 25 soonish! (As I understand it, the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 are named for the number of Falcon engines they have ( Read more... )