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What I love about voting
- Empowered
- Part of the Process
- Gives me more of a standing to complain about politics/government
- Don't need ID -
The math just doesn't add up
This morning I was alerted to the follow headline:
Zac Posen designs 24-karat gold dress worth $1.5 millionMy curiosity was piqued for a non-fashion reason: gold is very heavy. The dress is made of fabric was gold sequins. If the dress were solid gold worth $1.5 million, how much would it weight ( Read more... ) -
the first step is admitting you have a problem
When I was in college, and recently graduated, I used to haunt a couple of second-hand bookstores in Davis and Central Square. Mr M and I would go together; he would look in the humor section for Charles Addams and Edward Gorey books, and I would look in the architrecture and design section. I usually found one or two books that looked interesting ( Read more... ) -
If you have ever wondered about the difficulties of using online translation tools
I am translating notation on lab floor plans from Chinese to English.
Google Translate just told me to label this room "Sperm Washing."
"Sperm Washing"
It's above the "rough wash area."
I just don't even know. -
A book I can't put down
I read a lot of good books, and a lot of fun books, and a lot of interesting books ( Read more... ) -
Money Meme
$10 - put it in my pocket, maybe use it later for fancy coffee ( Read more... ) -
Wonderful Exhibit Currently at the Institute of Contemporary Art
Everyone should go see "This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s" at the ICA. It's free on Thursday nights. Showing through March 3, 2013.
I went last week, and was blown away. Some of the art is beautiful, some is powerful, some is a punch to the gut, some is all three. Art about AIDs, racism, classism, homophobia, drug addiction, ( Read more... ) -
How not to deal with inter-office disputes
WITH EGGS!
Mass. cops caught egging superior officer's home
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts police responding to reports of teenagers tossing eggs at a house last month got quite a surprise when they tracked down the suspects.
A department spokesman tells The MetroWest Daily News the three people who egged the house in Framingham early Dec. 11 were ( Read more... )
