We watched Withnail and I. It was full of the expected Paul McGann goodness, but also full of slightly unexpected cultish awesome. We spent the entire movie cringing (eg at Uncle Monty's thinly disguised sexual references), but in an enjoyable way. And there was also a lot of hysterical laughter (eg, Withnail shooting fish with a double-barreled ( Read more... )

( A memo for all my lovely Bowdoin peeps. )

Okay, yes, double post. Sorry, and all that. But this is majorly, majorly cool.

A Shocking Idea: Nerves Might Run On Sound, Not Electricity

If you're interested in volunteering at the Democratic National Convention (in Denver!!!) in 2008, e-mail Jennifer Jacobson at:

JenniferCJacobson {at} hotmail {dot} com

Do it. It will be totally awesome. There is no better chance to meet your (hopefully!) future president, along with lots of other totally awesome people!

Leibniz's Monadology is probably among the most evil things I have ever read. I am a big fan of Leibniz the mathematician, who among other things co-invented calculus; but he should not have tried his hand at philosophy. For example ( Read more... )

This has been an exceedingly long week. It's over now... but now I have to catch up from not doing more than the bare minimum. Buggrit ( Read more... )

Among the Things that Really Push my Buttons: The "Evolution is a theory, not a fact!" argument.

This involves an extremely simple misunderstanding: in scientific terminology, "theory" is as close to "fact" as you can possibly get without actually going back in time and watching life on earth evolve. If it was a "conjecture," that would be a ( Read more... )

I just got back from the new James Bond movie. Before I launch into spoiler territory, I want to say two things:

1) I was one of those who thought the new Bond was really ugly. But OH MY GOD, he grows on you.

2) *melts/explodes*

( Spoiler territory. Go see it, damn it. Now. )

squee!

<3 <3 <3 <3

I voted!!! It cost me $15 to FedEx my silly absentee ballot overnight to Colorado, but I SO VOTED, BITCHES. First election ever! So exciting!

I lessthanthree high voter turnouts... they make me feel so optimistic about the world, because it shows people might actually care enough about the country.

It's a beautiful thing.