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Books i've been reading recently
Toll The Hounds, a Malazan Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson ( Read more... ) -
redux
it's been 52 weeks since i've updated this. so i figured... why not. -
look! youtube movie featuring my alma mater.
sometimes stupid movies are made of smart people :]
thanks to spectralbovine for this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBizgeIZ1Rc
look! someone's famous! -
thoughts on NASA and Endeavor's current mission
I was in DTW between legs 2 and 3 of my voyage home, when I saw on the TV that CNN was going to be broadcasting the Endeavor launch live. I thought it odd that CNN would interrupt its 24 hour coverage on the War on Terror, effects of Terror, &c (with a dash of politics) coverage for something as uplifting as a Shuttle launch. I probably sold CNN ( Read more... ) -
Back from Africa
someone bug me if i don't link to pictures by the end of next weekend ( Read more... ) -
in the news today...chemicals are ruining our habitat...
1. the world is losing its bees. and we don't know why. ecological havoc to ensue. not to mention a decline in the quality of my honey. i blame chemicals (so does the New York Times). do much fake stuff out there in the world. it ain't natural.
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prince charles has his own line of organic products. he looks good on a farm. i wonder if ( Read more... ) -
Brilliant!
courtesy of enshanam
http://www.devilducky.com/media/57946/
it made me laugh. and then laugh again.
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canaries in the coal mines
From an Economist article on the shift in illegal immigrant populations away from Los Angeles
Yet the fact that people are being drawn away from places like Los Angeles is worrying, too. Illegal immigrants are the canaries in the economic coal mine, sensitive to the slightest changes in the job market. Their presence in a city may cause problems, ( Read more... )