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silveradeptWell, cold migrated up into the nose, the throat was non-scratchy (although it did put some strain on it to do voices and such), and I’m hoping that it’ll all be gone tomorrow. At least, that’s the plan. If that turns out not to be the case, oh, well, but we’re hoping that it all disappears by tomorrow morning. For those on the lookout for Red Day greetings, verify that people have sent what you receive - there's masquerading viruses going around. Viruses like that are almost as bad as con men claiming there's Biblically-predicted oil in the ground underneath Israel. Or those posing as IRS agents to scam people into giving out personal and bank identification.
Speaking of viruses and hacking, the Air Force now has a cyberwarfare department, and are actively seeking a command center to use as a base of operations.
My professional self is in awe of Curious Expeditions' photos of lovely, beautiful library stacks and reference areas. The techie flipside to all those neat rows of books is Fractal art, which is also captivatingly beautiful. Matching beauty of location with beauty of experience, Why I Love Libraries has the account of one library user's rise from the joy of library discovery to becoming the executive assistant to the Director of the same library system. Libraries touch lives in profound ways. Now that the Hollywood writer's strike is over, we’ll be able to start ordering seasons of shows for our DVD collections again. If entertainment programmes aren’t your thing, maybe some websites that will certainly make you smarter?
In the news today, women claiming to have been gang-raped by Haliburton/KBR co-workers in Baghdad are finding themselves muzzled or shunted off to an arbitration process due to language in their contract. Disputes in civil court, sure, I can see that, but these would be criminal charges leveled against the company. Are they really within their rights to send those off to arbitration as well?
Australia's new Prime Minister makes an official apology over policy that attempted to subsume Aborigine culture into European culture, including apologies for the “stolen generations” of Aborigine children forcibly taken from their parents and fostered in white homes. This is a good thing.
With regard to the primary campaigns, Mark C. Eades lays out his reasoning why he prefers Obama to Clinton, citing that in these times, with big issues that require complex and unconventional thought, it may be wise to give the nod to a scholar-president, rather than a soldier-president or manager-president. Others think Obama is the unwitting puppet of Karl Rove, who is working hard to deliver another election to the Republicans. Mr. McCain thinks of Mr. Obama as a possible rival, and tested out a couple cannons, only to watch them fall short, according to the Slacktivist. The Wall Street Journal, in mentioning that Barack Obama voted against the bill that would give telecom immunity, fired a broadside that conservatives might consider a hit, while everyone else might say the cannonballs whistled by. At least neither side was raining moose on each other.
Elsewhere, one editor says that he's not choosing comics based on race, but on whether they can be funny, because he doesn’t have nearly enough space to run as many comics as people would like. So the big ones get in, stay in, and there’s no room for anyone else. I say newspapers could make better circulation if they just opened up their comics pages to include more strips, perhaps at the expense of some relatively unimportant segment that’s not doing too well.
Our Science (SCIENCE!) department leads with clothes that could conceivably power personal electronics through ordinary motion. They’ve also come up with another good reason to breastfeed - breast milk has stem cells in it, a video game that delivers actual fish caught in the virtual world, and a building that plans on using the heat of commuters passing through a rail station for its own heating purposes.
Our Art department counters with 12 Ganesha tattoos.
As the second half to a previous post on Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, her’s Part II: Debunking the Free-Marketers, or why single-payer universal health insurance would be an economically wise move for Americans, rather than the disaster many government and private entities think it would be.
Religion is becoming an increasingly more contentious point in custody battles, much to the unease of just about everyone in the court process. It’s treading right up to the edge of the freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.
Next to last for tonight, one man walked the entirety of Manhattan, and has put up his map, his account, and images of places he saw along the way for all of us to see. I really like that idea, and I love the fact that Manhattan is a walkable community enough that such a task can be completed.
The very last for tonight, however, is the possibility that Yahweh really wasn't kidding about the graven images bit, with photographic proof of divine wrath. Or maybe that’s Zeus letting off a little steam at his reduced role in the modern world compared to Yahweh. Either way, though, Senator Carl Levin gets it when it comes to religious tolerance.
I’m going to aim for bed again, to see if I can’t get some extra sleep.
Speaking of viruses and hacking, the Air Force now has a cyberwarfare department, and are actively seeking a command center to use as a base of operations.
My professional self is in awe of Curious Expeditions' photos of lovely, beautiful library stacks and reference areas. The techie flipside to all those neat rows of books is Fractal art, which is also captivatingly beautiful. Matching beauty of location with beauty of experience, Why I Love Libraries has the account of one library user's rise from the joy of library discovery to becoming the executive assistant to the Director of the same library system. Libraries touch lives in profound ways. Now that the Hollywood writer's strike is over, we’ll be able to start ordering seasons of shows for our DVD collections again. If entertainment programmes aren’t your thing, maybe some websites that will certainly make you smarter?
In the news today, women claiming to have been gang-raped by Haliburton/KBR co-workers in Baghdad are finding themselves muzzled or shunted off to an arbitration process due to language in their contract. Disputes in civil court, sure, I can see that, but these would be criminal charges leveled against the company. Are they really within their rights to send those off to arbitration as well?
Australia's new Prime Minister makes an official apology over policy that attempted to subsume Aborigine culture into European culture, including apologies for the “stolen generations” of Aborigine children forcibly taken from their parents and fostered in white homes. This is a good thing.
With regard to the primary campaigns, Mark C. Eades lays out his reasoning why he prefers Obama to Clinton, citing that in these times, with big issues that require complex and unconventional thought, it may be wise to give the nod to a scholar-president, rather than a soldier-president or manager-president. Others think Obama is the unwitting puppet of Karl Rove, who is working hard to deliver another election to the Republicans. Mr. McCain thinks of Mr. Obama as a possible rival, and tested out a couple cannons, only to watch them fall short, according to the Slacktivist. The Wall Street Journal, in mentioning that Barack Obama voted against the bill that would give telecom immunity, fired a broadside that conservatives might consider a hit, while everyone else might say the cannonballs whistled by. At least neither side was raining moose on each other.
Elsewhere, one editor says that he's not choosing comics based on race, but on whether they can be funny, because he doesn’t have nearly enough space to run as many comics as people would like. So the big ones get in, stay in, and there’s no room for anyone else. I say newspapers could make better circulation if they just opened up their comics pages to include more strips, perhaps at the expense of some relatively unimportant segment that’s not doing too well.
Our Science (SCIENCE!) department leads with clothes that could conceivably power personal electronics through ordinary motion. They’ve also come up with another good reason to breastfeed - breast milk has stem cells in it, a video game that delivers actual fish caught in the virtual world, and a building that plans on using the heat of commuters passing through a rail station for its own heating purposes.
Our Art department counters with 12 Ganesha tattoos.
As the second half to a previous post on Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, her’s Part II: Debunking the Free-Marketers, or why single-payer universal health insurance would be an economically wise move for Americans, rather than the disaster many government and private entities think it would be.
Religion is becoming an increasingly more contentious point in custody battles, much to the unease of just about everyone in the court process. It’s treading right up to the edge of the freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.
Next to last for tonight, one man walked the entirety of Manhattan, and has put up his map, his account, and images of places he saw along the way for all of us to see. I really like that idea, and I love the fact that Manhattan is a walkable community enough that such a task can be completed.
The very last for tonight, however, is the possibility that Yahweh really wasn't kidding about the graven images bit, with photographic proof of divine wrath. Or maybe that’s Zeus letting off a little steam at his reduced role in the modern world compared to Yahweh. Either way, though, Senator Carl Levin gets it when it comes to religious tolerance.
I’m going to aim for bed again, to see if I can’t get some extra sleep.
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Date: 2008-02-14 07:41 am (UTC)http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22670983/
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Date: 2008-02-14 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-14 04:46 pm (UTC)I feel for the guy who was trying to explain his point, but I don't think he got across how the readers can get really nasty when one of the sacred cows are removed. I noticed one of the comments on the story was complaining about Cathy still being on the comics page and saying it hasn't been funny in years, but probably doesn't understand the huge outcry that would result in trying to bump it.
Also, I think the commenters that complained about the actually good comics that got bumped have probably got a point too.
Sadly, the comics page is no joke and it's no place for wimps.
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Date: 2008-02-14 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-14 06:10 pm (UTC)the 12 Ganesha tattoos came from ModBlog, to which i subscribe. there were also a dozen tattoos of "AUM MANI PADME HUM" , a a dozen "Hello Kitty" tattoos and a bunch more.
also, i thought you would be interested in A Hole In The Head, which has been a fascination of mine for a long time before i actually obtained one... 8)
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Date: 2008-02-14 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-02-14 08:16 pm (UTC)