Paralympics photos
Amazing, inspiring, and informative photos from the Paralympics, which are going on in Beijing right now. Blind soccer. One-armed archery....
Seven years of journaling
I happened across an old entry here this afternoon, and that made me wonder what day I had started this...
Rules of thumb
Just happened across the Rules of Thumb website, a database/catalog of rules of thumb. It's an interesting site, and an...
The money-changer and the would-be thief
I try not to make this too much a dream journal, so I'll spare y'all the long unhappy dreams from...
LHC and the end of the world
I've seen a bunch of people in the past few days say things like "Well, the Large Hadron Collider has...
Sarah Connor returns
Season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles started tonight. I'll be waiting to watch the new episode with Kam,...
Tom Lehrer videos!
A whole collection of rare footage of Tom Lehrer on YouTube, apparently with his permission. Thanks, BDan! As I noted...
Kiosk
Been reading Strahan's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Two. I've only read about half the stories...
New-to-me music: David Mallett
I installed the Pandora app on my iPhone a month or so ago, and have been listening to it occasionally....
Congratulations! You’re on the path to sentience!
Spore is finally being released! Apparently it's already available in much of the rest of the world, but the North...
Palin and parenting
I'm shocked to discover that, probably for the first time ever, I agree with Ann Coulter. An ABC News article...
Happy birthday, Strange Horizons!
I just noticed that two days ago was the eighth anniversary of the launch of Strange Horizons. Yay, us! I...