Linkspam won't remember the year properly until March
What better way to start the year's first linkspam than with a new baby animal? And I am impressed: I have never ever heard of a potto.
Courtesy of The Big Picture: Happy New Year!
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In other news, I saw my first Trucknuts on New Year's Day. I am not sure what kind of an omen for the year that is...
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Abigail Nussbaum wrote up her best and worst books of 2010.
Cleolinda just finished reading The Hunger Games series.
If you've always wanted to review books for fame and fortune--or okay, for notoriety and love of reading--Bookslut is looking for new contributors.
Oh, for the sake of sweet Jebuslug: Harlan Ellison thinks Cormac McCarthy stole his idea for a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Seriously? Seriously? MERF.
Noted for later: The Wormworld Saga, an online graphic novel.
MightyGodKing is recasting the first 7 Doctors. Enjoy.
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Noted for later reading: a long piece about the Glory of the Rails in the NYROB.
Bad Archaeology has a long discussion of the Ark of the Covenant. Sadly for all us Indiana Jones fans, Fitzpatrick-Matthews assumes the Ark no longer exists.
Did you know the US Military tried to use camels in the western deserts in the 1800s? Well, they did. I actually knew this because I once read a children's book about Hadji Ali, the camel handler.
By way of Historiann, here's a New England Journal of Medicine editorial on Health Care Reform.
The Atlantic has a roundup of fitness & dieting apps.
Noted for later: Ten Ways to get the Most out of your Tech.
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Oh, and More Joy Day is January 13th! Yikes! I need to think of something to do...
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
Courtesy of The Big Picture: Happy New Year!
*
In other news, I saw my first Trucknuts on New Year's Day. I am not sure what kind of an omen for the year that is...
*
Abigail Nussbaum wrote up her best and worst books of 2010.
Cleolinda just finished reading The Hunger Games series.
If you've always wanted to review books for fame and fortune--or okay, for notoriety and love of reading--Bookslut is looking for new contributors.
Oh, for the sake of sweet Jebuslug: Harlan Ellison thinks Cormac McCarthy stole his idea for a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Seriously? Seriously? MERF.
Noted for later: The Wormworld Saga, an online graphic novel.
MightyGodKing is recasting the first 7 Doctors. Enjoy.
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Noted for later reading: a long piece about the Glory of the Rails in the NYROB.
Bad Archaeology has a long discussion of the Ark of the Covenant. Sadly for all us Indiana Jones fans, Fitzpatrick-Matthews assumes the Ark no longer exists.
Did you know the US Military tried to use camels in the western deserts in the 1800s? Well, they did. I actually knew this because I once read a children's book about Hadji Ali, the camel handler.
By way of Historiann, here's a New England Journal of Medicine editorial on Health Care Reform.
The Atlantic has a roundup of fitness & dieting apps.
Noted for later: Ten Ways to get the Most out of your Tech.
*
Oh, and More Joy Day is January 13th! Yikes! I need to think of something to do...
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.