I remember this kind of weather: buy snow tires, people!

I just saw this today on Twitter, and it looks awesome: a faux history podcast! -- LOVE IT. Something else to get me through 2017 with my sanity intact, I hope.

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Go go Governor Moonbeam! (I.e.: Jerry Brown telling the tangerine demagogue what for.)

A necessary follow-on: Can California ( Read more... )

We don't have The Toast anymore, but we do have Alexandra Petri's Compost blog over on WaPo.

I kind of love this t-shirt.

Well, this sucks. If you are a writer, or a reader of fanfiction, or [insert here any number of other non-mainstream interests], and you log into Google at work, you may find that your search terms follow you more publicly ( Read more... )

Dude. Two people I have personally met won awards at the Nebulas tonight.

Congratulations to Naomi Novik for winning the Nebula for best novel for Uprooted!

And congratulations to Fran Wilde for winning the Andre Norton award for YA for Updraft! It's her first novel! Woah.

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The science behind how awesome running is. Now if only my vertigo ( Read more... )

Dinner was a bunch of chopped kale cooked with some really good pasta, then tossed with half a can of tuna and probably too much olive oil. Topped, of course, with parmesan, sea salt, & pepper. NOM.

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This list of relatively new books on environmental history and policy looks pretty interesting, if you're into that sort of thing.

Noted: Ryan's ( Read more... )

This is adorable.

Some stuff I didn't know about DuckDuckGo.

The New Yorker profiles Anonymous.

How to spot an ATM skimmer.

Saved for later viewing: Mallory Ortberg reading male novelist jokes.

I feel conflicted about this article. Hmm. Too much about the heroic archaeologists, not enough about the tribe's concerns (or the difficulties of ( Read more... )

So I have an interview with [unnamed local government agency] tomorrow. I actually studied up for it, because it's been some years since I dealt with the specific state laws that would apply there. And, more importantly, I tried on my suit and made sure it fit properly and went with my pewter heels. So at least I will look presentable ( Read more... )

Just a trifecta of wrong, really: work woes, job woes, family woes.

BAH. I am breaking out the Spanish hot chocolate, for reals.

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This is what happens when federal and state agencies don't take their environmental review and consultation responsibilities seriously. What a debacle, and what a horror for the tribes.

Warning: this story is ( Read more... )

By way of BoingBoing: Photographs of New York after the storm. One of the things I find interesting from an anthropological perspective is the use of the American flag in some of these photos. It's talismanic, somehow: how did the US flag become a symbol of resistance rather than--or in addition to--patriotism ( Read more... )

I had good shopping luck tonight. In pursuit of nothing in particular, I grazed the sale racks at Banana Republic and tried on a grey sweater dress (made me look lumpy and frumpy), a black twist-neck sheath (would require Spanks), and a black cowl-neck sheath. And the cowl neck was the clear winner by a wide margin (as we age, we require linings ( Read more... )

Is there anything cuter than a fennec fox cub? Not much, I suspect.

Emily Nussbaum has come to her senses about Smash. I admit I have, too, but that just means it's backed up on my Tivo. At some point I'll kill the season pass, but I do still like the musical numbers, even if the plot and characters make no sense any more ( Read more... )