Science - is it really ( Read more... )

a) Gail Collins on Palin - sums up a lot of the offensiveness

b) girl power???

c) Maureen Dowd: I figured I could actually stomach this one

d) Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin = Albus Dumbledore vs. Dolores Umbridge

( the articles )

( when language can hold the answer )

( a large part of the reason i haven't been caving since august )

All I can add is that when a caver goes on a camp trip in Jewel Cave, for example, he or she must accept that if someone gets hurt, a rescue might not be possible.

( A Mountaineer Who Defined the Notion of Heroic Explorer )

I'm not sure I'm convinced by some of these derivations (ipa would help?), but here's a humdinger of a project... and if the congressmen who wrote this piece can do something about their opinions, they really will have accomplished something.

twilight singers - "hyperballad"
editors - "road to nowhere"

yay woxy.

Totally trying this in our new ICE CREAM MAKER!! All the variations, too!
( cornstarch ice cream from the NYT )

or, for that matter, does caving?

From the NY Times today:

The convention of food scientists includes four days of technical talks on topics like “determination of cucumber pickle firmness using contact-ultrasound technology,” and a vast food expo that provides a glimpse of what may be available on grocery shelves in the near future. ... ( Read more... )