Halloween-themed fun-poking at over-reliance on fossil-fuel energy in the U.S., along with a hilarious characterization of the alleged culprits: http://www.climatemash.org (there's sound, too; requires Macromedia Flash)

But wherefore the reference to Flashdance? Did you notice that?

One correct solution is given below. Others may exist1. Notice it's bright and sunny out ( Read more... )

For years, I've noticed that my left ear hears music better than my right ear. As a consequence, when I'm unsure of pitch or timbre, I turn my left ear toward the source and am duly rewarded by subjectively clearer perception ( Read more... )

( This French poem just sounds delicious. Its theme though is rather heavy. Apparently an English translation of one of its lines: 'Wound my heart with a monotonous languor...' was used to signal the beginning of D-Day, 6 June 1944 to the French Resistance via the BBC. )

I feel like I'm being attacked by all the Muses at once!
It's kind of endearing, but I need someplace to hide...

So far I've tried it in wraps, yogurt, and even chocolate pudding.
...an acquired taste that grows on you! :-)

Curry-eating peoples tend to have lower cancer rates than bland-eating Westerners! We already know that curcumin (the compound which lends turmeric its yellow color) is a known antioxidant with anti-inflammatory effects ( Read more... )

Sri Krishna to Uddhava on Lust vs. LoveIs the plight of the Generalist that of Uddhava? (Or is it more like polyamory ( Read more... )

I... How do you view the universe? ---metaphysically speaking.

A) Constantly changing process.
B) Closed box undergoing only (eventually) predictable oscillations.
C) Which universe are you talking about?
D) The answer is out of my epistemological territory.
E) Other: _____________________________

II... Why do you hold the belief that you do ( Read more... )

Early this morning I was standing at the back of a darkened theatre teeming with student and young-professional life, talking to one in particular, a tall type. The front of the theatre sported a black-and-white mafia film, showing faces from the 20s and 30s beaming out of shiny black cars on the wide screen. Suddenly, despite the warm company ( Read more... )

I'm working on a theory of human relationships which attempts to minimize the maximum cost. That is, when attempting to begin, maintain, end, or move on after a relationship, what are the potential costs, when things go wrong? How can these costs be mitigated, or prevented entirely?

Here are the pieces I have so far. I posit, for your review, the ( Read more... )