[links] Link salad goes for a walk in the freezing dark
A reader reacts to (among other books) Madness of Flowers
Process: Writing Speed, Frequency, and How Everyone Is Different - calendula_witch on how we write.
Books After Amazon - Boston Review on the evil that is Amazon.com. (Via tillyjane.)
The haiku comments from yesterday are pretty darned amusing: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
The history of wikis - Wikipedia explains itself. (Pointed out to me by my brother.)
The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook - Mmm, cherries. (Thanks to my Dad.)
Fighting Tumors With Tumors - Fascinating, and rather applicable to my recent health history.
Steam discovered on an exoplanet - Man the aetheric dirigibles!
How Pain Can Make You Feel Better - Scientists find a strange connection between physical pain and positive emotions. Fascinating. Scientific American comments on the "hitting yourself over the head with a hammer so it feels good when you stop" philosophy of life. Actually, this is far more serious and interesting article than that, but that's what the headline brought to mind. (Via David Goldman.)
Commies and cranberries - More profoundly counterfactual right wing idiocy, this time about the history of Thanksgiving. I guess when the facts are biased against you, you just have to keep making shit up. (Via Dispatches from the Culture Wars.)
?otD: Omaha or Minot?
12/02/2010
Writing time yesterday: 1.0 hours (WRPA and research for Sunspin, no word count)
Body movement: 65 minute suburban walk
Hours slept: 6.25 hours (solid)
This morning's weigh-in: n/a
Yesterday's chemo/post-op stress index: 3/10 (peripheral neuropathy, emotional distress)
Currently reading: Between books
Process: Writing Speed, Frequency, and How Everyone Is Different - calendula_witch on how we write.
Books After Amazon - Boston Review on the evil that is Amazon.com. (Via tillyjane.)
The haiku comments from yesterday are pretty darned amusing: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
The history of wikis - Wikipedia explains itself. (Pointed out to me by my brother.)
The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook - Mmm, cherries. (Thanks to my Dad.)
Fighting Tumors With Tumors - Fascinating, and rather applicable to my recent health history.
Steam discovered on an exoplanet - Man the aetheric dirigibles!
How Pain Can Make You Feel Better - Scientists find a strange connection between physical pain and positive emotions. Fascinating. Scientific American comments on the "hitting yourself over the head with a hammer so it feels good when you stop" philosophy of life. Actually, this is far more serious and interesting article than that, but that's what the headline brought to mind. (Via David Goldman.)
Commies and cranberries - More profoundly counterfactual right wing idiocy, this time about the history of Thanksgiving. I guess when the facts are biased against you, you just have to keep making shit up. (Via Dispatches from the Culture Wars.)
?otD: Omaha or Minot?
12/02/2010
Writing time yesterday: 1.0 hours (WRPA and research for Sunspin, no word count)
Body movement: 65 minute suburban walk
Hours slept: 6.25 hours (solid)
This morning's weigh-in: n/a
Yesterday's chemo/post-op stress index: 3/10 (peripheral neuropathy, emotional distress)
Currently reading: Between books