Hey, look, it’s another science spam :) granted, I still have like 200 science news emails to get through now going back months. But this is a start and I didn’t figure anyone wanted to wait weeks or months for another science spam and then get hit with about 800 links.

( science under the cut )

So, a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling very bummed and decided to treat myself. I cashed in all my History Book Club loyalty vouchers and ordered ten books. Which just arrived! (heavy box, lol ( Read more... )

To cheer myself up, here’s a loooooooooooong science/archaeology/history!spam (20 stories in Anth/History and another 19 in science). Is it sad that I still have 140 emails in my inbox with science news?

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Okay, so it's a reeeeeeally short one. But, honestly, I've got over 80 science news emails in my inbox after I went through the 8 or 9 emails I drew these stories from. So probably several short science!spams in the coming days just so I can start to get my inbox cleared.

In some parts of the world, being raised in an orphanage is as good or ( Read more... )

I was going to finish this up and spend the night betaing but the chapter I needed to beta was eaten by AOL *growls*Ah, well. I can catch up some of the tags I owe in the RP at least

To start out light, Arizona State and Northern Arizona University are holding a poll for the world’s ugliest insect; you can vote here: http://askabiologist.asu.edu/ ( Read more... )

Tesla would look something like this...
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Including the fact that they've been around since the 1880s. So cool...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/05/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-emoticons/

even if Sanctuary!Tesla is pretty fracking awesome between the looks, the snark, and the ability to doze off in an electric chair at full current. That said, I've always considered the historical Tesla to be about the coolest scientist ever.

a quote from the full article:

First off, Nikola Tesla was f*****g brilliant.  And not just like Ken Jennings ( Read more... )

One of the world's first proponents of free-market capitalism was named "Nicholas Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon". True fact. Look it up online if you don't believe me :) And I thought MY middle name was a bitch to learn how to spell in kindergarden.

Just because I’m bored and was updating things and decided that a little over-sharing was in order. Here are the contents of my amazon.com, half.com, and historybookclub.com wish-lists. I was looking them over and decided that I am either very eclectic or completely nuts. I’ll leave it to everyone else to decide which.

( eclectic or just twisted? )