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The amazing new diet that's like many other diets combined
So I came to a realization a few weeks back. Pay attention to the non-chemical diets out there. There's low-fat, low-carb, low-cholesterol, organic, raw food, and a good number of others that all point to one magickal uber-diet. REAL FOOD ( Read more... ) -
Shakespeare and today's cost of living
Here's a marvelous poem from a person who posts on the boards I frequent ( Read more... ) -
Most fantastic exmple of ingenuity I've seen in ages
I am always thrilled by ingenuity. Indeed, the pseudonym I created for myself so many years ago was chosen partly due to a character who's one truly remarkable characteristic I admired was his ingenuity. Specifically in the artistic world I am astounded by those who don't feel constrained to the media to which their trade normally confines them ( Read more... ) -
New hardware! or... Microsoft did it again
So I bought a new computer. I was pretty psyched about trying a Mac machine this time, but alas, it was not in the cards. More specifically, it was not in my wallet ( Read more... ) -
The national primary that wasn't
Originally this began as a comment in orange's blog, but I got off on such a tangeant I felt it appropriate not to soapbox in someone else's back yard.
In respect to the Tuesday primary orgy, I actually presumed that it would be close on the left. I had hope that someone *cough* Obama *cough* would take the lead, but my gut predicted a near 50/50 ( Read more... ) -
Space blurbs
Here's a really quick rundown on what's been floating around in the space world:
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off with Columbus module - Set to expand The space Station considerably as well as to provide huge amounts of experiment space, Columbus is the second of five major pieces of the station to be lifted over the course of little more than half ( Read more... ) -
RIP Benazir Bhutto
The leading presidential candidate in Pakistan was assassinated today ( Read more... ) -
Religious rant on religious displays and pride during the holidays
So I walked down 'Candy Cane Lane', the local christmas light neighborhood, with Tessa the other night. As we walked we passed a number of houses with decorations from cartoon characters to santa to the inevitable manger scenes. And although Tessa is far too young to even get her own faith, more or less the faith of others, I decided it was ( Read more... ) -
Space news updates
I've got a lot of interesting stuff in the space news category.
Moon Probes
So it seems like the moon is the hot new space destination for established and emerging space powers. Recently China and Japan have lofted their own probes (making a first Chinese probe to leave Earth's gravity), Chang-e 1 and Kaguya respectively. Next year the US (SMART-1 ( Read more... ) -
More updates
Well, here's another meeptastic update. While I usually do a chronologically oriented sort of thing, I figured I'd hit you all with the big news first.
We're having another baby!
Yup, we've got another little one on the way. We just found out a little bit ago that it's going to be a girl (well, is a girl) and she'll be coming right around the ( Read more... )