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Bike commute test
I finally got a chance to test out the bike ride from home to my current workplace.
Map here.
It's a bit long for an everyday commute, though it took me about the same time as my bus commute on the way there--an hour and a half. Coming back took longer because of hills, confusion on the best route, and a bit of fatigue. That's not counting the extra ( Read more... ) -
Approve Referendum R-71
Except for a long-shot last-minute lawsuit, Referendum 71 is going to be on the ballot in November in Washington state.
This is a referendum to APPROVE the domestic partnership bill that the state legislature passed earlier this year, which grants all state rights associated with marriage except the word marriage to same-sex domestic partners and ( Read more... ) -
I (heart) Barney Frank
"Trying to have a conversation with [people who compare Barack Obama's health care policies to Adolf Hitler's] would be like trying to argue with a dining room table":
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Cylon projection and angels in BSG
In the absence of any official explanation, here's my theory about the "head characters"/angels in Battlestar Galactica, including Starbuck. I think this explanation is internally consistent and explains just about everything that the creators of the show did not themselves explain about the subject.
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random album cover game
Random Album Cover Game:
1: Go to Wikipedia. Hit "random." (Alternatively, click here to do the same thing.) The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2: Go to "Random Quotations" (click here). The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
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This is yet another version of the Political Compass test, but this one breaks out foreign policy and culture war values. On this one, I don't score quite as far into the left libertarian quadrant as on other versions (I have previously scored over 8 in both axes), mainly because the wording of some of the questions was ambiguous enough that I ( Read more... ) -
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On Vox: Draft of Obama recovery plan
(Full text ported from Vox on 9/14/10)
The summary draft of the Obama administration's national recovery/stimulus plan is now available.Calculated Risk summarizes what's in it.My impression after a quick read is that there are very few items that seem like a bad use of money.
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