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Mental Health Update
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Utah!
So today's ruling in Utah (!) striking down the law prohibiting same sex marriage is great. But the best thing: it cites Scalia favorably.
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The Space Between Wonder and Why
This is a little late, but the solstice and the supermoon made me want to babble about the orbits of the Earth and Moon. Most of you probably already know most of this ( Read more... ) -
Jon Lord
Jon Lord, organist for Deep Purple, died Monday of pancreatic cancer.
Jon Lord is one of my rock gods. You may disagree with me, but as far as I'm concerned, his organ made Deep Purple what it was. If you think Ritchie Blackmore was the heart of Deep Purple, that's okay, but you're wrong.
He and his playing will be missed.
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Supreme Court FTW
WTF! Roberts voted to uphold the ACA. I'm shocked.
This is causing me to reevaluate the merits of the ACA.
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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Go Judge Boudin
Well, this is exciting.
Federal Appeals Court Rules the Defense of Marriage Act Is Unconstitutional
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPad.
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Book review: Bitterblue
On a certain level, it feels like my comments about Bitterblue have limited value. I adored Graceling. I adored Fire. Unsurprisingly, I also love Bitterblue. But I still want to set down some thoughts on Bitterblue, and in particular its differences from the previous books, hopefully without giving anything away.
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mattrolls.blogspot.com is back
Apparently I'm blogging at http://mattrolls.blogspot.com/ again. New title, new subject, new comments, new feed (the old feed is dead), lots of math nerdiness. We'll see how long it lasts.
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPad.
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And the voice said:
Neither snow nor rain nor gloom ( Read more... ) -
Outcomes in Risk
It is possible that no one but me cares, but I have been wondering about this for a long time, so I finally worked out the answer ( Read more... )