remember the aerobie? it is that red and black ring that made it possible for mere mortals to throw a frisbee three football fields (usually, of course, by the time a disk flies 300 yards, it is way way way way WAY WAY off course, but anyway). i have a well-desered reputation for being somewhat […]
i do not feel well today
earlier, i thought i might start to feel better if i ate. so i ate. this made me feel pretty much yucky, so i thought i might go for a walk. i am now back from my walk, and the idea of riding a bike home is so awful that it is the only thing […]
birthday steak
24 ounces of pure yum:
thirty four is closing in
tonight at midnight it becomes january 5, 2008, and i become thirty four years old. one more year and i’m middle aged. sheesh.
can the snail reach the horse?
Imagine a rubber band that is attached to a horse at one end and attached to a wall at the other end. The rubber is infinitely stretchable. On the rubber, near the wall, there is a snail. Both the snail and the horse start moving with typical speeds. Can the snail reach the horse? Motion […]
it.
We began discussing human cloning, and someone mentioned a noted bioethicist who believed that the parents of a deceased child should be allowed to create a clone of that child. My friends were curious: “Would the clone begin life at the age its original version died?†“How would you tell the clone about its origin?†[…]
found a local market that i’m going to love: Goose The Market
i am a big proponent of eating food that is grown and produced within 100 miles of home whenever possible. i just fell in love with this place: It may be easier to give you an idea of what you won’t find. Just to give you an idea you won’t find tomatoes in January, you […]
Links for 1/2/08
popurls® | popular urls to the latest web buzz Choosing a Distributed Version Control System – Dave Dribin’s Blog Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use – washingtonpost.com The Daily Detour: An open letter to Chris at Flickerbulb re. altruism and evolution Christdot :: Christ. Period. MY GOD, IT’S FULL OF WARS on Flickr […]
kucinich urges voters to make obama their second choice
“I hope Iowans will caucus for me as their first choice this Thursday, because of my singular positions on the war, on health care and trade. This is an opportunity for people to stand up for themselves. But in those caucus locations where my support doesn’t reach the necessary threshold, I strongly encourage all of […]
best thing about 2007
this year has been the best year, ever. here’s why:
altruism and evolution
First, a bit of background, from John Crane’s post entitled “Who Really Believes in the Virgin Birth” Who really believes in the virgin birth? A recent survey by the Barna Research Group, asked adults what they believed about the virgin birth of Jesus—Was this story literally true or not? Across all demographic spectrums most adults […]
moral of story: tigers are ungrateful
“Somebody created a situation that really agitated her and gave her some sort of a method to break out,†Mollinedo said. “There is no possible way the cat could have made it out of there in a single leap. I would surmise that there was help. â€A couple of feet dangling over the edge could […]
nature’s unicorn
one of my coolest christmas gifts is the avenging narwhal from the back of the box: For centuries, the Narwhal was the great mystery of the sea. With the body of a whale and the horn of a Unicorn, many people believed that these fascinating creatures were harmless inhabitants of the icy waters of the […]
little hint
i love this quote from fake steve jobs, in a post about how apple seems to be offering him a buttload of cash to stop pretending to be steve jobs. i don’t particularly care about that part of it, though i wish someone would offer me so bucks to stop blogging (anyone!? hello? drat.) no, […]