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Happy Moon Landing Day!
Jul. 20th, 2010 04:24 pmOn July 20, 1969 Earth people walked around in the Sea of Tranquility on Earth's Moon.
Yay us!
Yay us!
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No!
No sun--no moon!
No morn--no noon!
No dawn--no dusk--no proper time of day--
No sky--no earthly view--
No distance looking blue--
No road--no street--no "t'other side this way"--
No end to any Row--
No indications where the Crescents go--
No top to any steeple--
No recognitions of familiar people--
No courtesies for showing 'em--
No knowing 'em!
No traveling at all--no locomotion--
No inkling of the way--no notion--
"No go" by land or ocean--
No mail--no post--
No news from any foreign coast--
No Park, no Ring, no afternoon gentility--
No company--no nobility--
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member--
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds--
November!
-- Thomas Hood
No sun--no moon!
No morn--no noon!
No dawn--no dusk--no proper time of day--
No sky--no earthly view--
No distance looking blue--
No road--no street--no "t'other side this way"--
No end to any Row--
No indications where the Crescents go--
No top to any steeple--
No recognitions of familiar people--
No courtesies for showing 'em--
No knowing 'em!
No traveling at all--no locomotion--
No inkling of the way--no notion--
"No go" by land or ocean--
No mail--no post--
No news from any foreign coast--
No Park, no Ring, no afternoon gentility--
No company--no nobility--
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member--
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds--
November!
-- Thomas Hood
More Sherwin-Williams Poetry
May. 15th, 2009 03:43 pm#55
Crisp Linen
Jersey Cream
Humble Gold
Anjou Pear
Ceremonial Gold
Golden Rule
Cut The Mustard
Crisp Linen
Jersey Cream
Humble Gold
Anjou Pear
Ceremonial Gold
Golden Rule
Cut The Mustard
Using the Right Tool for the Job
Sep. 23rd, 2008 11:11 pmNASA scientists are using rubber duckies to track water currents from glacial melts to understand global warning.
It's worked before, by accident. A decade or so ago a Japanese container ship lost a few tons of duckies in a typhoon, and they were tracked on their trans-oceanic journey. These ones promise a reward for reporting where people find them.
It's worked before, by accident. A decade or so ago a Japanese container ship lost a few tons of duckies in a typhoon, and they were tracked on their trans-oceanic journey. These ones promise a reward for reporting where people find them.
"The Virtues of Promiscuity"
Aug. 28th, 2008 11:04 am"'Slutty' behavior is good for the species. That is the conclusion of a new wave of research on the evolutionary drives behind sexuality and parenting.
Women everywhere have been selflessly engaging in trysts outside of matrimony. And they have been doing it for a good long time and for excellent reasons. Anthropologists say female promiscuity binds communities closer together and improves the gene pool."
Full article here
Make love not patriarchy.
Women everywhere have been selflessly engaging in trysts outside of matrimony. And they have been doing it for a good long time and for excellent reasons. Anthropologists say female promiscuity binds communities closer together and improves the gene pool."
Full article here
Make love not patriarchy.
criticiz! or blam!
Jul. 30th, 2008 09:58 pmWhat is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?
Wow. Breathtaking, over the top, proud fanaticism. This is what happens when young neocons run amok.
“This is the lexis nexis search string that I use for AG appointments.”
The string reads as follows:
[First name of a candidate]! and pre/2 [last name of a
candidate] w/7 bush or gore or republican! or democrat! or
charg! or accus! or criticiz! or blam! or defend! or iran contra
or clinton or spotted owl or florida recount or sex! or
controvers! or racis! or fraud! or investigat! or bankrupt! or
layoff! or downsiz! or PNTR or NAFTA or outsourc! or indict!
or enron or kerry or iraq or wmd! or arrest! or intox! or fired
or sex! or racis! or intox! or slur! or arrest! or fired or
controvers! or abortion! or gay! or homosexual! or gun! or
firearm!
The Justice Dept.'s Office of the Inspector General delivered up these ugly facts a few days ago: Link to PDF
Wow. Breathtaking, over the top, proud fanaticism. This is what happens when young neocons run amok.
“This is the lexis nexis search string that I use for AG appointments.”
The string reads as follows:
[First name of a candidate]! and pre/2 [last name of a
candidate] w/7 bush or gore or republican! or democrat! or
charg! or accus! or criticiz! or blam! or defend! or iran contra
or clinton or spotted owl or florida recount or sex! or
controvers! or racis! or fraud! or investigat! or bankrupt! or
layoff! or downsiz! or PNTR or NAFTA or outsourc! or indict!
or enron or kerry or iraq or wmd! or arrest! or intox! or fired
or sex! or racis! or intox! or slur! or arrest! or fired or
controvers! or abortion! or gay! or homosexual! or gun! or
firearm!
The Justice Dept.'s Office of the Inspector General delivered up these ugly facts a few days ago: Link to PDF
The Big Read List
Jun. 29th, 2008 11:47 pmOkay, I said I'd do this when I had a minute...
Taken from anubisgrrl's version.
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"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
( The Big Read List )
Taken from anubisgrrl's version.
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"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
( The Big Read List )
Understatement, overheard
Jun. 18th, 2008 10:38 amOn NPR news this morning:
"There's a shift in thinking. The Corps [of Engineers] is starting to think it's no longer such a good idea to build on flood plains."
I dunno- this smacks of governmental interference in people's fundamental freedoms to do shortsighted dumb things.
"There's a shift in thinking. The Corps [of Engineers] is starting to think it's no longer such a good idea to build on flood plains."
I dunno- this smacks of governmental interference in people's fundamental freedoms to do shortsighted dumb things.
This struck me as significant
May. 3rd, 2008 03:18 pmYouTube video of Bill Moyers calling for some perspective about Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
"Behold the double standard- John McCain sought out the endorsement of John Hagee, a warmongering, Catholic-bashing Texas preacher who said the people of New Orleans got what they deserved for their sins. But no one suggests that McCain shares Hagee's delusions, or thinks AIDS is God's punishment for homosexuality..."
"Behold the double standard- John McCain sought out the endorsement of John Hagee, a warmongering, Catholic-bashing Texas preacher who said the people of New Orleans got what they deserved for their sins. But no one suggests that McCain shares Hagee's delusions, or thinks AIDS is God's punishment for homosexuality..."
Also, I can kill you with my brain...
Mar. 3rd, 2008 10:30 amA game hardware company called OCZ announced a brain wave controlled interface called the "Neural Impulse Actuator," although some of it may also be facial muscles. Still, slaying monsters and goons by making faces could be fun in its own way.
If I had a spare three hundred bucks, I'd be all over that.
http://www.everythingusb.com/ocz-neural-impulse-actuator-14349.html
OCZ's prepares NIA for shipping next week
If I had a spare three hundred bucks, I'd be all over that.
http://www.everythingusb.com/ocz-neural-impulse-actuator-14349.html
OCZ's prepares NIA for shipping next week
Cool thing video game
Feb. 17th, 2008 04:08 pmRandomly cable channel-surfing this morning, I saw on G4 on X-play a quick review of several arty and atypical games they'd seen at a game expo or gotten advance buzz about... The most compelling one is called Crayon Physics Deluxe, an upgrade of a simple but ingenious freeware game by Petri Purho, a student at Helsinki Polytechnic in Finland.
"Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics."
YouTube video of the cool game in action.
When it's actually available I'll update.
Link to original version free game (you can only draw squares).
"Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics."
YouTube video of the cool game in action.
When it's actually available I'll update.
Link to original version free game (you can only draw squares).
Today I finally thought to chase down a fake factoid on IMDB.com and was enlightened. To wit: For ages now I'd been mixing up Scottish character actors Peter Capaldi and John Hannah. I feel silly and clever and geeky at the same time now. See, Peter Capaldi was Azolan, Valmont's manservant in Dangerous Liaisons, and the angel Islington in Neverwhere, and dozens of other things; whereas John Hannah was Matthew in Four Weddings and a Funeral (read poem at funeral), thieving brother Jonathan in the Mummy movies, and dozens of other things.
Sometimes you have to look things up and find out. It's important, dammit.
Sometimes you have to look things up and find out. It's important, dammit.
