Hey, Mike. Rough month, eh? You’re doing all right in the polls at the moment, but just getting hammered from all sides in the blogosphere. You’re getting blasted for denying evolution, but also for not denying it fiercely enough for Ann Coulter. People are none too happy about your ill-informed ideas about public health, or […]
Month: December 2007
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
I love getting toys for Christmas: Chateau Steelypips is now GPS-enabled. That’s from our drive home last night (GIMPed to within an inch of its life, because the light level was really low)– bonus points for anyone who can identify where it was taken. It’s a Garmin c340, for those who want specs with their […]
Leave My Childhood Icons Alone!
It was sort of amusing when people started doing kitsch holiday commercials in a CGI version of those old quasi-claymation holiday specials (Rodolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the like). I’m ok with hipster irony, at least to a point. It was a whole lot less amusing when somebody (I’ve forgotten who) did a commercial this […]
Tree of SCIENCE!!! #10
The final installment from the Tree of SCIENCE!!! for this year: This is a Santa Claus figure walking his dog. Which, of course, is a reminder to everyone of the importance of talking to your pets about SCIENCE!!! Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it. The rest of you, have a great Tuesday.
links for 2007-12-23
The Muckraker’s Progress: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com “[Bob Livingston] said he thought I was a bottom-feeder. So they called me for a comment and I said, ‘Yeah, that’s right, but look what I found when I got down there.’ ” –Larry Flynt (tags: politics US society stupid) scifantasy: Bimbos And Zombies, or Getting Away… He’s […]
Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck, 2007
Thanks largely to the leather canary, I’ve amassed a surprising number of non-sucky Christmas songs this year. There’s some painful stuff in there, too, but most of the tracks on their mixes aren’t likely to make you want to stab ballpoint pens through your eardrums. If you’re in need of a holiday soundtrack, you could […]
links for 2007-12-22
E Y E W E A R: The Failure of Interest In Poetry In Our Time Today’s nominee for Pompous Ass Comment of the Year: “The fact that poetry does not interest most people suggests most people are no longer interesting.” (tags: academia culture poetry literature books) Christmas with Christopher Hitchens | The A.V. Club […]
Bunnies Made of Cheese: The First Draft
“Hey, dude. What’s in the binder?” “Well, it’s the first draft of my book. I finished it this morning, and printed it out to have a paper copy to look at.” “Ooooh! The book about me?” “Well, it’s a book about physics, featuring you. But yes, that’s the only book I’m working on at the […]
Family Traditions
Tomorrow, Kate and I will be heading off to Scenic Whitney Point to spend a few days with my family. Part of this will be the traditional Christmas Eve dinner with my father’s side of the family (described in more detail below the fold). It occurred to me a little while ago that this is […]
Tree of SCIENCE!!! #9
This one may not look like much, but it covers a lot of ground for the Tree of SCIENCE!!!: This ornament is built around a copper plaque, and copper is a very good conductor, which means it includes an element of solid state physics. The copper in the plaque is from the roof of the […]