… Of people taken up in the Rapture.
Atheists promise to care for pets…
Standard… Of people taken up in the Rapture.
8 Questions
StandardEight Questions about health-care reform answered. For those who might not be following the political process closely.
Randomness for 9/7/09
Standard1) MightyGodKing’s latest Stab at Relevence, the card game.
2) F=MA? Or F=MAWill(MagicNecklace)? From a blog created by filmmakers planning their first hard-sf indie feature film.
3) RT Book Reviews gives Child of Fire four and a half stars. (I hope that’s not out of ten) Unfortunately, I can’t read the review because I don’t subscribe.
4) Don’t settle for cheap knock-offs! A dieselpunk ray gun commercial
5) Outrageous burgers across the nation. Starting with, you guessed it, a burger with a donut for a bun.
6) 20 Neil Gaiman Facts. Reader, I lolled.
Today I am a great father
StandardWhy? Because I just told my son “No stabbing!”
Yep! I’m one of the greats.
Arboretum Afternoon
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Randomness for 9/5/09
Standard1) People, I ask you: if we’re going to promote AIDS prevention, should we really be turning to Adolf Hitler pron?
2) How content aggregation explains that the upside of contracting AIDS is “The Spanish Civil War.” seen via tnh’s Particles.
3) New Japanese prime minister’s wife once flew on a space ship to Venus. I’m just going to assume the sex is fantastic.
Jeez, I’m losing my voice
StandardThree books I’ve written in first person. Three. (Well, two point nine books–I’m almost finished the third).
You’d think I wouldn’t accidentally slip into third person anymore, but you’d be wrong.
I don’t mind the noise the young women make at the coffee shop
StandardThey’re at work, they’re dealing with people all day, making them food and drinks and socializing a little bit. And it’s a coffee shop, not a library. People talk, they laugh, music is playing.
What I do mind is the guy sitting across from me complaining about the noise they make, calling them “ninnies.” When they talk and laugh, they’re doing it with each other–it has nothing to do with me and is easily ignored. But when a dude addresses me directly, *that* breaks my concentration.
Quick note for everyone who works in coffee shops: You are not in a library.
Randomness for 9/4/09
Standard1) Man builds houses for low-income citizens using mostly recycled material. My wife would love this.
2) Arkansas fire chief shot in court room after criticizing local police. Apparently, while criticizing cops who do nothing but write speeding tickets, there was a “scuffle.” The fire chief was unarmed.
It’s interesting that the town where this took place has 147 residents and seven officers. According to the article, they spend their time manning speed traps, but the county sheriff dept. is investigating where all that money went, since the police cars are about to be repossessed.
As yet, no one has been charged in the shooting.
3) The GOP released a press release listing doctors who oppose the current health care reform bills. Unfortunately, the doctors on the list didn’t know a thing about it.
4) Fire ants build a life raft from their own bodies. I understand that it’s almost certainly staged to some degree, but it’s still fascinating.
5) The Coen Brothers make a short film about a man entering an art house theater. It’s simple and wonderful. “A Human Comedy of Sorts.”
A meme I’m happy to pass on to you:
Standard“No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick.”