davidlevine on the cultural appropriation imbroglioUrban knitting: the world's most inoffensive graffiti — For those of you who weren't readers during last year's cancer episode, the magnificent
Shorpy proves once again that weird is not a modern phenomenon: The Mechanical Chicken (1930) and The Bovine Lunarometer (1920) — I'm sure there's story ideas in both those photos.
Vintage war propaganda posters — And some modern ringers. (Snurched from Dark Roasted Blend.)
The Milky Way over Mauna Kea — APOD rocks the house again.
Fewer Calories = Better Brains? — Technology Review on the possible relationship between calorie restriction and mental function. Some interesting comments about insulin, too.
18th Century Astronaut? — Skepticism 101 from Bad Astronomy.
Oaf of Office — The New York Times on Chief Justice Roberts' slip up. ETA:
ericjamesstone provides links to some sensible rebuttals to this.Obama to order clean-air waiver — Let me get this straight. Republicans are all about state's rights and limiting the role of the Federal government, right? Democrats are the great regulators and stiflers of individual initiative and local control, right? Because a naive reader of this story might conclude the opposite.
?otD: Did you know that sometimes words have two meanings?
1/27/2009
Body movement: 40 minute ride on the stationary bike
This morning's weigh-in: 222.6
Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
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