[links] Link salad for a hump day
An Author Without Borders — The New York Times on William T. Vollmann, an author who really lives his work. Wow. (Thanks to
tetar.)
And yet no man like he, doth greeue my heart — Language Log with some deep linguistic neepery about Shakespeare.
Love in 2-D — Japanese culture. (Thanks to
willyumtx.)
Vintage ad for Chubbettes -- clothing for your "chubby lass" — Weird classic Americana. But the weirdest thing about this (of many weird things) is that the girl in the photo does not look "chubby" to me.
Illustrator Christoph Niemann — Including the "Periodic Table of Metaphors".
Managers vs Makers — The art and science of meetings.
The Milky Way over Devil's Tower — Another awesome image from APOD.
How to land safely back on the moon
A War of Frontier and Empire — The Edge of the American West on the geopolitics of US imperialism in the Philippines.
pecunium with more on healthcare — (Another hat tip to
lt260.)
?otD: Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
7/29/2009
Body movement: n/a (up late, overslept)
This morning's weigh-in: 223.4
Currently reading: Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
And yet no man like he, doth greeue my heart — Language Log with some deep linguistic neepery about Shakespeare.
Love in 2-D — Japanese culture. (Thanks to
Vintage ad for Chubbettes -- clothing for your "chubby lass" — Weird classic Americana. But the weirdest thing about this (of many weird things) is that the girl in the photo does not look "chubby" to me.
Illustrator Christoph Niemann — Including the "Periodic Table of Metaphors".
Managers vs Makers — The art and science of meetings.
The Milky Way over Devil's Tower — Another awesome image from APOD.
How to land safely back on the moon
A War of Frontier and Empire — The Edge of the American West on the geopolitics of US imperialism in the Philippines.
?otD: Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
7/29/2009
Body movement: n/a (up late, overslept)
This morning's weigh-in: 223.4
Currently reading: Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
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