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[links] Link salad looks toward the end of the year

A reader reacts to Green — Mildly with the liking, damning with faint praise one might say.

Blast Off! 36 Retro Sci Fi Book Covers — (From [info]willyumtx.)

The Muses of Insert, Delete and Execute — Writing in the digital age. (Snurched from [info]crowleycrow here.)

Navigating Love and Autism

Earth has two 'moons' right now, theorists say (Via David Goldman.)

The Mystery Behind AnesthesiaMapping how our neural circuits change under the influence of anesthesia could shed light on one of neuroscience's most perplexing riddles: consciousness.

The Underwritten States of America — 19th century medical insurance rate maps. Really?

Should Medical Journals Print Info That Could Help Bioterrorists?Scientists are butting heads with the government over whether scientific openness trumps national security. The fact that we're asking the question means the terrorists have won. Closing an open society is a victory for oppression.

FBI agent's journey from pulpit to prisonDarin McAllister's life unraveled as the housing crisis revealed inflated figures on his loan documents. The former LAPD officer sees his four-year sentence for fraud as another of life's tests. Why are we reading stories about fraudulent mortgage applicants when we should be reading stories about fraudulent mortgage executives?

Newly recovered court files cast doubt on Gingrich version of first divorce — I am beyond baffled at Newt's attraction to the GOP base. I think I understand why they liked Bachmann, for example (regardless of my own opinions of her, I mean), or even Romney, but Gingrich? Serial adulterer, serial liar, multimillionaire with a Trump sized ego who nearly wrecked the Republican revolution he helped launch? What's in him for them?

Springtime for ToxicsMindless opposition to “job killing” regulations is now part of what it means to be a Republican. Most conservative stances require mindlessness these days, not just opposition to environmental regulation.

?otd: Planning on any bonfires?




12/27/2011
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (chemo fatigue)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 9.25 (solid)
Weight: 204.4
Currently (re)reading: The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey

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