Katie found a cookie baking game for J. Among the decorations you can add are hearts…and brains. I still have to stifle a laugh every time he starts shouting “Braaaains!!!”
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About time. Here’s hoping they follow through, and that next up is getting rid
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/us/boy-scouts-policy/index.html
About time. Here's hoping they follow through, and that next up is getting rid of their official policy of religious discrimination.
“Flaming goat cheese on a truck” would make a good curse. But it’s awful for your commute
I’m going to have to start using “flaming goat cheese on a truck!” as a pseudo-curse.
This is even weirder than the truck full of meat that caught fire on the 5 near Camp Pendleton a few years back, blocking the entire freeway in an area with no alternate routes for a whole day.
Great literature vs. modern internet slang.
http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/130104.html
Great literature vs. modern internet slang.
Really? People claim Obama is making a power grab/end run around the legislature by…sending…
http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-executive-actions-on-gun-control-2013-1
Really? People claim Obama is making a power grab/end run around the legislature by…sending memos and directing agencies within the executive branch to analyze data, review safety standards and draw up model emergency procedures?
Hey, people who don’t like the EPA: This is what we’d have without it.
Hey, people who don’t like the EPA: This is what we’d have without it. Because, as the article points out, it’s what we *did* have *before* the EPA.
NASA snaps pics of China’s ‘Airpocalypse’ pollution disaster
Things you could do with the old web that newer sites can’t figure out – or don’t want to.
Things you could do with the old web that newer sites can’t figure out – or don’t want to.
When you see interesting data mash-ups today, they are often still using Flickr photos because Instagram’s meager metadata sucks, and the app is only reluctantly on the web at all. We get excuses about why we can’t search for old tweets or our own relevant Facebook content, though we got more comprehensive results from a Technorati search that was cobbled together on the feeble software platforms of its era.
Time lapse video of last month’s solar eclipse, showing the moon’s shadow sweeping across
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121210.html
Time lapse video of last month's solar eclipse, showing the moon's shadow sweeping across the sky.
Every once in a while, SMBC gets inspirational. In its own way.
SMBC: What you fear vs. What you should fear
Every once in a while, SMBC gets inspirational. In its own way.
Not sure what’s crazier: the line at Starbucks, or the fact that I walked to another Starbucks in less time than it would have taken.
Not sure what’s crazier: the line at Starbucks, or the fact that I walked to another Starbucks in less time than it would have taken to get through.
What made me think taking the bus would *simplify* my commute to an office next
What made me think taking the bus would *simplify* my commute to an office next to LAX on the day before Thanksgiving?
So the group that put together that “Three Myths About Copyright…” paper last Friday
So the group that put together that “Three Myths About Copyright…” paper last Friday has retracted it. Apparently the RIAA didn't like what it was saying. (Funny thing).
Remember when Cheerios were healthy?
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Food Allergy Initiative have completed their merger, and will be called FARE…
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Food Allergy Initiative have completed their merger, and will be called FARE, highlighting their focus on food allergy research and education.
Yellow clouds near sunset.
Yellow clouds near sunset. It looked like the thicker clouds were actually raining – in fact, we could see a fragment of rainbow off to the right of the frame – but there was no sign of the rain actually reaching the ground anywhere.
They came out a bit too orange, now that I look at them again. But the golden hour sunlight reflected off of the cloud cover made for eerie lightning. It reminded me a bit of being in the smoke plume of a wildfire, except for the fact that the air was clear. (Clearer than usual, actually, with the Santa Anas blowing.)
Interesting. This article is missing a few numbers, but Wikipedia’s article on the election…
Interesting. This article is missing a few numbers, but Wikipedia's article on the election places him at 0.95% of the popular vote, the highest of the third party candidates this year (though still smaller than the gap between Romney & Obama). Still smaller than Nader's share in 2000, and of course WAY smaller than Ross Perot's record 18% in 1992.
An interesting read about the structure of the internet, and how parts of it
https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-google-went-offline-today-and-a-bit-about/
An interesting read about the structure of the internet, and how parts of it are more fragile than you might expect.
Some of Mira Grant’s favorite fictional politicians.
Some of Mira Grant's favorite fictional politicians.
Be sure to vote today even if you don’t like the major choices for President….
Be sure to vote today even if you don't like the major choices for President. Don't just stay home to “send a message,” vote for a third party candidate instead. Staying home sends a message all right, but not about your disappointment with the system. It sends the message that you're willing to lie down and let the system walk all over you.
Remember: even if your state leans so far in one direction that you feel your…
Remember: even if your state leans so far in one direction that you feel your vote won't make a difference in the Presidential election, there are still state and local candidates and issues that need to be decided.