whoops:
according to BoingBoing, ATM's in California won't accept Arnold's IOU's....
----------------------
Boing Boing also links to a photo of a celestial soap bubble...
The "Cygnus Bubble" nebula may actually be a cylinder that is being seen from one of its ends. This image was taken with the Kitt Peak Mayall 4-metre telescope in Arizona (Image: Travis A. Rector/U of Alaska Anchorage/Heidi Schweiker/NOAO)
-------------
Curious Expeditions Blog relates the history of Haint Blue, and explains why shutters are traditionally painted blue or green...
According to African folk belief, the blue keeps the spirits of the dead from entering your home...
The modern explanation for using the colour? It repels insects.
------------------
The Kerfluffle about Amazon withdrawing the book "1984" from people's Kindles was a ploy to encourage publishers to allow them to market E Books....
-----------------
First they destroy embryos to make stem cells...
now they are making embryos from adult stem cells.?
--------------
LewRockwell compares Tolkien with Ayn Rand in discussing freedom...
I don't quite agree, because the philosophy at the heart of Rand is materialism and achievement, while the heart of Tolkien is the Catholic universe quietly ruled by "love that moves the sun and the other stars..."
(headsup TeaAtTrianon)
No comments:
Post a Comment