You know that the politicians are IQ challenged when they use Hello Kitty Credit cards as a prop.
FINEST KIND CLINIC AND FISHMARKET.... Discussing medicine, culture, and the joys of cooking Pansit.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Oh NO! NOT KITTY!
You know that the politicians are IQ challenged when they use Hello Kitty Credit cards as a prop.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Gertrude and Heathcliff
Heathcliff, as acted by Lawrence Olivier, is a romantic hero.
But this Heathcliff the Seagull is also famous.
Did you know I can't find any real Red Skelton on You tube? Sigh.
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Oh my....he's not on Youtube but Internet archives has some of his old shows to download. LINK
But this Heathcliff the Seagull is also famous.
| Heathcliffe: | Tell me Gertie, What's a polygon? |
| Gertrude: | A polygon is a dead parrot. |
| Heathcliffe: | I heard Peter Rabbit went to the dentist to get a tooth pulled, and they wouldn't give him any Novocain. |
| Gertrude: | Because Peter Rabbit is an Ether bunny! |
Did you know I can't find any real Red Skelton on You tube? Sigh.
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Oh my....he's not on Youtube but Internet archives has some of his old shows to download. LINK
Spiking ACORN
The right wing blogs are salivating over a story that the NYTimes spiked a story that ACORN's vote getting branch (which by law is non partisan) was supporting Obama.
From the Philly Bulletin:
From the Philly Bulletin:
What, me worry?
The world is worried about swine flu....8000 cases so far...
but what about Dengue?
essay on stopping Mosquitos and DDT moved to bloggernews...
but what about Dengue?
essay on stopping Mosquitos and DDT moved to bloggernews...
Germans one, Romans zero
The Rome podcast of the day is about the Varian disaster in the Teutoburg forest.
This September will mark the 2000th year anniversary of that battle...that occurred on 9/11....
that disaster made Rome decide that the Rhine made a nice boundary for them to stop expanding their empire northward...and prevented Rome from assimilating the German tribes as they did to the Celts in Gaul...
more HERE.
This September will mark the 2000th year anniversary of that battle...that occurred on 9/11....
that disaster made Rome decide that the Rhine made a nice boundary for them to stop expanding their empire northward...and prevented Rome from assimilating the German tribes as they did to the Celts in Gaul...
more HERE.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Can't we all get along?
George Weigel: the NotreDame kerfuffle is actually It's about the "Amchurch" (Liberal intellectuals) vs the bishops...AND OBAMA IS BACKING "AMCHURCH"
"...Politics aside, though, the crucial question remains this: just what Church are Notre Dame and its supporters “in,” anyway?"
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And Carolyn Glick says that Obama think those crazies in Iran don't really mean what they say when they say they plan to nuke Israel.
(Israelis perceive that)the Obama administration's apparent hostility toward Israel and its perceived preference for a nuclear-armed Iran over any concerted action by the United States or Israel to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. What the administration is signaling Israelis - and their government - is that Washington is no longer Israel's trusted ally...
"...Politics aside, though, the crucial question remains this: just what Church are Notre Dame and its supporters “in,” anyway?"
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And Carolyn Glick says that Obama think those crazies in Iran don't really mean what they say when they say they plan to nuke Israel.
(Israelis perceive that)the Obama administration's apparent hostility toward Israel and its perceived preference for a nuclear-armed Iran over any concerted action by the United States or Israel to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. What the administration is signaling Israelis - and their government - is that Washington is no longer Israel's trusted ally...
Stuff around the web
AssumptionGumptionBlog has a recipe for vegetarian Calzone
and no, we can't get mozerella in the Palenke here, nor black olives.
Usually Chano buys pizza and calzone in Sbarro when they visit Manila and brings it back for us...
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TeaAtTrianon has a discussion of the prophecies of St Malachy...
Presumably the world will end in 2012...which of course is the same year that the Mayan predicted is doomsday...
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But if you really want to worry about doomsday,
The CERN Comic book is on line...
yup. it's sort of a "how to make a black hole and blow up the earth for dummies" but simpler...
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Scribbit Blog has a list of clothing items she will never wear.
Such as bubble shorts...>
no, I don't think so either....
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Mourning one's lost children
TokyoTimesblog has a photo and article on the Jizo statues seen in Japan...
the statues commemorate children who die before their parents.
wikipedia writes:
izō statues are sometimes accompanied by a little pile of stones and pebbles, put there by people in the hope that it would shorten the time children have to suffer in the underworld (the act is derived from the tradition of building stupas as an act of merit-making). The statues can sometimes be seen wearing tiny children's clothing or bibs, or with toys, put there by grieving parents to help their lost ones and hoping that Jizō would specially protect them. Sometimes the offerings are put there by parents to thank Jizō for saving their children from a serious illness. Jizō's features are also commonly made more babylike in order to resemble the children he protects.
,,more HERE and HERE
Sunday, May 17, 2009
I've heard of contented cows, but this is ridiculous
Ice cream maker flies in Italian tenor to sing to cows
Ice cream maker Frank Frederick has flown in an Italian opera tenor to sing to his herd of Friesian cows in the hope they will produce creamier milk.
-----------------------no, I won't bore you with boring opera singing...
my level of opera appreciation is about the same as PDQBach...LINK
or Anna Russell....LINK
Finnish Sammi
The Sword and the Sea blog is running a series on the Sami people, who live in the far north of Scandinavia and herd reindeer. They have their own customs.
photo from Wikipedia.
and they have a link to a French blog that has recipes for Finnish dishes...
well, at least the blog says they are "Finnish". Silly me, I thought macaroni and cheese was Italian...
Hisss....
well, I've heard about the hum of the Big Bang...
But now we are told that Earth hisses....
According to the new data, the hiss wave evolves from a more distant radio wave called chorus, so named because its discoverers thought it sounded like a rookery of birds heard from a distance.
Image courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Ancient Rome
Right now I'm listening to the history of ancient Rome...
Professor Pafford at the University of Berkeley
Mike Duncan podcast
One building that dates back to the Roman empire and is still intact is the Pantheon...Wikipedia article...
The Pantheon (pronounced /pænˈθiː.ən/ or /ˈpænθi.ən/,[1] Latin: Pantheon,[nb 1] from Greek: Πάνθειον, meaning "Every god") is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt circa 126 AD during Hadrian's reign.
and it is now a church...this video has views of the inside...
Professor Pafford at the University of Berkeley
Mike Duncan podcast
One building that dates back to the Roman empire and is still intact is the Pantheon...Wikipedia article...
The Pantheon (pronounced /pænˈθiː.ən/ or /ˈpænθi.ən/,[1] Latin: Pantheon,[nb 1] from Greek: Πάνθειον, meaning "Every god") is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt circa 126 AD during Hadrian's reign.
and it is now a church...this video has views of the inside...
It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your asthma inhaler is?
GPS chips embedded in Asthma inhalers so that snoops can figure out when and where the irritants/pollen/pollution that cause asthma is located.
The Sickle team along with SiliconSky GPS wanted to make a medical device that would allow tracking of asthma inhaler use trends, including exact time and geographic location of uses. The result was a GPS-enabled standard asthma inhaler. SiliconSky claims that it brought its engineering heritage to the table when designing the GPS-enabled inhaler.
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Megan McArdle quotes from an article on the new inhalers that use HFA instead of CFC
Studies show that HFA inhalers are as effective as CFC inhalers and have the same rate of side effects. But if they are not used properly, patients will not get adequate doses. There are three critical differences.
One: you have to pump them four times before you use them ( I presume they mean shake them to prime the pump).
Two: the spray is weaker, so people aren't sure it's there.
Three: You have to inhale deeper so that the stuff goes into the lungs and not just the mouth.
Medical world news has an article HERE about the problem
The Sickle team along with SiliconSky GPS wanted to make a medical device that would allow tracking of asthma inhaler use trends, including exact time and geographic location of uses. The result was a GPS-enabled standard asthma inhaler. SiliconSky claims that it brought its engineering heritage to the table when designing the GPS-enabled inhaler.
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Megan McArdle quotes from an article on the new inhalers that use HFA instead of CFC
Studies show that HFA inhalers are as effective as CFC inhalers and have the same rate of side effects. But if they are not used properly, patients will not get adequate doses. There are three critical differences.
One: you have to pump them four times before you use them ( I presume they mean shake them to prime the pump).
Two: the spray is weaker, so people aren't sure it's there.
Three: You have to inhale deeper so that the stuff goes into the lungs and not just the mouth.
Medical world news has an article HERE about the problem
Friday, May 15, 2009
How to make sugared Violets
OHappyDayBlog teaches how to sugar violets...
dip or paint with eggwhite and then add powdered sugar.
No, we don't have violets here in the Philippines but we used to have lots of them behind our house when we lived in the US.
Headlines below the fold
Move over, Miss California, another buxom beauty has been found:
"As one male colleague remarked, nothing has changed in 40,000 years," says Nicholas Conard, who reported the find and led the project.
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On the other hand, this review of "Angels and Demons" is a bit snarky...
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We always drink ginger tea or eat ArrozCaldo when we are sick...
Now ginger has been proven to help with nausea associated with chemotherapy.
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Venetia Phair has died:
Venetia Phair, who was 11 years old when she suggested Pluto as the name of the newly discovered planet, has died in England. She was 90.LINK2
however, the bad news:
The International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto in 2006 to a dwarf planet -- based on the observation that Pluto was a large chunk in the Kuiper Belt of solar debris.
more about the Kuiper belt HERE
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Gladiator as Robin Hood?
well, at least unlike other Robin Hoods, he'll play the part with a British (actually Aussie) accent...
And no, he isn't going to wear tights.
... here is the funniest Non politically correct ditty about Robin Hood and his merry men.
Ah, Coffee
Did you know that they promote coffee here as a health drink, because of it's anti oxidant properties?
WebMD lists the health benefits of moderate coffee drinking...
and no, we don't have a Starbucks in town...although we usually visit it at the rest stop on the Northern Luzon expressway....and there is one across the street from Immigration, where I've spent many an hour.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Headlines below the fold
Blazars... typically emit energy when matter falls into the central black hole, but the processes behind it are still a mystery (Source: NASA)
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Dave Barry links to this headline:
Commander calls for 'fire-proof bras and panties'
it seems that helicopter pilots have had to wear men's fire proof underware.---------------------------------
yes, the hobbit will be one story in two parts, says a NZ paper
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DRB has an article with photos of Underground cities...
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and the most useful link of the day comes from EpiLog:
What can you do with all those left over Peeps?
He suggests: Blue Peep Pie, Peep Waldorf Salad, Peeps de creme and Peeps stir fry.
You are what you eat
WebEcoist has a list of the most shocking ingredients in processed foods.
And (via NotCot) LINK is how they make hamburgers for McDonalds.
Actually, I'm not worried, since using animal parts and things like fine sand is "organic" and the alternative is chemicals...or cooking from scratch (like we do here...first hire a full time cook to shop daily, second, ignore the bugs in the rice, Third, don't worry about Reston Ebola in your pork...)
And (via NotCot) LINK is how they make hamburgers for McDonalds.
Actually, I'm not worried, since using animal parts and things like fine sand is "organic" and the alternative is chemicals...or cooking from scratch (like we do here...first hire a full time cook to shop daily, second, ignore the bugs in the rice, Third, don't worry about Reston Ebola in your pork...)
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Science news below the fold
All the anti Catholic conspiracy theories of Dan Brown are well known, but I always wondered why he had to use "anti matter" to blow up the Vatican when nine KG of plutonium would do the same thing.
The Film blog of the UKTelegraph looked into it and found some problems...like they don't have that much anti matter and you'd need a magnetic bottle the size of a house to store it in...
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Discover magazine has an article on Murry Gell-Mann, who discovered and named quarks...and he found the name from a poem in Finnegan's Wake.
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The Film blog of the UKTelegraph looked into it and found some problems...like they don't have that much anti matter and you'd need a magnetic bottle the size of a house to store it in...
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Discover magazine has an article on Murry Gell-Mann, who discovered and named quarks...and he found the name from a poem in Finnegan's Wake.
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Mother's Day story of the year
Mothers who chose to have disabled children...
and since doctors offer few options, how the moms are forming support groups to help each other, and how perinatal hospices are being started in some cities.
and since doctors offer few options, how the moms are forming support groups to help each other, and how perinatal hospices are being started in some cities.
Photo of the day
via NatGeonews:
The May 4, 2009, parting shot captured a planetary nebula known as Kohoutek 4-55, which contains the outer layers of a red giant star. The layers were ejected into interstellar space during the star's dying throes.
The nebula's glow comes from ultraviolet radiation emanating from the remaining hot core of the star.
The colors seen in the image represent different gases emitted by the star—red shows nitrogen, green shows hydrogen, and blue shows oxygen.
Those pesky Catholics
While the tabloids are watching Father "oprah" and his honey, and Weakland is busy admitting he is gay (gee, who wudda thot?) , other Catholics are making waves...without much press coverage...
John Allen's report on the Pope in Israel HERE...
and then there is this:
John Allen's report on the Pope in Israel HERE...
and then there is this:
Sheikh attacks Israel, pope walks out
Instapundit writes:THE POPE WALKS OUT. Hey, you can’t have meaningful dialogue with some people. So why pretend?
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Archbishop Chaput has a nuanced essay HERE about what it means to know Jesus, and the choice Christians have to make in modern culture...only for the thoughtful.
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And Father Z reports that the list of bishops objecting to honoring Obama at Notre Dame now is up to 70 bishops...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Science news below the fold
Will nanocrystal revolutionize LED lights?
hopefully yes before we all die of mercury poisoning...
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Warp It!
By manipulating space-time around the spaceship, which, it should be noted, would require an immense amount of energy, it could be possible to create a bubble that would push the ship faster than the speed of light.
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Was Newton Wrong?
hopefully yes before we all die of mercury poisoning...
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Warp It!
By manipulating space-time around the spaceship, which, it should be noted, would require an immense amount of energy, it could be possible to create a bubble that would push the ship faster than the speed of light.
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Was Newton Wrong?
The findings provide empirical evidence for a theory that can help explain exceptions to Newton's theories without recourse to dark matter (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The question of God
Most of the god debate in the media tends to be at a level of six year old bullies yelling at each other.
But a couple years ago, PBS had a special about the question of God, and used the lives of CS Lewis and Sigmund Freud to explore how this question haunted the lives of both these men.
The special is now on line at you tube:
Part One:
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they also have the original Shadowlands there, posted in segments. LINK
But a couple years ago, PBS had a special about the question of God, and used the lives of CS Lewis and Sigmund Freud to explore how this question haunted the lives of both these men.
The special is now on line at you tube:
Part One:
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they also have the original Shadowlands there, posted in segments. LINK
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Meditations for today
Librivox has an audio of John Donne's meditations when he was ill with a prolonged fever. (probably typhus or typhoid).
This chapter contains the famous phrase
This chapter contains the famous phrase
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a
manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know
for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
News you can use
History writer Maria Elena has an article on the history of Fairies and elves...no, they didn't start with Tolkien...
(Artwork by Arthur Rackham)
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Did you know that "Giant trilobites had complex social lives"?
Come'on baby, let's moult together...
(PhotoSource: Geological Society of America)
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Do you always grow too many Zucchini?
Abufares has a yummie middle Eastern recipe for Zucchini with yogurt and ground meat here....
the most interesting part is that in Syria they "core" the zucchini (to remove the bitter seeds) with something that looks like a long apple corer...
it looks like what we use to core pineapples...so you could probably buy this if you are overloaded with zucchinis this summer.
And no, although we do have yogurt here in the Philippines, we don't usually eat zucchinis...and we usually make our sauce with coconut milk and ginger.
See recipe for coconut milk and chicken.
Mitochondria!
David Ng has written a song in praise of mitochondria...
He writes: "Here is the demo mp3 for your listening pleasure"
Go to link for lyrics: The chorus however is easy to remember:
(Chorus)
Mitochondria, Mitochondria, Mitochondria, Mitochondria
Mitochondria, Mitochondria, Mitochondria, Mitochondria
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Another science put to music story:
and a schoolboy is now a you tube hit with his ode to Tamiflu
Family news
Ruby is working her "McDonald's Kitty Crew" again this week.
The PhilStar has an article HERE about the program
Typhoon off the coast Thursday gave us gusts and lots of rain...yesterday clear, now today we might get hit again with rain from another typhoon south of here.
This is actually normal weather.
Did you know that here they roll up the large billboards when the winds get bad? If not, they tend to fall on those down below...
The PhilStar has an article HERE about the program
Typhoon off the coast Thursday gave us gusts and lots of rain...yesterday clear, now today we might get hit again with rain from another typhoon south of here.
This is actually normal weather.
Did you know that here they roll up the large billboards when the winds get bad? If not, they tend to fall on those down below...
About the special effects in StarTrek
(via Instapundit)
Popular mechanics has an article about skydiving from space and other scenes in the new movie.
I'll probably see it when the pirated VCD's appear at the Palenke...
Popular mechanics has an article about skydiving from space and other scenes in the new movie.
I'll probably see it when the pirated VCD's appear at the Palenke...
Friday, May 08, 2009
Headline of the day
New Analysis Shows Hobbits Couldn't Hustle
"The hobbits were bipedal, but they walked in a different way from modern humans," explains William Harcourt-Smith...
"Their feet have a combination of human-like and more primitive early hominin traits, some of which are more akin to those in Lucy." Lucy is an early bipedal but small-brained hominin, or australopithecine, that lived in Africa 3.2 million years ago.
no report if they had hairy feet however
The reason the Pope has all those fancy Guards
photo dpa
the Spiegel has a short history of the sack of Rome 500 years ago...
nor are such threats merely history: it is well known that Hitler tried to kidnap the Pope but was thwarted by his staff.
They are now discussing hiring women as Swiss Guards...this would probably work for security guard duty and indeed you need women to search female suspects nowadays...
Headlines below the fold
A Washington state ecology employee says that an airline won't be fined for dumping fuel.
The plane had just taken off (i.e. fully loaded with fuel) and had to make an emergency landing...the fuel was dumped to lighten the plane for safety reasons.
Great...now pilots have to worry about saving fish instead of saving passenger's lives?
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Popular Mechanics has an article on the Tunguska explosion. Was it caused by a comet?
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Robert Reich on the bank bail out...
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Insomnia download of the day: Gray's Anatomy...not the TV show the book of muscles.
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Using tea time and cellphones to fight the Taliban?
Sounds about right...
The plane had just taken off (i.e. fully loaded with fuel) and had to make an emergency landing...the fuel was dumped to lighten the plane for safety reasons.
Great...now pilots have to worry about saving fish instead of saving passenger's lives?
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Popular Mechanics has an article on the Tunguska explosion. Was it caused by a comet?
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Robert Reich on the bank bail out...
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Insomnia download of the day: Gray's Anatomy...not the TV show the book of muscles.
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Using tea time and cellphones to fight the Taliban?
Sounds about right...
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Another day, another typhoon
It's been raining on and off for a week (monsoon season early)
But today we are having steady heavy rain, with on and off blackouts of course...
Tomorrow, the media will be here interviewing about the business...more details later.
Fake bust?
Egypt and Berlin keep arguing over that famous bust of Nefertiti but now there are claims it is a fake, or maybe just a copy link
Swiss art historian Henri Stierlin,...writes that it was made and then colored by ancient pigments found in tombs, and notes that those present when it was "discovered" made notes about the find.
Craft item of the day
The Story behind that face transplant
BoingBoing has photos of the "before and after" surgery for the face transplant...this photo was taken before her husband tried to kill her by shooting her in the face...
Headlines below the fold
Do You have any Grey Poupon?
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Cellphones one, Taliban Zero.
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Remember May 1989?
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Peaceful mountain lion, quietly minding his own business stalking some hikers for supper, when that bad dog chased him away.
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Move over, Elton John: Meet Henry Tudor, hit song writer.
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The Hunt for Gollum is on line
(headsup FatherZ)
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Cellphones one, Taliban Zero.
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Remember May 1989?
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Peaceful mountain lion, quietly minding his own business stalking some hikers for supper, when that bad dog chased him away.
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Move over, Elton John: Meet Henry Tudor, hit song writer.
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The Hunt for Gollum is on line
(headsup FatherZ)
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Startrek stills on line
check out Empire magazine
and I still say they all look pretty in a Hollywood style...
nope, no character actors at all...
Wow, the flu must be really bad
Because Mother Abigail is twittering....
Hint: Read The Stand
headsup Lashawnbarber
Hint: Read The Stand
headsup Lashawnbarber
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Happy Cinco de Mayo
Epilog has recipes for your Cinco de Mayo party HERE.
No, we don't have margaritas here in the Philippines...recipe HRE
And no, I never celebrated it (My sons were Colombianos and my husband Filipino, and when I lived in New Mexico, the Apaches didn't celebrate it either).
And no, it's not Mexican Independence day, but the day to celebrate throwing out the French who attempted to make Mexico a colony while the gringos were too busy fighting the civil war to stop them....
and ironically, it is celebrated more in the US than in Mexico...
Stuff below the fold
Tehran Photo blog has photos of Iran's street theatre festivals LINK
not everything is politics and war, you know...
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Links about that eight year old Saudi girl who recently got an annulment...moreHERE.
My take? Tribal law that needs updating...but up until recently, poverty was so severe in many areas that a loving father might consider starvation is worse than being married to a 50 year old...
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Lord Nelson had a child by his honey Lady Hamilton...ah, but do you know the rest of the story?
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Swine flu...nope, we're not all gonna die after all...
not everything is politics and war, you know...
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Links about that eight year old Saudi girl who recently got an annulment...moreHERE.
My take? Tribal law that needs updating...but up until recently, poverty was so severe in many areas that a loving father might consider starvation is worse than being married to a 50 year old...
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Lord Nelson had a child by his honey Lady Hamilton...ah, but do you know the rest of the story?
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Swine flu...nope, we're not all gonna die after all...
Monday, May 04, 2009
Headlines below the fold
What would happen if Manhattan was hit with a 12 foot tsunami wave? or storm surge?
It happened only 2300 years ago....
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It's official: Zimbabwe is broke...
Maybe they need to raid Grace's secret bank accounts in Malaysia...
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Recovery from illness and injury takes time...duh...
Of course, going back to work quickly actually makes recovery faster, but what about in a profession where alertness and judgement is compromised?
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and the really important news of the day: Bird can dance:
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It happened only 2300 years ago....
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It's official: Zimbabwe is broke...
Maybe they need to raid Grace's secret bank accounts in Malaysia...
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Recovery from illness and injury takes time...duh...
Of course, going back to work quickly actually makes recovery faster, but what about in a profession where alertness and judgement is compromised?
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and the really important news of the day: Bird can dance:
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Mapping the catecombs
The leader of the project, Dr Norbert Zimmerman of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, was behind the idea to use laser scanners to record every part of the Catacombs.
BoingBoing has more links to underground Rome
Sunday, May 03, 2009
"who's your daddy" post of the day
Was the Garden of Eden in Africa? In the Kalihari?
Africa shows the greatest genetic variation in it's peoples...and one of the oldest DNA variations is in the San people...
But of course, the Kalihari was not a desert a couple thousand years ago...and the San moved there only from population pressure from the stronger Bantu etc.
Big question: Where did the "hobbit" fit into the picture?
Another trivia finding: most American blacks came via the West Indies...this makes sense since importing of slaves was stopped decades before slavery was abolished, but a lot of smuggling came in from the West Indies...
and most American Indians seem to be closely related genetically...
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Then there is this: Some dinosaurs did migrate into safe areas and stayed alive for half a million years after they were supposed to be extinct...
Altogether now: Hollywood was right...
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Some of these are "headsup" from FR GGG series.
Africa shows the greatest genetic variation in it's peoples...and one of the oldest DNA variations is in the San people...
But of course, the Kalihari was not a desert a couple thousand years ago...and the San moved there only from population pressure from the stronger Bantu etc.
Big question: Where did the "hobbit" fit into the picture?
Another trivia finding: most American blacks came via the West Indies...this makes sense since importing of slaves was stopped decades before slavery was abolished, but a lot of smuggling came in from the West Indies...
and most American Indians seem to be closely related genetically...
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Then there is this: Some dinosaurs did migrate into safe areas and stayed alive for half a million years after they were supposed to be extinct...
Altogether now: Hollywood was right...
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Some of these are "headsup" from FR GGG series.
Choose your life
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there's a sermon here...pointing out that when there is no God there is no meaning to life, but if there is a God, then you can make every small act on your part a prayer....
Budget Gourmet hint of the day
What's surprising is that some of the new organic dog foods taste as good as (or as bad as) similar human foods, like liverwurst and duck liver mousse, according to a working paper circulated on Friday by the American Association of Wine Economists.
The paper is titled "Can People Distinguish Pâté from Dog Food?" and it concluded that, well, they can't.
The paper is titled "Can People Distinguish Pâté from Dog Food?" and it concluded that, well, they can't.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Making the Hunt for Gollum
a 40 minute fan film on the hunt for Gollum is being previewed in London.
Catholic Teeshirt of the day
(headsup AmericanPapist)
[photo credit: wet seal]
For those who don't speak LOL:
The G rated translation of BFF is Best Friends Forever...
Family news
Fiesta parade on Thursday and big feast yesterday here, with our farmers.
I'll try to post photos later.
After the dinner, Chano and family went swimming but Lolo took a nap, and then to Chona's for supper.
We didn't go to the church service: too hot...luckily for us, since YouKnowWho was there with a half dozen security guards.
Chona, in giving her gift, had to pass him by, and turned and said: "Look at us" (i.e. that all the sisters of Dr Ito were there). But he didn't make eye contact...and now the rumors in town are that she told him off.
He's out on bail, but can't keep paying...he's already bribing to get reelected but the one running against him is from a rich family....and if he doesn't get reelected, he won't be able to get money to prolong the court case, or free bodyguards.
The rumors are that he is paying 5000 pesos a vote; last election it was only 1500. (the usual cost of buying a vote is 500 pesos...so he's in trouble).
Well, anyway Chona and the sisters are going to Palawan for a vacation today...there they only face generic terrorism, not revenge attacks...sigh.
background HERE at the March 1-15 archive of the paper
I'll try to post photos later.
After the dinner, Chano and family went swimming but Lolo took a nap, and then to Chona's for supper.
We didn't go to the church service: too hot...luckily for us, since YouKnowWho was there with a half dozen security guards.
Chona, in giving her gift, had to pass him by, and turned and said: "Look at us" (i.e. that all the sisters of Dr Ito were there). But he didn't make eye contact...and now the rumors in town are that she told him off.
He's out on bail, but can't keep paying...he's already bribing to get reelected but the one running against him is from a rich family....and if he doesn't get reelected, he won't be able to get money to prolong the court case, or free bodyguards.
The rumors are that he is paying 5000 pesos a vote; last election it was only 1500. (the usual cost of buying a vote is 500 pesos...so he's in trouble).
Well, anyway Chona and the sisters are going to Palawan for a vacation today...there they only face generic terrorism, not revenge attacks...sigh.
background HERE at the March 1-15 archive of the paper
Patron Saint of the Day
today's patron saint of the day comes via Father Z:
No, Da Vinci wasn't the inventor of manned flight.
Dr. Richard P. Hallion (writes) The first known serious flight attempt in world history occurred about a thousand years before the Wright brothers, in western England. Then, a young Benedictine monk leapt with a crude pair of cloth wings from a watchtower of a church abbey at the beginning of the 11th century. This monk, known to history as Eilmer of Malmesbury, covered a furlong – a distance of approximately 600 feet – before landing heavily and breaking both legs. Afterwards, he remarked that the cause of his crash was that he had forgotten to provide himself with a tail.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Insomnia downloads of the day
The Worm Ouroboros is now on line as an audiobook...
that one put me to sleep simply reading it, so the audiobook should even be better...
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But for more cheerful listening, they also have Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout..
and the classic chilling scifi story The Machine Stops...
that one put me to sleep simply reading it, so the audiobook should even be better...
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But for more cheerful listening, they also have Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout..
and the classic chilling scifi story The Machine Stops...
LOL History lesson for today
The original LOL cat may have been this one:
But the idea goes back at least a century.
For women this cat describes how one feels:
and the LOL cat for doctors is this:
see more Lolcats and funny pictures
But the idea goes back at least a century.
For women this cat describes how one feels:
and the LOL cat for doctors is this:
see more Lolcats and funny pictures
Good news in medicine
Wine prolongs life.
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CT Scans could replace colonoscopy and be able to screen patients with chest pain to see if they have a heart attack...
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Swine Flu no worse than ordinary flu? Discussion HERE
on the other hand, the outbreak in the WashingtonDC area may have been brought back with the president...
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CT Scans could replace colonoscopy and be able to screen patients with chest pain to see if they have a heart attack...
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Swine Flu no worse than ordinary flu? Discussion HERE
on the other hand, the outbreak in the WashingtonDC area may have been brought back with the president...
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Stuff below the fold
StrategyPage has an article about using the IPod Touch by soldiers...they use it as an Mp3 player, a translation aid, and as a PDA...
Apple's website on it HERE.
and no, I don't have one...can't afford it now that I'm retired.
Coming: Chick movie about food
EpiLog notes that the movie Julie &Julia has a trailer on line.
The screenplay is by Nora Ephron...I hope they don't blow it like they did with her movie "Heartburn" which was a great book but a lousy movie (the movie left out the recipes and acid humor).
PBS has a bunch of free recipes from her show link
The screenplay is by Nora Ephron...I hope they don't blow it like they did with her movie "Heartburn" which was a great book but a lousy movie (the movie left out the recipes and acid humor).
PBS has a bunch of free recipes from her show link
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Craft item of the day
Crochet your own Gollum hat.
CrochetMeBlog has a free down load for the pattern.
Photos from below the fold
Guess who will be on American Chopper...yes, America's sweetheart.
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There is a lot of worry about the Pope visiting the Holy Land.
The CurtJester
suggests to use this vehicle instead of the Popemobile:
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Gift item of the week:
A Rubik's cube for the blind..
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Science triumph of the week:
Scientists have cloned a glowing Puppy.
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There is a lot of worry about the Pope visiting the Holy Land.
The CurtJester
suggests to use this vehicle instead of the Popemobile:
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Gift item of the week:
A Rubik's cube for the blind..
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Science triumph of the week:
Scientists have cloned a glowing Puppy.
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Catholic post of the day
You heard of LOLCats?
Well, welcome to LOLSaints: This is an Icon of Ignatius of Antioch...and the link tells you about him.
(headsup the CurtJester)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Good news of the day
"A hormone released during the digestion of certain fats triggers long-term memory formation in rats, a new study says....
While Piomelli doesn't recommend that people binge on fast food to improve memory, his team's findings could explain why kids who eat breakfast and mid-morning snacks generally perform better in school.."
or maybe it helps because fat keeps you from being hungry
The world's weirdest festivals
Baby jumping, a Turnip festival, and of course, the beloved RedNeck Games...slideshow at the UKTelegraph
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