Only a few more days until it will be too late to pretend you did anything other than panic at the last minute and elbow three other people out of the way to get the last remaining Hallmark Valentine–the one with a family-friendly cute double-entendre featuring a cartoon dog and the fingerprints of the thousand …
Monthly Archive: February 2008
Feb 08 2008
Captain Ahab… er, Myers, and the Whale
I was thinking… just reflecting on history… and it came to me, that the high seas of long ago were the routes of communication, of commerce, of social discourse–they were the internet of the past. Or, rather, the internet is the high seas of the present. The following is a sea shanty, a tale best …
Feb 05 2008
I Want To Go To Greece!!
ScienceDaily reports on a new discovery (actually unearthed last summer) that adds detail to the beginnings of Greek culture: ScienceDaily (Jan. 28, 2008) —The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 …
Feb 02 2008
Vaccination Fixation
Oh, pity poor Orac! He’s feeling the love of the anti-vax folks, who apparently think he is a stupid-head. So this one, like it or not, is for you, Orac. It’s obvious that ignorance combined with desperationAnd deliberate distortion mixed with misinterpretationNot to mention giant leaps of overstressed imaginationMay result in opposition to a helpful …
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