Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- “She’s dead!” – I suppose everyone (who reads comics) has a favorite comic book character they want to come back from the dead, and certainly DC has dismantled the whole Kirby Fourth World, but … I want my Barda!
- DORK TIDINGS, Thursday, December 30, 2010 – Paul Cornell’s Very Clever Doctor Who Apples to Apples Set – This might, in fact, be too geeky even for me. Stan, on the other hand …
- DORK TOWER, Thursday, December 30, 2010 – Heh.
- An amazing, though clearly little-known, scientific fact: We get more snow storms in warm years! « Climate Progress
- DenialDepot: Jaws: A movie review – “Jaws” through the eyes of Climate Change Denialists. Lovely.
- New Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s First Act: Discriminate Against Atheists – And this is why having government-entangled religious events is wrong, not to mention counter-productive — because you either end up with something so watered-down as to be non-religious, or you exclude the folks whose religion (or lack thereof) doesn’t mesh with the official line. Better to just not go there.
- Patton Oswalt: “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time to Die” – Oswalt’s ETEWAF reminds me of the “Foundation”-era Imperial scholars, who don’t research anything themselves or do any field work, just recompile results from other scholars who’ve recompiled results from other scholars who’ve …
- Sam Harris: A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich – Americans (self included) are sometimes like three-year-olds: the more you tell them what they should do, the less likely they are to do it. But that doesn’t mean that they still shouldn’t.
- When natural and artificial moons align – Cool.
- Excruciating – “The work of a senator doesn’t have to be so painful. If you find yourself complaining because you’re being forced to defend indefensible positions by voting on them, it might be that the problem doesn’t lie with those forcing you to cast a vote and take a stand. It seems more likely that the problem lies with where you have chosen to stand and why you have chosen to stand there.”
- Christine O’Donnell Blames George Soros For AP Story On Federal Probe – And those damned Liberals stole the cherry ice cream I had saved in the fridge, too! Fortunately, I have this set of ball bearings to roll around in my hand to make me feel better!
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1. Yes, she is sorely missed. I am not sure why, as she was always a second-stringer. Possibly the only death that bothers me more is Blue Beetle’s. Hmm. They were both in the same incarnation of the Justice League. Significant?
I tried to get my 6’4″ brunette roommate to dress as Barda for Halloween when she lived here, but she adamantly refused.
🙁