I was just looking through the usage statistics for this site, and once again the most popular search phrases are hilarious:
* “the terminal true story”:http://www.google.com/search?q=the+terminal+true+story
* “donald trump toupee”:http://www.google.com/search?q=donald+trump+toupee
* “she turned me into a newt”:http://www.google.com/search?q=she+turned+me+into+a+newt
I swear I’m not making this up. People actually come here specifically to find these things. Oh, to peer into [...]
Posted by Chris in Blog on February 24th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Just you wait ’til Ben is old enough…
“Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids”:http://www.scitoys.com/
Posted by Chris in Science on February 23rd, 2005 | Comments Off
According to an article in New Scientist, “Mars may have a frozen underground sea”:http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7039 right near the equator. If it’s there, it’s just under the surface, is about 45m (145ft) deep, and covers thousands of square kilometers, about the size of the North Sea.
In related news, I just finished reading “Red Thunder”:http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030929/red_thunder.shtml, John Varley’s [...]
Posted by Chris in Space on February 21st, 2005 | 1 Comment »
A recent “Guardian story”:http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1418173,00.html provides insight into what our new US “exurbs”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exurb look like to the UK:
“As US towns sprawl into the countryside, creating anonymous zones dominated by soulless malls, one of Britain’s leading historians asks if it could happen here…”
Scariest quote:
“After a closely fought referendum, Phoenix, a city of 3.5 million (roughly half [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture on February 20th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
OK, so let me get this straight. We’re spending “$9 billion a year on a ‘missile defense’”:http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-02-17-rumsfeld-missiledefense_x.htm which a) doesn’t stop missiles even in simple testing and b) wouldn’t deter anyone from developing or deploying missiles. If that’s the case, I have a “bullet defense” here that consists of waving a pen vaguely [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on February 18th, 2005 | Comments Off
Gives new meaning to “any port in a storm.”
Posted by Deb in Oddly Enough on February 16th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Not that any of you know this new kid or her parents (friends of mine from high school) but the family web page with the music is just so cute that I had to share!
Posted by Deb in Holiday! Celebrate! on February 16th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
A good reason to visit the Midwest this June? Thanks to Glen for sending me the link.
Posted by Deana in Environment on February 13th, 2005 | Comments Off
AP (via CBS) has a wonderful analysis of why New York’s same-sex marriage ruling is different. Worth a read.
Oddly enough, Mayor Bloomberg is appealing the ruling because he’s an ardent supporter of it. Apparently he’s been advised that it might not stand on its own, and only the Court of Appeals can make [...]
Posted by Chris in Law on February 6th, 2005 | Comments Off
I may be the only one really interested in this, but I’m kind of fascinated with this site, which has various lists of things like the religious affiliations of various sci fi authors, mentions of religion in various sci fi books, etc.
Posted by Deana in Literature on February 4th, 2005 | Comments Off
