I’m working on a set of t-shirts for the Global Spin community (plus a secret project I’ll unveil later this month). I have a couple designs mocked up already and a decent place to make and sell them, and I’ve run into a bit of a snag.
There are too many kinds of freaks.
That’s ordinarily [...]
Posted by Chris in Blog, Community & Activism, Crafts, Fun on May 31st, 2006 | 26 Comments »
or: Let a thousand elements bloom!
Global Spin page graph courtesy of Websites as graphs and htmlgraph.
Posted by Chris in Art, Blog, Fun, Technology on May 30th, 2006 | No Comments »
This is an excellent article by Elaine Pagels concerning not so much “The DaVinci Code” but rather the nerve it hits that makes it so popular. Elaine Pagels is a senior scholar of religion at Princeton. She is well known for her book The Gnostic Gospels. Here is an interesting excerpt.
Posted by Deb in Religion on May 27th, 2006 | No Comments »
From a Reuters story today:
President George W. Bush admitted on Thursday that his bellicose “bring ‘em on” taunt to Iraqi insurgents was a big mistake, as he and Prime Minister Tony Blair carefully avoided setting a timetable for removing troops from Iraq.
A mistake? Really? Ya think? Could there perhaps be other mistakes [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, Politics, World on May 26th, 2006 | No Comments »
From PhysOrg:
Scientists at Duke and Rutgers universities have developed a mathematical framework they say will enable astronomers to test a new five-dimensional theory of gravity that competes with Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
I especially like that the test uses gravitational lensing, the same effect that was used to test the General Theory back in 1919. [...]
Posted by Chris in Science on May 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Deana and Glen are getting married. Did anyone not know that? So in honor of their nearing nupital nuptal wedding, Deana has asked me to make them a quilt. Me! I’m pretty darn honored, I am. And it’s a challenge. Oo, color me intrigued. So I’m going, on occasion, to [...]
Posted by Karen in Crafts, Literature on May 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Faced with human rights scandals, trillion-dollar deficits, rampant corruption, and a rising death toll, our Senate finally decided to do something:
They declared English the national language of the United States. Or maybe the common language. Something like that.
Sigh. What exactly does this get anyone? Nothing. Then again, what harm could it [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Language, Law, Politics, You have got to be kidding on May 19th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Watch US Soldiers’ “Lazy Ramadi” SNL Remix
Posted by Chris in Humor, Iraq on May 19th, 2006 | No Comments »
UPDATE: Apparently this whole story was false, a hoax. I’m definitely relieved. I’ll leave the rest here because, well, I’m lazy like that.
I haven’t followed internal affairs in Iran lately, but a recent story has chilling history-repeating-itself overtones. Apparently Jews and other non-Muslims will be required to wear color-coded insignia to differentiate them [...]
Posted by Chris in History, Religion, World, You have got to be kidding on May 19th, 2006 | No Comments »
Strathairn in program for “Challenger”
David Strathairn, who received an Oscar nomination this year for his portrayal of newsman Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” will play Richard Feynman. The noted physicist, whose probe was motivated in part by his participation in the Manhattan Project, sought to ensure that there was no institutional [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, Science, Space on May 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
