Looks like New York is still making halting steps forward on same-sex marriage rights:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed legislation on Friday that would make New York the second state in the country to legally sanction same-sex marriage, fulfilling a longtime pledge to supporters of gay rights.
Mr. Spitzer has acknowledged that he does not expect the bill [...]
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law on April 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
Those of you with an interest in things Chinese and para-Chinese (I’m looking at you. Ahem.) might be interested in reading the blog that anthropologist David K. Jordan has been maintaining while spending a semester teaching in Asia. It’s chock full of linguistic and religious observations, all with that pleasant snarkiness that DKJ has mastered.
Posted by Deana in Academia, Blog, Culture, Fun, Humor, Language, Religion, Travel on April 26th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Doonesbury site has a often-funny “Say What?” snippet off in a corner. I had to share today’s:
“For the majority leader of the United States Senate, in the time of war, with soldiers dying on the ground, announcing that we have lost the war, is very close to treasonous. I looked it up while we [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, You have got to be kidding on April 26th, 2007 | No Comments »
I read news from a bunch of different sources each day, including Google News, Reddit, and a whole host of blog feeds. Some items are worth commenting on here, but often I just want to say “hey, read this one” instead of finding something specific to comment on.
So, I’m going to try a new [...]
Posted by Chris in Environment, Medicine, News, News Roundup on April 26th, 2007 | No Comments »
This makes me happy. There’s a whole blog, Paleo-Future.Com, that focuses on images of the future that people in the past have held. Lots of Disney stuff, of course, but other very fascinating pictures, videos, and other resources.
Posted by Deana in Alien Invasions, Architecture, Art, Beauty and Fashion, Blog, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Culture, Fun, History, Kitchen Sink, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Technology on April 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
Two news items caught my attention today. Though they don’t actually have anything to do with each other, reading them one after the other evokes a certain comic-book planet:
An international team of astronomers from Switzerland, France and Portugal have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date. The planet has [...]
Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough, Science, Science fiction, Space on April 24th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS
THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES
THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA
THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY
This is rich; hope you don’t mind Chris! Explanation here.
Posted by Deb in Alien Invasions, April Foolishness, Blog, Fun, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, Technology, Would you like to play a game?, You have got to be kidding on April 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Oh, you have got to be kidding me:
A U.S. military brigade is constructing a 3-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital’s most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq’s most populous and violent city.
U.S. commanders in northern Baghdad said [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, Security Theater, You have got to be kidding on April 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
In the spirit of peace, love, and general awesomeness, I high-five you!
National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of April each year, which falls this year on April 19, 2007. The holiday originated at the University of Virginia in 2002, and has since spread across the nation, and around the globe.
Imagine that while [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Oddly Enough on April 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Buzz Aldrin announced something awesome today: a lottery to send some lucky winner into space.
Details of the competition are still sketchy, Aldrin said at a space investment conference on Wall Street Tuesday, with the legal status of selling lottery tickets still to be resolved.
He said the idea was to offer the top prize of a [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, News, Space on April 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
