Ok, this makes my pagan heart happy: my friend Raven has opened a new store in Madison, WI called Ravenworks. It features lots of pretty, pretty, shiny and happy one-of-a-kind, hand made things for everyday use, ritual, whatever. Also, books and music — including Legacy!.
Posted by Deb in Books, Holiday! Celebrate!, Making Stuff, Religion, Shameless Promotion, Shopping on December 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Interested in giving something different, something meaningful this year? Well, check out some of these charitable giving options, such as using African pouched rats to find landmines in Africa or lending money to a developing world entrepreneur.
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Holiday! Celebrate!, Shopping on December 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It looks like New Line lived up to my previously-expressed hopes: they resolved their dispute with Peter Jackson, so he’s going to be writing and producing two Hobbit films. According to an Entertainment Weekly article:
It’s back to Middle Earth for Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and the boys from New Line. Finally, the years of disputes [...]
Posted by Chris in Film, News on December 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
According to a note from Terry Pratchett posted on BoingBoing, he has been diagnosed with a rare, early-onset form of Alzheimer’s disease. I hope it goes well for him and that some biochemist fans answer his call!
Posted by Deana in Bummer, Healthcare, News, Writing on December 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Eventful has been nominated for a Major Award. Okay, so I don’t really know how major it actually is, but I just can’t stand to be beaten by the likes of Facebook. So vote for me! Please?
Posted by Chris in To Help, Web 2.0 on December 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Is anyone interested in a road trip to Arizona for some moonshine? No, not that kind of moonshine. I’m talking about moonlight reflected off a five-story mirror array in the desert near Tuscon.
A Tucson-based inventor and businessman Richard Chapin and his wife Monica are behind the giant device, which gathers up and focuses the light [...]
Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough, Space, Travel on December 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
This is for Deb, Chris and Ben… Enjoy!
(for some reason the linky doesn’t seem to work, so here’s the address just in case: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OrLSbDbEJno)
Posted by Deana in Uncategorized on December 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just read the most awesome thing over at the Geekdad blog: tomorrow is Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day! Of course it totally should have been on my birthday, but I’m willing to share it with Deb. ;)
Expect to see me walking in crazy moon clothes around shouting, “You’re not thinking four-dimensionally!”
More than [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Plain foolishness on December 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This just in from some crazy left-wing blogger making up stories:
In a stunning reversal of Bush administration conventional wisdom, a new assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies concludes Iran shelved it’s nuclear weapons program over four years ago.
“We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program,” reads a declassified version [...]
Posted by Chris in Iraq, News, Oddly Enough, World on December 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Looks like there’s been some progress in figuring out how to reverse the effects of autism, at least temporarily. According to a recent study, some children have shown improvement while they have a fever over 100 degrees:
More than 80 percent of those with fever showed some improvements in behavior during it and 30 percent had [...]
Posted by Chris in Medicine, News on December 3rd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
