This opinion piece from The New York Times, entitled Preserving California’s Constituion, pretty much sums it up, so I’m posting the whole article here. Bottom line is that Prop 8 is a “mean-spirited attempt to embed second-class treatment of one group of citizens in the State Constitution.”
Oh, and about those “activist judges?” [...]
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Government, Politics, Sexuality on September 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Karen shared an intriguing challenge from the Very Good Taste blog called The Omnivore’s Hundred. It’s one of those list-things-you’ve-done quizzes, but based on a fascinating list of possible foodstuffs. The rules:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you [...]
Posted by Chris in Food, Fun on September 30th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So wait, did anyone else know that dolphins make ring vortices of air and play with them like toys? If so, why didn’t you tell me? This video is the most amazing thing I saw all day. Makes me happy just thinking of it.
Posted by Chris in Art, Science on September 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
Dear American:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.
I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist [...]
Posted by Chris in Economics, Humor on September 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
The Solar System’s planetary roll call just got longer. From today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day:
One of the strangest objects in the outer Solar System was classified as a dwarf planet last week and given the name Haumea. This designation makes Haumea the fifth designated dwarf planet after Pluto, Ceres, Eris, and Makemake. Haumea’s smooth [...]
Posted by Chris in News, Science, Space on September 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Dear Sirs,
Pursuant to the recent findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency, I respectfully request that you continue to refrain from invading the sovereign nation of Iran. I quote from a recent analysis of the Iranian situation:
All materials and centrifuges are under Agency seal and surveillance and the Agency guarantees no diversion without their knowledge. [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, World on September 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
(via Wil) Just wanted to congratulate George Takei and Brad Altman on their wedding Sunday evening. Bagpiper processional for the win:
On a side note, George Takei is 71?!? Criminy! Yet another person I can see storming around when he’s 120, shouting, “I’m one hundred and twenty!”
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law, News, Science fiction, Sexuality, Television on September 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been getting such a kick out of the Modern Mechanix blog lately. Anything with the tag line “Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today” sounds like it would be right up my alley, of course, but something about the presentation and choices make me laugh daily.
The format is pretty simple: a segment from an old science or engineering [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, History, Humor on September 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Warning: What follows is a rant triggered by having to log into yet another site in order to carry out some simple task I do 50 times a day on a dozen different sites. It’s not me at my most thoughtful, and it may only make sense to people who care about Web site authentication.
Posted by Chris in Technology on September 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
[from my GeekDad post]
Robert Woodhead, self-described Mad Overlord and all-around geek, has posted an amazing amount of detail from his recent experiment in seeing how the Diet Coke & Mentos reaction works in microgravity. It’s a modification of the now-standard geyser-producing demonstration, but with a twist: performing the trick on a Zero G flight and [...]
Posted by Chris in Geekdad, Science, Space on September 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
