Bwah!
Sniff.
Posted by Deana in Events, Holiday! Celebrate!, Politics on November 6th, 2008 | Comments Off
on pride and prejudice
I went to bed last night full of pride in my country’s ability to (just barely) choose reason over innuendo, hope over fear. This morning I’m still buoyed by the thought of an Obama presidency, but it’s dampened by some of the terrible choices my state and my city appear to have made. So on [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on November 5th, 2008 | Comments Off
HOWTO: cast a protest vote in California
Ted shared an article in Reason this morning: Not Voting and Proud. While I totally understand that “abstain” is just as valid a choice as any on the ballot, I think that Brian Doherty, the article’s author, makes a few missteps: He sets up a false dichotomy between voting and otherwise helping out in the [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, Philosophy, Politics on November 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nerd, Geek, or Dork?
Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test… Pure Nerd For The Record: Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test … Pure Nerd 87 % Nerd, 48% Geek, 35% Dork How about you? Do I have to turn in my geek card now? Sigh.
Posted by Deana in Fun on November 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Permission To Dream
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the National Space Society has donated telescopes to students in over 20 countries as part of the Permission to Dream project. The project page posted photos of a recent star party in Nepal, featuring one of the donated telescopes: Click through to the Permission to Dream project page [...]
Posted by Chris in Space, To Help, World on October 27th, 2008 | Comments Off
