From the most recent Onion:
Donald Rumsfeld is under pressure to resign, first by a cadre of retired generals, now by Senior Democrats for his handling of the war. What do you think?
Danielle Bennet,
Daycare Provider
“As a daycare provider, I sympathize with Rumsfeld. 2,500 kids die on your watch and suddenly you’re not qualified to do your job?”
This weekend I read Red Lightning, John Varley’s latest page-turner. I stand by what I said about Red Thunder, its predecessor:
It’s a fantastic read, the kind of book that would be written by the mutant prodigy love-child of Varley, Robert Heinlein, Carl Hiaasen, Spider Robinson, Douglas Coupland, Neal Stephenson, and Carl Sagan.
You must read this book. If you won’t take my word for it, listen to Cory Doctorow:
There are few writers whose work I love more than John Varley’s, purely love — but now that I’ve finished Red Lightning, I love his stuff even more.
Go get it. Now. Why are you still here? [Special thanks to Ted for lending me his copy before he read it himself.]
As the Global Spin version of a unicorn chaser, I’d like to point out that Google Copernicus Center is still hiring. [Thanks, Jennifer!]
Grab your torahs, folks! Oh yeah, it’s Jewish hip-hop!
I should have never found out about MyHeritage’s Face Recognition program. You can upload photos and see what celebrities their face recognition software matches you with. My most frequent matches were Melissa Gilbert, Renee Zellweger, Juliette Lewis, Marcia Cross, Kirsten Dunst and Emma Watson, with the occasional (and weird) Harrison Ford, Englebert Humperdinck and Conan O’Brian thrown in. When I ran this photo, Karen’s top match was Clark Gable and mine was Keith Ledger. So that was weird. Who do you look like?
