Yes, today is “posting whatever catches my fancy” day 😉 John’s Religion Tour Yes, it’s a lot of text—and well worth reading all of it.
Saddam the Great Dictator of Fairy Tales
Saddam the great dictator of fairy tales Iraq’s tyrant spent weeks before the war writing a novel about underground resistance, reports Jack Fairweather
PowerPoint Makes You Dumb
My dislike for PowerPoint is vindicated: PowerPoint Makes You Dumb In August, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board at NASA released Volume 1 of its report on why the space shuttle crashed. As expected, the ship’s foam insulation was the main…
Gay Marriage Poll
— forwarded message — The American Family Association has decided to try and “prove a point” by having a poll on their website for folks to take about their opinion on gay marriage. They intend to present the results of…
Be Bad!
Very thought-provoking. I was definitely raised to “be good.” Go Ahead, Be Bad; It’s Good for You (Please note that I haven’t read anything else on the site and know nothing about it. I am not endorsing it and don’t…
DNA Explorer Kit
This is the COOLEST “toy” I’ve seen this season: Discovery DNA Explorer Kit Explore one of the newest frontiers in science – DNA mapping. From science labs to courtrooms, few discoveries are as exciting as the world of DNA. With…
G’s Birthday/Links/Massage
Happy Birthday, G! We love and miss you! Interesting links: Stem cells allow infertile males to be fathers I added the feed for Tara Calishain’s Research Buzz site to LJ this morning: ResearchBuzz Know any ladies in the Cobb/Fulton/Cherokee area…
Intimacy: What It Is and What It Ain’t
I just found that there’s an email newsletter for the Radical Honesty site now. This is an article from it.
Two Fat Acceptance Feeds
Thanks to firecat, there are two new feeds that I’m finding very interesting. Here’s part of her post to syn_promo: big_fat_blog (A fat acceptance news and opinions blog. Updates several times a week.) showmethedata (A fat acceptance blog offering critical…
Scattered Thoughts
Oh cool! I just ran across a Consumer Reports article about allergy-free gardens. It has suggestions for what to plant and what to avoid. I don’t know which of their suggestions would work in this climate, but it’s definitely something…