Friday miscellany…
… in like a lion edition… I have, so far, stayed away from saying a lot about the ongoing car accident going by the name of Robo-gate, phonescam, etc. Final…
Miscellany
Scrivener Review
Well, folks, Scrivener for Windows is out of beta and version 1 is available for purchase or free trial. It’s fabulous. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Finally PC=Mac in…
Evening Light
view from my window, click to enlarge Filed under: Miscellany
changes…
changes…, originally uploaded by vdaaccord06. First draft, page 12. This is what it’s like to begin: with hope and trepidation. Filed under: Miscellany
Showing Girls Strength and Grace
At the end of last week, we had 2 special dinner guests. My daughters were star-struck. One could barely speak; the other requested signatures on a notebook, origami birds, and…
Esi Edugyan for Half-Blood blues shortli
Esi Edugyan for Half-Blood blues shortlisted for GG prize. I have HBB, look forward to reading it. http://ow.ly/6UdMS Filed under: Miscellany
I love the pig!
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car ads on the Colosseum?
Rome is looking for “sponsors” soon to show their wares on tickets & exterior http://ow.ly/6EM8M Filed under: Miscellany
stuffies proves evolution is a myth
However the illiteracy of the Jewish fundamentalists belies their point. http://ow.ly/6Eai3 Filed under: Miscellany
Leaky nose, poundy head, chesty cough
Yep, that would be me. A thousand pardons for the lack of blogging — my brain is sore. On a semi-related note, if you haven’t already done so then go…
boy with balloons in India photo of the day
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
making the most of difference
people with Aspergers excel in company that tests software http://ow.ly/6D3KU Filed under: Miscellany
women’s sex strike ends armed conflict
A whole new approach to peace keeping. http://ow.ly/6yCwI Filed under: Miscellany
children’s book too hot for U.S.
Evolution published by Kids Can Press in Cda. Way to go! I’m ordering it. http://ow.ly/6whmt Filed under: Miscellany
classic sublime
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
“it takes brains to be a real lady” said the 19th c queen of crime
The death of Fredericka Mandelbaum—better known as “Old Mother,” “Marm” and the “Queen of Fences”—made international headlines in February 1894. But was it Marm’s body in the coffin en route…
angel wings, Turkey
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
galileo was wrong?
So say a small group of Catholics though the Church is reacting by distancing from them and their “flat earth” style notions. Full story here. First evolution, now this–what next?…
what determines health?
it might surprise you. find out here. video & free book download by good people. http://ow.ly/6jMId Filed under: Miscellany
gay finches partners for life
via blogs.smithsonianmag.com Fascinating short article on same-sex pairings among a variety of animals. Filed under: Miscellany