I already liked Scott Walker…
…and now I like him even more for this.
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Okay, I confess I’m stumped
So what is it? A whatchamacallit. A whosawhatsis. Actually, it’s a dodecahedron, and there are tons of them over much of ancient Europe. But to what purpose? No one has a clue, but to me they look a bit like … Continue reading →
Barbarism in the Nairobi mall
I suggest you think long and hard before clicking on this link about the extreme barbarism with which the terrorists at the Nairobi mall treated their victims, because it contains some of the most disturbing information you will ever read. … Continue reading →
Sloooooow.
Is the Nairobi mall standoff over?
I hope so. Kenyan President Kenyatta says so: Kenya’s president said on Tuesday that his forces had “defeated” Islamists from Somalia’s al Shabaab, had shot five of them dead and detained 11 others suspected of killing 67 people after storming … Continue reading →
Poets of the right
British poet Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was a complicated man, like many poets. But unlike most of them these days, he was politically of the right, at least in some respects. Larkin wrote in forms, which is inherently conservative. But his … Continue reading →
Wave clouds
Something lovely to contemplate over the weekend. They’re called Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds: When two different layers of air are moving at different speeds in the atmosphere, a wave structure will often form. The upper layers of air are moving at higher … Continue reading →
Some connectivity problems [UPDATE: solved?]
Today I’m visiting a relative and, wouldn’t you know it, there are major connectivity problems. So I’ll be uncharacteristically–and perhaps blessedly–brief (and please forgive any grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors; I’m not on a regular computer and can barely read … Continue reading →
I’ve always wanted to learn how to do the tablecloth trick
Haven’t you? Let’s start practicing:
Continue reading →Annals of the acceleration of time: have you noticed…
…that, according to the stores, Halloween has arrived? Give us a break, please. First let us get used to September.
Continue reading →Coming soon to an Amazon near you: the Kindle Paperwhite
The Kindle Paperwhite is coming out on September 30, and although I don’t know that it’s “the best device for reading, period,” as the ad claims, it seems like a pretty nifty gadget nonetheless. As this reviewer says, it represents … Continue reading →
David Miranda…
…violates a basic rule of password protection. Giants walk the earth these days.
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