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Sunday Burst of OH GOD NO NO NO

I’m not sure I was aware that New Orleans even had an NBA team, or that it was called the Pelicans, until I read about its new mascot a few minutes ago. Behold the creepiest damn thing in the entire … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! I only have one link this week, and it’s a pretty amazing read about “The audacious rescue plan that might have saved the space shuttle Columbia. Could NASA have rescued the Columbia astronauts? Technically…perhaps. Practically…almost certainly … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

I know, I said I’d be starting Berlioz this week, but I’m just not ready with that post yet, so here’s a peek into a musical life that showed great promise before it was cut short at the age of … Continue reading

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Instaweek

The week in photos!

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Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part eight)

Yeah, we’re doing this. And this time, we’re gonna finish it. (I mean, this time as in, this time restarting this series. I’m not finishing it in one post.) previously: seven six five four three two one When last we … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s revisit of Carl Sagan’s seminal Cosmos arrives in just a couple weeks. One of the finest aspects of the original show was its music, carefully selected to form almost its own version of the Voyager record. Here … Continue reading

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Answers, the third!

Continuing the cavalcade of answers! From one of my anonymity-preferring readers: Do you ever lie in bed unable to sleep? (Either waking in the middle of the night or simply unable to get to sleep in the first place.) If … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

Your favorite fictional detective or police officer. Go!

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Happy Birthday to The Wife!!!

“Our marriage has outlasted all of the world’s leaders except for Castro, and if we keep talking, arguing, making love, and dancing to the Ramones-gabba-gabba-hey-it’ll probably keep working.” –Stephen King We may not have the years that Stephen and Tabitha … Continue reading

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Sentential Links

Linkage! :: Saying you’re going to stop eating meat to prevent animal suffering is like saying you’re not having children to prevent child abuse. Pacifism doesn’t create change. Ever. (Oooooh, I love Jenna Woginrich and her blog and her books, … Continue reading

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