It's the last Friday of February. Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
How does a small and unglamorous Seattle neighborhood send more players to the NBA than three New York City boroughs (combined!)? By being different.
A $10.10 Federal Minimum Wage Would Raise Walmart Prices by Only a Penny per $16 Item.
WATCH: Bradley Cooper Is Basically The Most Badass Raccoon For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’.
Lively, LaBarbera Launch New International Hate Group.
If the Christian Right really wants to get work up about sexual controversy, they should read these 5 Bible stories. "...I think a settled gay marriage is rather healthier than imprisoning 300 people in your house to have sex with at your whim."
Bill Watterson Talks: For new documentary, cartoonist offers his first public cartoon since ending ‘Calvin and Hobbes’.
What Is Pluto? A New Video from New Horizons.
Whatsapp is everything wrong with the U.S. economy. His thesis is actually that business models that leverage public and other assets without contributing to the support of those assets, which makes more sense.
Can Moons Have Moons?.
In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view.
Science Journalism vs. Sports Journalism.
Stream of stars in Andromeda satellite galaxy shows cosmic collision
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The incredible earthquake detector invented nearly 2,000 years ago.
Is Information Physical? What Does That Mean?.
Gay Denialism Is the New Homophobia—and It’s Terrifying.
An Army Of Chers Promote The 2014 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Say Something - Pentatonix (A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera Cover):
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I've always been a fan of the Godzilla movies. I hope this one is good:
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A fun video, that reminds me of stories written by my friend, Edd (thanks to Zorkfox for the tip):
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This song is just uplifting and fun to dance to:
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Friday, February 28, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Friday Links! (Including Ed Sullivan!)
Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
Internet Trolls Really Are Horrible People.
The 6 Male Characters Women Never Get to See in Movies.
One in four Americans unaware that Earth circles Sun.
Chalk up 3 more lives decimated by anti-gay “Christianity”.
Tea Partier Chides Obama For Cuts To Medicaid For Which He Personally Voted THREE Times .
Prosecutor Told Mother Of Five Year Old Rape Victim ‘Boys Will Be Boys’.
Guardian mistakenly outs Patrick “Picard” Stewart as gay – he’s not. I just loved Sir Patrick's responses on twitter.
Study: Homophobia takes 2.5 years off [the bigot's] life.
STUDY: LGB INDIVIDUALS IN ANTI-GAY AREAS DIE 12 YEARS EARLIER. Note: showing it’s the anti-gay bias that is the problem…
Group claims study shows that family-friendly movies are beating out sex and violence; counts Fast and Furious 6 as "family friendly".
National Review Is To The Right Of The Kansas GOP.
Cardinals Start To Copy Pope's Simple Style.
Sex Is Not an 'Economy' and You Are Not Merchandise.
Religious Liberty Or Anti-Gay Animus?. Money quote: “…with devout Catholics, the acid test is divorce. The bar on divorce – which, unlike the gay issue, is upheld directly by Jesus in the Gospels – is just as integral to the Catholic meaning of marriage as the prohibition on gay couples. So why no laws including that potential violation of religious liberty? Both kinds of marriage are equally verboten in Catholicism. So where is the political movement to insist that devout Catholics do not have to cater the second weddings of previously divorced people? … Do we enshrine the right of, say, an Orthodox Jewish hotel-owner to discriminate against couples who might be inter-married across faiths?”
Google Offers a Guide to Not Being a ‘Creepy’ Google Glass Owner. So, so many straight lines in this one...
The Semicolon Is the Perfect Punctuation for the Digital Age.
An octopus steals his video camera and swims off with it:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. Thank's to Nami for the link!)
Annie Feat. Bjarne Melgaard, "Russian Kiss" (Part of the proceeds from the song will go to the gay rights advocacy non-profit All Out):
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If you have somehow managed to miss the Guardian's of the Galaxy trailor:
When I first heard they were adapting this Marvel comic as a movie, I was confused as to how it could possibly work. The problem was that I was thinking of the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book as published from 1969-95, which was a weird sort of resistance group made of of characters that had originally appeared in one-shot Marvel sci-fi titles of the 50s and early 60s, each of whom was the last survivor of a planet that had been destroyed by a n alien empire. I didn't realize that in 2008 Marvel gathered a bunch of odd characters from some of their weirder 70s sci fi titles and created a very different group of misfits that seems to share more than a bit in common with the crew of both the Farscape and Serenity. Anyway, now that I know which characters they're going with (and these guys were all involved in fighting Thanos, who was the "mysterious" bad guy in the after credit sequence of The Avengers), it makes a whole lot more sense. (And how can you go wrong with the Blue Swede cover of "Hooked on a Feeling"???)
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Speaking of Blue Swede's version of "Hooked on a Feeling," here's a blast from 1974:
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The original was a hit in 1968 by B.J. Thomas (and yes, yes, I'm old enough to remember that, too). The only videos I found of him singing are from much more recent shows where he looks he doesn't look quite as ancient as I feared. However I found this awesome clip from the Ed Sullivan Show, 1969, of B.J. Thomas singing his much bigger hit. And you really ought to watch it. Put up with the very cheesy background choregraphy, because a bit after the 2:00 minute mark it gets too silly:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Internet Trolls Really Are Horrible People.
The 6 Male Characters Women Never Get to See in Movies.
One in four Americans unaware that Earth circles Sun.
Chalk up 3 more lives decimated by anti-gay “Christianity”.
Tea Partier Chides Obama For Cuts To Medicaid For Which He Personally Voted THREE Times .
Prosecutor Told Mother Of Five Year Old Rape Victim ‘Boys Will Be Boys’.
Guardian mistakenly outs Patrick “Picard” Stewart as gay – he’s not. I just loved Sir Patrick's responses on twitter.
Study: Homophobia takes 2.5 years off [the bigot's] life.
STUDY: LGB INDIVIDUALS IN ANTI-GAY AREAS DIE 12 YEARS EARLIER. Note: showing it’s the anti-gay bias that is the problem…
Group claims study shows that family-friendly movies are beating out sex and violence; counts Fast and Furious 6 as "family friendly".
National Review Is To The Right Of The Kansas GOP.
Cardinals Start To Copy Pope's Simple Style.
Sex Is Not an 'Economy' and You Are Not Merchandise.
Religious Liberty Or Anti-Gay Animus?. Money quote: “…with devout Catholics, the acid test is divorce. The bar on divorce – which, unlike the gay issue, is upheld directly by Jesus in the Gospels – is just as integral to the Catholic meaning of marriage as the prohibition on gay couples. So why no laws including that potential violation of religious liberty? Both kinds of marriage are equally verboten in Catholicism. So where is the political movement to insist that devout Catholics do not have to cater the second weddings of previously divorced people? … Do we enshrine the right of, say, an Orthodox Jewish hotel-owner to discriminate against couples who might be inter-married across faiths?”
Google Offers a Guide to Not Being a ‘Creepy’ Google Glass Owner. So, so many straight lines in this one...
The Semicolon Is the Perfect Punctuation for the Digital Age.
An octopus steals his video camera and swims off with it:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. Thank's to Nami for the link!)
Annie Feat. Bjarne Melgaard, "Russian Kiss" (Part of the proceeds from the song will go to the gay rights advocacy non-profit All Out):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
If you have somehow managed to miss the Guardian's of the Galaxy trailor:
When I first heard they were adapting this Marvel comic as a movie, I was confused as to how it could possibly work. The problem was that I was thinking of the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book as published from 1969-95, which was a weird sort of resistance group made of of characters that had originally appeared in one-shot Marvel sci-fi titles of the 50s and early 60s, each of whom was the last survivor of a planet that had been destroyed by a n alien empire. I didn't realize that in 2008 Marvel gathered a bunch of odd characters from some of their weirder 70s sci fi titles and created a very different group of misfits that seems to share more than a bit in common with the crew of both the Farscape and Serenity. Anyway, now that I know which characters they're going with (and these guys were all involved in fighting Thanos, who was the "mysterious" bad guy in the after credit sequence of The Avengers), it makes a whole lot more sense. (And how can you go wrong with the Blue Swede cover of "Hooked on a Feeling"???)
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Speaking of Blue Swede's version of "Hooked on a Feeling," here's a blast from 1974:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The original was a hit in 1968 by B.J. Thomas (and yes, yes, I'm old enough to remember that, too). The only videos I found of him singing are from much more recent shows where he looks he doesn't look quite as ancient as I feared. However I found this awesome clip from the Ed Sullivan Show, 1969, of B.J. Thomas singing his much bigger hit. And you really ought to watch it. Put up with the very cheesy background choregraphy, because a bit after the 2:00 minute mark it gets too silly:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Which part of ‘no’ are you having trouble with?
One night last week I was doing my thing—reading news online, occassionally checking my twitter feed—when a message pops up on IM. Honestly, I’d forgotten that my instant messaging client was up. I’d run it earlier in the day because it was a work-from-home day, and just forgot to log out of all the accounts. Anyway, the message that pops up says, “I liked what you wrote.” I didn’t recognize the name, but sometimes that’s just because I forget all the handles some of my friends use (and let’s not even get into the friends who have a habit of changing the name and user pick on their accounts all the frikkin’ time…
(The rest of this post about what may be my new stalker is at FontFolly.Net.)
(The rest of this post about what may be my new stalker is at FontFolly.Net.)
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Ponies are forever (at Zorkfox’s party)
We celebrated Jared’s birthday last night at AFK Tavern. Friday is my usual work from home day, and my husband came home from his work early because he’s sick (he handed me a beautiful bouquet and said, “I got you some plant sex organs.” I love him so!). I had taken a sick day earlier in the week, and come home early myself on Thursday (though I took a short nap, logged in and worked from home for a couple more hours, took a longer nap, then worked some more, then went to bed). So I hadn’t been certain I would go to the party until just before leaving. Michael stayed home, sleeping.
But, a fun time was had by those of us there…
(This party report, with many pictures, is at FontFolly.Net.)
But, a fun time was had by those of us there…
(This party report, with many pictures, is at FontFolly.Net.)
Friday, February 14, 2014
Friday Links! (for someone's birthday)
It's a beautiful Friday which happens to be Zorkfox's birthday. It is entirely appropriate that a man with such a large heart celebrates his natal day on February 14.
Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
Possible woolly mammoth tusk unearthed in Seattle.
My Funny Valentine: Awkward photos show nothing says 'I love you' quite like tossing chickens, topless archers and photobombing llamas.
Evolution coming undone in Galapagos: human impacts on Darwin's finches.
Family vow to solve mystery of war-torn love affair after finding besotted teenager's letters to her WWII soldier sweetheart.
New fossil bed found by scientists hailed as 'motherlode'.
V-Day Blues? Here Are Seven NON-Romantic Relationships You’ll Love.
5 Cute Couples Share Their Love Stories.
Same-sex Love Exists Since the World Was Created and Why Do Some People Still Have a Problem With It?.
Keep romance alive with double dates.
How biblical fundamentalism imprisons the mind.
The least scathing review I found of the remake of Robocop began, "It wasn't bad enough to make me angry." Another review recommended that instead of spending money to go see the blockbuster-budget remake, to instead watch this crowd-sourced Robocop remake for free: Our Robocop Remake. "As big fans of the original RoboCop, and as filmmakers and film fans admittedly rolling our eyes at the Hollywood remake machine, we've elected to do this remake thing our own way. Our RoboCop Remake premiered in Los Angeles on January 26th and New York on February 5th. On February 6th, it was released online. Because if anyone is going to ruin RoboCop, it's us."
A well-done self-portrait:
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This very sweet ad is for a product you wouldn't associate with such a heartwarming moment:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
A capella goodness from Pentatonix:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here/)
Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
Possible woolly mammoth tusk unearthed in Seattle.
My Funny Valentine: Awkward photos show nothing says 'I love you' quite like tossing chickens, topless archers and photobombing llamas.
Evolution coming undone in Galapagos: human impacts on Darwin's finches.
Family vow to solve mystery of war-torn love affair after finding besotted teenager's letters to her WWII soldier sweetheart.
New fossil bed found by scientists hailed as 'motherlode'.
V-Day Blues? Here Are Seven NON-Romantic Relationships You’ll Love.
5 Cute Couples Share Their Love Stories.
Same-sex Love Exists Since the World Was Created and Why Do Some People Still Have a Problem With It?.
Keep romance alive with double dates.
How biblical fundamentalism imprisons the mind.
The least scathing review I found of the remake of Robocop began, "It wasn't bad enough to make me angry." Another review recommended that instead of spending money to go see the blockbuster-budget remake, to instead watch this crowd-sourced Robocop remake for free: Our Robocop Remake. "As big fans of the original RoboCop, and as filmmakers and film fans admittedly rolling our eyes at the Hollywood remake machine, we've elected to do this remake thing our own way. Our RoboCop Remake premiered in Los Angeles on January 26th and New York on February 5th. On February 6th, it was released online. Because if anyone is going to ruin RoboCop, it's us."
A well-done self-portrait:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
This very sweet ad is for a product you wouldn't associate with such a heartwarming moment:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
A capella goodness from Pentatonix:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here/)
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