It's Saturday afternoon, so what the heck?
Ah, that's better.
More like this
Shift Work May Be Cancer Risk:
In an announcement to be published Saturday in the journal Lancet Oncology, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, will label shift work as a "probable cause" of cancer.
The designation -- rooted in the theory that the…
Pharyngula will be going silent this afternoon. Do not panic, do not call 911, do not convert to Catholicism in a desperate search for succor. The Seed overlords are implementing a much-needed upgrade to the software that drives this place, so some of the functions will be turned off this afternoon…
InaDWriMo did not get off to a good start. I had spent 3 hours working on my proposal on Friday afternoon. Before leaving for the weekend, I carefully backed it up into multiple places AND emailed the co-PI with the almost-complete draft. This afternoon, I opened up the file to fill in some of the…
Like P.Z., I've been busy, busy, busy. TAM is a whirlwind of activity. Yesterday morning, I did my talk for the Science-Based Medicine workshop. Turnout was damned near standing room only, which makes me ask: Why would so many people be interested in hearing five somewhat geeky doctors pontificate…
Tonight's reading is Monty Python The Fellowship of the Ring.
Bif: I like DM of the Rings better.
More generally, I don't think I'll be able to watch the movies reading that. I've been in too many gaming groups like that.
I don't know if you've been following Flight of the Conchords, but you'll probably enjoy this nonetheless: Frodo, Don't Wear the Ring
But nothing beats Spock singing about hobbits- seriously:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
Bliss!
Made my Sunday afternoon - thanks.
Yes good to see somethings never change...Led Zeppelin,s music is still as crappy as ever...
Heathen!
Begone!
Fucking magnificent, made my day. (I was SO pissed off at Peter Jackson for not using ANY of Led Zeppelin's music in those movies. He could've used "Ramble On" for the scenes of Frodo in Mordor, with flashbacks to the Shire, and when the Fellowship first left Rivendell, and "Misty Mountain Hop" as well, IMNSHO.) Thanks so much for this. Rock on!
PS - Saturday was Bilbo & Fordo's birthday. Very appropriate, nice tribute.
I was surprised to recently learn how many Led Zeppelin tunes are "derivative works."
Let's say that instead of "derivative works", Mr. Page "resurrected" these old blues riffs and introduced them to the rock owrld, shall we? If it weren't for Led Zeppelin, I doubt that white boy cock-rock would have gotten as far as it did, or even been acknowledged. o_O