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I couldn't have said it better myself: I believe in love and kindness, I believe in helping hands I believe in strong opinions I believe in taking stands I believe cooperation Overcomes the steepest odds I believe we have a fighting chance I don't believe in gods. Go read the whole thing - it's beautiful.
It is friday, and we prepare to close down for the weekend. So we splish over to the iPod and we ask... Oh, mighty iPod: what writing will we see on the wall when the slate is clean? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. The Covering: The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five The Crossing: Skyttan (live) - MX-21 The Crown: Just the two of us - Bill Withers The Root: One of These Days - Pink Floyd The Past: Towers of London - XTC The Future: The Boy Done Good - Billy Bragg The Questioner: Woodstock - Joni Mitchell The House: She's So High - Tal Bachman The Inside: The Boy in the…
so, at these late night White House session, Reid offered a good old fashioned manly way to settle the issues: a round of poker, Texas hold'em... Reid dealt. Boehner drew 3-7 off-suit, and went all in. Obama had ace-king suited. He folded.
I don't listen to my phone messages... not at work, not most of the time. seriously, and not just because of my constant attending of meetings of the ad hoc subcommittee of the standing committee on WTF do we do now this is because almost anyone who actually needs to get hold of me knows to either e-mail, or call my cell, if they are cleared to have my cell number. The university at some point switched to a VOIP phone for cost savings, this had several effects: if the internet goes out, so does our phone service, no redundancy; the VOIP voicemail (apparently) randomly expires the…
Friday. Prospies. Argh. Another week over, and another dozen prospies run ragged. So, Oh Mighty iPod One: what are they all going to do? Woosh goes the randmozier. Woosh. The Covering: Now and Then - Arlo Guthrie The Crossing: Hey Tonight - Creedence Clearwater Revival The Crown: Must I Paint You A Picture - Billy Bragg The Root: Islands - The XX The Past: 40 - U2 The Future: Gekk Ég Upp Á Hólinn - Þula The Questioner: We Built This Village On A Trad. Arr. Tune - HMHB The House: Blake's Jerusalem - Billy Bragg The Inside: I Cover the Waterfront - Billie Holliday The Outcome: Death of a…
Are Economic Maxwell's Daemons allowed by the laws of econophysics? If so, who would have one? Presumably following the flow of hot money would reveal it.
After the Cronon affair, more Freedom of Information Act requests targeting faculty at public universities. Clearly Walkers in Wisconsin in Labor are of interest to Republicans who Protest Democratic conspiracies against Governors and nothing makes the Maddow than Moore nonsense about injunctions and organized astroturf lawmaking. "The squid has eaten the squirrel!" These important matters should be emailed to everywhere in the .edu domain. Hey, if I am served, does that mean some paralegal will sort my inbox for me...? Win!
"How to Survive from Tsunami" by Murata et al, is vol 32 of the Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering from World Scientific Books Chapter 2 has the introductory phenomenology and basic physics, and the how-to-survive bit. In view of recent events, WorldSci is putting it up on their website for free: Knowledge for Tsunami Survival (pdf) Obviously WorldSci would be grateful if you became interested enough to buy the whole book...(ToC pdf) - it actually looks quite interesting.
The weekend is almost here, and wot a week it was. So, we go to the local topical issue at hand: what prospects, eh? Woosh goes the iPod. Woosh. The Covering: Oh Well - Fiona Apple The Crossing: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana The Crown: Losing Sleep - Edwyn Collins The Root: VCR - The XX The Past: On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz The Future: Wake Up Nation - Paul Weller The Questioner: My Perfect Cousin - Undertones The House: Ó Blessuð Vertu Sumarsól - Íslandstónar The Inside: Deportees - Billy Bragg The Outcome: Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival "What you did to me made me…
"The short wave matter we can't see Those distant suns what are they to me The radiation falling over me" Good wiki entry now on Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear accident "I Am Kloot"
there are two questions denizens of academia ought to always ask themselves: could your children attend your own institution of higher education? even if they did not get the insider's discount? and, could you, if you were in school now, with the circumstances of your childhood, attend your own institution of higher education? even if you did not get an academic scholarship? Well, could you? I could not have.
ok, lets try not to have another week like this one for a while... so, iPod, given what there was, what do we do now? Whoosh goes the iPod. Whoosh. The Covering: Accident Waiting to Happen - Billy Bragg The Crossing: Capital Radio (Live) - Clash The Crown: Good Timin' - Beach Boys The Root: Kick Out The Jams (Live) - Pearl Jam The Past: Við Gróttu - Stríð og Friður The Future: Melbourne Mambo - Mavericks The Questioner: Lovers Town Revisited - Billy Bragg The House: Can't Stand Losing You - Police The Inside: Talkin' Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman The Outcome: Hello Mr Heartache -…
For those of you don't already have some affliction (facebook, reddit etc) that sucks up all the time you should really be working, try: The Power of Research! I didn't get very far, but only because I have real lab work to do. It seems silly to procrastinate by doing a virtual research project. It seems like a cool idea though - anything to get the general publish* public to sympathize with researchers is a plus in my book. Let me know how it goes (also... if you choose immunology as a specialty, one of the options is a TLR research project, I must approve). *Freudian Slip?
Well, that was exciting. So, it is friday again, and we're keeping this here blog limping along through gratuitous lite blogging, again, as we welcome the iPod iChing to the Five'n'Dime... So, no offence NASA, the much jinxed Next Generation Space Telescope has kinda been stuck out there on its own in the NASA Science Directorate, almost like an invitation... So, Oh Mighty iPod One: what will become of the James Webb Space Telescope in these uncertain times? Whoosh goes the iPod. Whoosh. The Covering: Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys The Crossing: The First Day of Spring - Noah and the Whale…
As the Hubble deadline slips away, later than ever, we ask the Mighty iPod One the question whose answer we all must know: Oh, Mighty iPod One: what will come out of Hubble for cycle 19? Whoosh goes the iPod. Whoosh. The Covering: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror - Elvis Costellor The Crossing: O Isis und Osiris - Mozart The Crown: Richard - Billy Bragg The Root: Carnival of the Animals: Aviary The Past: I'm on Fire - Johnny Cash The Future: Interlude VI - Mannheim Steamroller The Questioner: Oksn - Ruth Rubin The House: Ten Little Fish - Twin Sisters The Inside: The Obvious Child - Paul…
View from above, click to embiggen h/t CR
Is it still friday? It must be friday somewhere still... So, just how bad is the budget going to be, oh Mighty iPod? Whoosh goes the iPod. Whoosh. The Covering: Introduction: Peter and the Wolf - Philadelphia Orchestra The Crossing: The Perfect Girl - The Cure The Crown: Concerto #4in G major: Brandenburg Concertos The Root: Ég á lítinn Skrýtinn Skugga The Past: Four Horsemen - Clash The Future: Spiladósalagið - Todmobil The Questioner: Roadhouse Blues - Doors The House: Shake That Shit - Shawna and Ludacris The Inside: Save a Prayer- Mavericks The Outcome: Good Feeling - Violent Femmes…
Gregorian chant cover Sweet.
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