November 2009
85 posts
The smell of Halloween now means homemade sauerkraut to me thanks to my mother-in-law. 20 gallons in a Red Wing crock. #fb
October 2009
47 posts
RT @rob_sheridan Look what cool things happen when you have an open camera policy: http://bit.ly/24AtPJ (via @trent_reznor)
Grrovy. RT @muslimvoices: Web addresses go multilingual http://ow.ly/xE7g Will allow Chinese, Arabic, Korean and Japanese
Looking forward to the quick trip back to NoDak, and taking the boys out for Halloween — probably in Mandan. Crazy. 7hrs/1day/7hrs. #fb
My brilliant wife is explaining the difference between laminar and turbulent flow. She actually knows the terminology. Yowza! #fb
Did anybody read the London Times piece on Agassi taking crystal meth and the ATP giving him a pass? #fb
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Native Americans descended from a single ancestral... →
“Our work provides strong evidence that, in general, Native Americans are more closely related to each other than to any other existing Asian populations, except those that live at the very edge of the Bering Strait.” That there’s a site titled Genetic Archaeology is absolutely fantastic. And, I’ll never read “9-repeat allele” again without being charmed and...
Messy stuff. RT @GStephanopoulos Gingrich Fears Palin, Pawlenty May Strengthen Pelosi’s Hand http://bit.ly/KgdQn #fb
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I am absolutely loving this interview with Adele Diamond and cognitive neuroscience. But daunted by the challenge of parenting now. #fb
“Those right questions aren’t just kind of lying around on the ground to be picked up & asked.” -Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO http://bit.ly/1mfNzp
“For what’s the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on what went before.” -Thomas Cromwell, in “Wolf Hall” #fb
Funny but I never thought of the “if it’s public radio, it’s NPR” myth being as problematic for NPR as it is for PRI and APM and others. #fb
Caddyshark #oneletteroffmovies
I’m realizing that the Loopt Mix app is mostly being used by gay men in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Overwhelmed by it all. #fb
“Though Koons & Hirst may continue to attract interest, their work is symptomatic of the age that is now past.” http://bit.ly/3jjXaZ #Forum
A Republic of Tatarstan actually exists. That’s who Zielinski hangs with — ministers and ambassadors from obscure Soviet bloc detritus. #fb
I dig ideas, but I wonder if the journo community has their blinkers on w/ certain newspaper wunderkind’s projects http://bit.ly/ae5KM. #fb
RT @wiredscience: Missing field goals makes a kicker’s brain see the goal as smaller. http://bit.ly/1iOOA Sorry, Steve Hauschka!
Nothin’ gets my Bella’s dander up like talking about anti-vaccine groups. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/health/16vaccine.html
Ah, the wasted energy of it all. RT @stevemullis: Correction, it was RZA on Marketplace, not NPR. American Public Media loves Wu-Tang!
From a 54mph curve ball to a 96mph fastball in two consecutive pitches by Padilla. Wow.
Edith Piaf, the chansonnier: a cabaret performer who specializes in songs that are a combination of melody and rapid spoken patter. #fb
I’m wishing I could work from home more often. A guy could get use to jammy time at all hours of the day! #fb
The iPhone’s camera in low light doesn’t even compare to my Nokia N95. I’m starting to miss that phone, until I use the 10-key pad.
Free Willy? Free Gilly! Oh @netflix and your dreaded streaming options for family entertainment. #fb
TG+M’s interview w/ Chabon is rather weak but there are truths about the intimacy of daily daddy nurturing: http://bit.ly/pxfRE #fb
“The traditional view of God the Creator is untenable now.” —Ellen van Wolde, an OT scholar on the Hebrew verb “bara”: http://bit.ly/1O3AWZ
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“The traditional view of God the Creator is untenable now.”
– —Professor Ellen van Wolde, an Old Testament scholar at Radboud University in The Netherlands. She claims the first sentence of Genesis is not an accurate translation of the Hebrew verb “bara” in the context of the Bible and other creation stories from Mesopatamia.
Translations of the Bible are...
I can’t tell you how excited I was to see snow and make coffee and build a fire earlier this morning. Can do. Will do. #fb
Barbara Ehrenreich is the best. She identifies truths that few dare acknowledge and calls their bluffs. dig it. http://bit.ly/hOocM
What a fantastic behind-the-scenes w/ Rick Steves + crew. I have a much greater appreciation. Fewer wisecracks from me. I swear. #pbs #fb
Perplexed by the state of things: snow, boys with high fevers + coughing, and that waste of a pitching effort by Twins staff last night. #fb
Man, I still can’t believe how Nathan choked so badly. Did you see him blowing his lips like a nervous pony? #fb
I’ve been asking: “Where did all the tumbleweeds go?” And then, on a frontage road in SLP, one sat. And we actually stopped to look! #fb
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Whoa. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm #fb
On H1N1 cases at the JCC: “While we cannot divulge specifics about which classroom the affected children are in, we encourage…” Uh?
Did you get any of my text messages toda? Hello btw.
If you were in Raleigh-Durham, what joints would you visit for good grub? All types, all styles. #fb
The boys are upstairs, and I don’t hear a thing. Much too quiet… and I’m off. #fb
Just sitting and talking late into the night with a lovely woman is worth noting. #fb
Downed my fourth cup of coffee. This Vancouver hotel brews it like no other. My mates on the plane better offer me the aisle seat. #fb
Most excellent. RT @jimgaffigan: The Lady Gaga of chickens http://twitpic.com/ju65w #fb