Archive for 2007

Delman Shoes – Whiz

I like the pattern on this shoe very much. It reminds me a bit of this far cheaper Report shoe. But the pattern on the Delman shoe is far more sophisticated and the shape of the shoe itself is lovely. The Report shoe is interesting, but it’s not nearly as attractive and I suspect it’s […]

Dick Cheney on invading Iraq

Justin has found a fantastic interview Cheney gave in 1994.  In the interview Cheney argues that invading Iraq would be a huge mistake and predicts many of the problems the US is having there today.  He even uses the word “quagmire.”

gods

The Blind Assassin Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything, and the gods of Sakiel-Norn were no exception. All of them were carnivorous; they liked animal sacrifices, but human blood was what they valued most. At the city’s founding, so long ago it had passed into legend, nine devout fathers were said to […]

Look, Mom!

dinner Originally uploaded by sarcozona I can cook now.  You may notice that it’s tofu.  I don’t buy meat at the grocery store because it’s expensive and I fail at cooking it and I feel guilty about wasted resources. Since I’m too poor to go to restaurants, I’m pretty much vegetarian now. (Though I wouldn’t […]

turn me upside down

The Life of the Cosmos If we restrict ourselves to proposals which are falsifiable, what kind of explanations are available to us?  In the history of science there have been two kinds of explanation which generally succeeded: explanations in terms of general principles; and explanations in terms of history.  We are used to believing that […]

hail storm

There was a storm today with lots and lots of hail. I was very glad I decided not to go to the lab when it looked like rain.