Archive for September, 2008
A Little Politics
The latest A Softer World comic: PZ Myers points to a video of Sarah Palin telling an Assembly of God church that the Iraq war is “a task from God. Obama answers some important questions about science and policy. Dooce tells Republicans to live up to those compassionate principles: Because Leta was diagnosed with plagiocephaly […]
Weekly top 5
Santogold – Santogold Ella Fitzgerald – The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald Interpol – Antics Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts – Selwa
What I’ve Noticed
Indexed expresses a little anger with an awesome Venn diagram. Hollywood’s five saddest attempts at feminism. [via Feministing] Lays out how those “strong” female characters are so very disappointing. Some Iraqi’s have no hope left: do you know that your tomorrow has no tomorrow? that your blood is the ink of new maps? Unsurprising news […]
Home sweet home
A few days ago, I posted this AP story on my facebook with the caption “The media finally does some fact-checking.” The reporter did some research on some of the statements Sarah Palin made about herself and Barack Obama and found several, well, lies. A person I grew up with commented on the post. If […]
Berry Go Round
Biology in Science Fiction’s post on A Field Guide to Surreal Botany was featured in this month’s Berry Go Round. I am now desperate to read it: an anthology of fictional plant species that exist beyond the realm of the real. … Fully illustrated in gorgeous full-color by Janet Chui, the specimen entries are by […]
Snow in August
Flagstaff has interesting summer weather. After this hailstorm on August 25th, there was snow on the mountain, and I changed into a sweater. My poor housemate came home looking like she’d jumped in the shower fully clothed.
Tomatoes
One of my tomato plants finally has tomatoes. Tiny, tiny tomatoes. There is no way they are going to be ripe before the first frost. The other plant doesn’t even have tiny tomatoes yet. The one with tomatoes blew off my porch in a storm and its stake broke. Now it’s indoors, propped against the […]