Archive for 2008
Weekly top 5
Santogold – Santogold Deb Talan – A Bird Flies Out Deb Talan – Something Burning Deb Talan – Sincerely The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
What I’ve noticed
From what I observed growing up in the South, I’d say this has a lot more to do with racism than class. Sarah Palin charged rape victims for their own rape kits. As Majikthise puts it Do fraud victims have to pay for forensic audits? Do banks have to pay the police to watch the […]
Books
What I’m actually reading vs. what I’d like to be reading.
Berry Go Round submissions
I’m hosting the next Berry Go Round at the end of the month. You can submit posts to me at enchantressofnumbers (at) gmail (dot) com. And if you haven’t already, check out the August Berry Go Round over at Not Exactly Rocket Science.
We fucked up
Bad habits
When I’m writing and don’t know what to say, I often type “fuck” over and over. I’m very concerned that I’m going to turn in a paper or, worse, give a presentation with a line of “fuck fuck fuck fuck.” Example: Carbon dioxide is clearly having an effect on piñon growth. The first 100 years […]
By the time you do something, it’s going to be too late
Still driving that SUV to work? The hockey stick graph was just reverified. The arctic is about to disappear. Oops! Australia’s arable land is turning into a desert.