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December 22, 2009
December 20, 2009
Global Warming
Global warming has caused the frozen waters of the Firmament to melt and fall as snow on the Riviera on 19 December
.
Sat Dec 19, 8:19 AM ET. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
And who was the light bulb who decided to hold the big global warming conference in Scandinavia at the start of winter? That was like asking for the Gore Effect to manifest itself.
Global warming has caused the frozen waters of the Firmament to melt and fall as snow on the Riviera on 19 December
.
Sat Dec 19, 8:19 AM ET. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
And who was the light bulb who decided to hold the big global warming conference in Scandinavia at the start of winter? That was like asking for the Gore Effect to manifest itself.
December 17, 2009
The Wright Stuff Today, 106 years ago, a couple of bicycle mechanics from Ohio took their motorized kite to North Carolina to test their new "wing warping" idea. It worked pretty well. Thanks, guys!
My grandfather was almost 4 when that happened. Before he died, he watched men walk on the moon. From his living room.
The First Birthday Alone
I never has a birthday of my own until late in high school. The reason for this is simple. My brother Dennis was born on this day, a full 362...
My grandfather was almost 4 when that happened. Before he died, he watched men walk on the moon. From his living room.
The First Birthday Alone
I never has a birthday of my own until late in high school. The reason for this is simple. My brother Dennis was born on this day, a full 362...
December 16, 2009
December 15, 2009
Beware of Television
It not only destroys the mind, it can kill a child.
Now we are talking about 180 deaths per year, each one a tragedy. A similar report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission last year estimated 42,700 injuries and 180 deaths associated with appliance, furniture and television instability and tip-overs from 2000 to 2006; 87 of the deaths involved televisions. The number rose from seven in 2000 to 23 in 2006.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/wirestory
It was unclear from ...
It not only destroys the mind, it can kill a child.
Now we are talking about 180 deaths per year, each one a tragedy. A similar report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission last year estimated 42,700 injuries and 180 deaths associated with appliance, furniture and television instability and tip-overs from 2000 to 2006; 87 of the deaths involved televisions. The number rose from seven in 2000 to 23 in 2006.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/wirestory
It was unclear from ...
Learning to Play the Game
One of Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" is to force your enemies to play by their own rules. Danae knows how to make the teacher feel guilty.
OTOH, adverbs really are to be avoided in writing. "The verb should be sufficient unto the task," he said softly.
Nay! To whisper is better said than to say softly!
On Cultural Literacy, Part II
It occurs to me that a large number of people today won't "get" this one unless they know what a pair of Wellingtons are.
One of Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" is to force your enemies to play by their own rules. Danae knows how to make the teacher feel guilty.
OTOH, adverbs really are to be avoided in writing. "The verb should be sufficient unto the task," he said softly.
Nay! To whisper is better said than to say softly!
On Cultural Literacy, Part II
It occurs to me that a large number of people today won't "get" this one unless they know what a pair of Wellingtons are.
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