February 2011
31 posts
“Science has its weaknesses and it doesn’t have a stranglehold on the...”
– Over a year ago, Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller quietly started his own group of researchers on climate change. They are set to publish the results in a few weeks.
He hopes they will contribute to appeasing furore. The whole point of their endeavor is to push the debate away from the...
Not even half a man
Kudos to my smart husband for not wanting to hear or see anything about or with Charlie Sheen after news about his mistreatment of women and drug abuse piled on. It took me much longer than him, thinking ‘hey, Sheen’s a Hollywood actor, they all misbehave’.
Unfortunately, if some rules of society are broken often enough one feels tempted to forget that they exist. It’s...
“After weeks of embarrassing French slip-ups – including Paris blindly standing...”
– The Guardian writes about an open letter by “Marly,” a group of anonymous high-ranking French diplomats who have had enough of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s antics. Under his leadership, they say, “impulsivity, amateurism, concern for the media, incoherence” have...
Musn't drool
For those who have yet to read Sarah Brown’s diary, here’s some incentive. The wife of Britain’s former prime minister has a true treasure trove of anecdotes that are almost all hilarious. Here are two of my favorites:
Her three years, she admits, were ‘sometimes surreal’. There were certainly some moments — like the time President Karzai of Afghanistan pointed out to her son...
“Tech? Yeah, it’s very masculine. You go to boardroom meetings, and...”
– Journalist at a very prestigious publication, a man himself, who covers tech here in San Francisco and whom I met today.
What’s up, Silicon Valley?
— From SF.
exblogtation
The Guardian rushes to the defence of unpaid HuffPo bloggers and says Arianna is an evil pony, albeit a glossy one.
“Huffington is as glossy as a pony. The one time her brow furrows is when the question of the unpaid bloggers comes up.
“Huffington also makes her usual rebuttal that the Huffington Post gives bloggers “a platform”, and that by merging with AOL this platform...
Beyond The Mean Bites of Soul-Shrinking Anger
“It went:
I’m yours, you’re mine And in our hearts The happy ending starts What a lovely world this world will be With a world of love in store For you, for me, forevermore.
Forevermore for me and Mae lasted close to 45 years. She died April 23rd, 2005 to be beyond… Oh, hell. She was always beyond the mean bites of soul-shrinking anger.”
In the beautiful words...
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Amy Farrah Fowler: Prepare to be terrified. If your friends are unconvincing, this year's donations might go to, say, the geology department.
Sheldon Cooper: *gasp* Oh dear G... No, not the dirt people!
Me: ...
Jason: ...
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Jason: For the record, we call it "sediment."
“More important, perhaps, the government told Americans, “Enjoy your food, but...”
– The NYTimes writes about the government’s new dietary guidelines, wherein we learn that, at long last, the authorities have grown a pair on the subject of portions.
Starbucks’ timing is impeccable.
— From SF.
“A happy love is full of quarrels, you know.”
– Jean Anouilh, in Antigone.
*** En français: “C’est plein de disputes, un bonheur.” ***
— From SF.
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mentor, Or, Why Modernist... →
“Here are some things I was not allowed to do as I began my first job:
- Use any typeface other than Helvetica, Century, Times, Futura, Garamond No. 3, or Bodoni. - Use more than two typefaces on any project. - Use more than three sizes of typefaces on any project. - Begin any layout without a modular grid in place, including a letterhead or a business card. - Make visual references to...
