Vampire running for Gov in Minnesota

Just in case we’re getting too serious about politics here comes this funny bit o’ fresh air. Laugh. Its funny… or scary. One way or another its scary. This video is a trailer for a documentary about a real candidate. The film crews FAQ says that the Vampire candidate has no control over the shooting [...]

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Bora got a job at PLoS

Congratulations Bora Zivkovic! He got a job at the Public Library of Science by applying from his blog and getting a ton of recommendations in the comments. Paul Jones put it best,
He got his job in an unusual way; he used his blog and his social networks to provide recommendations. A perfect way to show [...]

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Heroine Astronauts

Jerrie Cobb, public domain image from Wikipedia.
NPR had a great segment on this morning about women who were secretly trained for the Mercury 13 space flights. Then NASA and Lyndon Johnson stopped them from serving. Five years ago via the Freedom of Information Act it was discovered that the then Vice President delivered the “last [...]

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We are Monkeys

nbsp;Del.icio.us user thelastminute, who’s in my network, hipped me to “What we are” on YouTube. Its by Ernest Cline. Amazing! Profound even…

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Thinking about the People of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech

In 1992 Mathias drove me to Blacksburg for a Halloween party. That was one of the best weekends of my life. I cried on the way home to Richmond because I hated to leave. Most of the thanks for that heavenly few days is due to Mathaias Leppitsch. But meeting Ronda was also a really [...]

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No Power

We still don’t have electricity at home. Its been out now since 10am Monday. Ruby telecommutes from home so she’s a digital nomad today.
Yesterday evening we saw what may be the cause of our power outage. A big ole’ electrical pole has snapped off at the top. The only thing keeping it off the ground [...]

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Goodbye Mr. Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut is dead at 84. Goodbye and Thank You!

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I dreamt we went to Google

This morning I woke at my regular time. Because it was Saturday I was annoyed. Those coveted hours of extra sleep didn’t seem like they were going to happen. Some how I dozed off. When I awoke again I realized I had just had the following dream.
* * * DREAM * * *
Ruby and I [...]

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Chapel Hill Town Council Resolution on Immigration

Tonight the Chapel Hill Town Council has on its agenda a petition from the Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee proposing A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY ON ARREST FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATION and A RESOLUTION TO REDRESS SOME OF THE HARM CAUSED BY THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF SIMA FALLAHI. See the pdf of [...]

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Waking Up

Have you ever woken up just before your alarm goes off several days in a row?

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