December 2010
19 posts
“I do like Christmas on the whole…. In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and...”
– E.M. Forster (via libraryland)
“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies...”
– Neil Gaiman in his Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech, The Graveyard Book. (via incandenza)
Shakespeare and Star Trek →
You are not cool enough for Star Wars →
“Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via libraryland)
Irate Cash4Gold letter to a lewd prankster - Boing... →
Hours before their special news conference today,... →
At their conference today, NASA scientist Felisa Wolfe Simon will announce that they have found a bacteria whose DNA is completely alien to what we know today. Instead of using phosphorus, the bacteria uses arsenic. All life on Earth is made of six components: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. Every being, from the smallest amoeba to the largest whale, share the same...
Overeating, Like Drug Use, Rewards And Alters... →
An interesting article that likens symptoms of food addiction to certain symptoms of drug addiction.
Hyperbole and a Half: Sneaky Hate Spiral →
Hyperbole and a Half: World's Best Relationship... →
