Hardly anyone will be interested in any of this, I suspect, but these posts allow me to sync fewer bookmarks.
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You’re not feeling old enough yet…
Galaxy Quest is further away from today than it was from Die Hard. Just my variant of the contribution that xkcd gave us..
Putnam County? Not a spelling bee, and oddly enough, not in Texas…
How many of you remembered tha…
How many of you remembered that today is sysadmin day? Hmm? http://t.co/W4oKSBtq
Sad to hear about Sally Ride. …
Sad to hear about Sally Ride. My heart goes out to Tam. She and Sally had been together about as long as Cy and I. Women+science=good!
A nuanced question about the NCAA sanctions…
Does anyone else find a disturbing similarity between the problems that led to the sanctions (in many ways, keeping their fingers in their ears and saying “This didn’t happen!”) and the NCAA saying “Those 14 years of wins didn’t happen.”?
That being said, I am torn between the NCAA sanctions punishing folks who are not guilty, and feeling that they do nothing to punish anyone except the “institution” less than it deserves.
And here I go, with my first post about sports that doesn’t involve golf clubs.
Catchup bookmark blog 201207
Here is the last six months of things I’ve bookmarked, without wanting to bother you all about them individually.
Gah. Finally, a mime “speaks”….
Gah. Finally, a mime “speaks”. http://t.co/j3jN4EKX
How lucky am I? My 10-year-old…
How lucky am I? My 10-year-old will fight me on minutia, but listen to me for the important stuff. Daddy J FTW, eating veggies tonight!
My daughter just IM’d to me “S…
My daughter just IM’d to me “Sometimes I wonder about you” and I refrained from replying “sometimes?” As a parent, I’m growing…
It is summer in Texas. It is u…
It is summer in Texas. It is under 70 degrees, and I’m not in bed yet. It’s not even midnight…
OK, so I like the rain. That P…
OK, so I like the rain. That PARTICULAR clap of instantaneous lightning and thunder was just a little too close for my taste.
I’m so lame. Every night I spe…
I’m so lame. Every night I spend with my daughter raises my hopes for humanity, despite the dopes running for office.
Heh. Romneypresent, defined. …
Heh. Romneypresent, defined. http://t.co/5RpgY8Sw
End of an era, minitel (precur…
End of an era, minitel (precursor to the internet) just shut down in France. http://t.co/5eQVDkcG