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Finding Our Inner Light
The former news magazine US News and World Report kindly explains to the great unwashed why we can no longer have incandescent light bulbs: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) laughs as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) looks over her shoulder during a signing ceremony for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 at the U.
Rocking Slightly So I've set up the hammock. I don't expect that anybody who happens upon this space these days will have followed it closely enough to understand the significance of that, but suffice to say that the thing has hung in two different sheds for a total of four years (or so) and never been used.
From those seekers of racial justice at the Washington Post: Not Relevant? Sharpton Scoffs at the Idea Activist’s Busy Calendar and Ringing Phone Speak to His Role in Civil Rights By Keith B. Richburg Wednesday, December 26, 2007; A01 NEW YORK — Even by his own frenetic standards, the Rev.
Interesting article yesterday from the NY times that outlines some of the research findings on Facebook users (spotted via Bokardo). Some interesting quotes from the article: Researchers learned that while people perceive someone who has a high number of friends as popular, attractive and self-confident, people who accumulate “too many” friends (about 800 or more) are seen as insecure…
Merry Christmas to our wonderful extended family! From all of us here at Sweetness & Light, Inc. including the corporate management, the administrative staff, editorial staff, the (non-striking) writers, the fact checkers, the layout artists, the typesetters, the legal department, the accountants, the production assistants, the paid and unpaid interns, the runners, the switchboard operators, the security team, the stock holders and the cleaning crew.
From an outrage CNN and Associated Press: NOLA protesters vow to keep fighting By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Fri Dec 21 NEW ORLEANS - After violent clashes with police at City Hall, protesters vowed that the fight over a plan to demolish 218 public housing buildings for the poor was far from over, both in the courts and on the streets.
Eye Level with the Clouds A country fair is a harvest of life, and although I can still summon the ghosts of feelings from my youth (the mystery of young courtship, the adventure of the carnival), I experience them, now, as if my senses are dulled. The simple euphoria of interest in animals, crafts, and raffles and the plain pleasures of neighborliness elude me.
The Carpenter's Access to Luxury Click here for a streaming MP3 reading of the following. Click here to download it. During my (paid) 15 minute break in the morning and my (not paid) half-hour lunch as a carpenter, I've leaned against gateways and taken in views that other families must spend generations accruing the wealth to enjoy.
I Don't Know What to Do Was a time when I found it cathartic to lay out all of my concerns and feelings in print, but lately the idea seems wasteful. I've exponentially more responsibilities, now, and my problems seem to jumble all over each other, knotted, as well, with my blessings.
Chasing Deer Beyond the Horizon Although the practice has long lapsed, I try to keep a list of small miracles what some might prefer to call "significant coincidences. Some note checks that arrived in the mail at crucial moments. A few involve personally appropriate readings at Mass (as when the only passage in the Bible featuring my daughter's name happened to be read on the Sunday immediately following her birth).
From a campaign press release: Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Death of Benazir Bhutto I am profoundly saddened and outraged by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a leader of tremendous political and personal courage. I came to know Mrs. Bhutto over many years, during her tenures as Prime Minister and during her years in exile.
Responses to “Windlight and Release Candidate temporarily unavailable” Azoth Amat Says: December 29th, 2007 at 12: PM PST If you’re going to do this sort of thing, I’d suggest putting it on the blog first, rather than 15 minutes later. I just spent those 15 minutes trying to debug my configuration, reinstalling Windlight, and so forth.
From those lovers of law and order at the Associated Press: Riot policemen keep watch during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris January 1, 2008. French president hails New Year’s Eve largely unmarred by youth unrest Tuesday, January 1, 2008 PARIS:
La version 1. de Silverlight vient à peine de sortir que l’on nous annonce déjà la version 2. NET Web Product Roadmap (ASP. NET, Silverlight, IIS7). Petite séance de rattrapage : Silverlight est une alternative à Flash qui a été lancée cette année par Microsoft.
Money Smart Life recently presented the Carnival of Personal Finance - Edition 130 and did something unique: Ben captured the highlights of the carnival through a video presentation and it was interesting to finally hear his voice! I must also thank him for selecting my post as one of his picks.
Bright Lights, Big City, Beachbum Berry Posted by Paul on November 27th, 2007 — Posted in Tiki If you’ve ever wanted to open the nation’s paper of record and find a big photograph of someone sipping an exotic drink while standing next to a giant tiki, you’re in luck with Wednesday’s Dining & Wine section.
Researchers from the Universities of Warwick, Edinburgh, Dundee and the Czech Republic’s Institute of Biophysics have discovered a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs and which can use “light activation” to kill cancer cells in much more targeted way than similar treatments.
Nationals Holiday Lighting Ceremony Filed under: MLB, Stadium, Washington Nationals — misschatter at 7:
Moving on from the controversial and back to the fluff… Snow! Fluffy flakes are forecast to fall tomorrow! I’ve already received an alert email from my kids’ school system (and the first flake hasn’t fallen, for crying out loud! I hate the cold, but I love snow. If I have to suffer through freezing, there better be some white stuff on the ground.