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according to my twitter feed tonight is the first night of jewish christmas.
animated introduction to quantum mechanics and other junk.
Uncertain about the uncertainty principle?
spent the night babysitting a friend who has come down with a somewhat debilitating case of marital discord. two things we learned: 1) my years of not keeping up with my intergender studies has diminished my capacity to provide useful advice on such matters beyond suggesting they should seek professional guidance. 2) an ashtray full of cigarettes in the morning smells worse than i remember.
on the plus side, we did find a pretty good hole-in-the-wall burger place in the east village.
dude got a acadamy award (well deserved IMHO).....we watched him tonight in White Christmas
this is a word.
moon map
Very, very first class: Cooking With Wilbur: Recipes From A South Indian Village
parents, this made me laugh
got a working valve installed on the primary radiator in my apartment because the previous one was leaking down to the floor below and suddenly i can control the heat for the first time in 10 years. looking forward to not sweltering all winter long.
The Cornell bird lab
astronauts photos from space station.
What do you all think of this? The Future Library Project.
Margaret Atwood, who I respect without knowing or ever having read any of her work, will be the first included author.
bill, some steals up for bid in detroit foreclosure auction.....
and the identity of Jack the Ripper is...
would have assumed the etymology of the word related to sexual innuendo. perhaps it did as well.
New York Police Department Captain Alexander S. "Clubber" Williams gave the area its nickname[4] in 1876, when he was transferred to a police precinct in the heart of this district. Referring to the increased amount of bribes he would receive for police protection of both legitimate and illegitimate businesses there – especially the many brothels – Williams said, "I've been having chuck steak ever since I've been on the force, and now I'm going to have a bit of tenderloin."[1][2]
The name became a generic term for a Red-light district in an American city; San Francisco, California is among the other cities having a well-known "Tenderloin District".