On Life and Love
Whatever is making or breaking my day.
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Lunch linkage
Steve Don’t Eat It! – Silkworm Pupas » “But what caught me off guard was the crunchy cocoon. Silk my ass. This was like chewing on tiny bones. The good news is I was immediately distracted by the unexpected squirt of briny liquid that shot out into my mouth. A little heads up would have been nice. (Am I right, ladies?)” In-fucking-deed. Skinny Daily Post: Out of the closet » Yes, another one from SDP: “Weight loss is both immensely personal and inescabably public. Like it or not, no matter how indepent we are, we inevitably find ourselves in situations where our desire for healthy eating creates a certain disruption…
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Angry rant of the evening: Evolution debates
I found myself researching something on evolution tonight in order to continue a discussion with WO that came up this weekend, and I found myself infuriated that I’d let myself become involved in another shitty evolution vs. intelligent design discussion. Pardon the poor grammar, but I’m a bit worked up. Would you care to know why I stringently dislike debates about evolution and intelligent design? Because it’s all dogma. People quote that evolution is a “a fact and a theory”–this is a direct quote from Talk Origins–when I think most quasi-educated folk know good and well that no theory is ever a fact. It’s all dogma, and it’s the same…
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Eating my words: Bjork
I’ve never been much of a fan of Bjork. Her music has always tended to sound like someone took a sweet, friendly, normally quiet cat and strung it up with dental floss by the pads of its paws in a chimney while the fire below it built to a nice and roasty heat. Tonight, though, a DJ on Dublab (Chicken George) mixed a track that I immediately knew to be Bjork (I mean, honestly, the woman is very distinctive) that has made me eat my words. It’s a track called “I Miss You”, and although she still makes her characteristic odd sounds, the song is amazing, with a nice little…
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Lunch linkage
I’ve decided to start posting the links I find daily for perusal and commentary. These are links from my del.icio.us site, simply gathered daily and posted. Micro Persuasion: Bookmarklets Every Blogger Should Have » Not just bloggers, but those that read blogs or generally want to use the web in as networked a way as possible. Skinny Daily Post: Magnificent obsession » A magnificent obsession that I may live with for the rest of my life. This is wonderfully well-written.
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Snip, snip.
These past few days have been busy and stressful enough to send me to tears. Anyway, we finally got WO’s hair cut (after months of talking about doing it), and… I have photos! Roommate-Guy was less than impressed, but I’m pleased, and WO seems pleased that I’m pleased, so everything is cool. Plus, WO says Roommate-Guy has no taste. As for what else has been going on, there were the 10 hours I’ve spent since Friday evening on my Software Requirements and Specifications project (and we were ahead!) and the 6-ish hours I just spent on my AI project. I had good results with AI, with the exception that I…