stupid links
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squamousPeople send them to me, or I find them on my own, but either way I just can't keep them to myself.
First, via "Mike's List" we have this little animation that purports to show air traffic on standard day in the U.S. That's a lotta planes! For me, this brought to mind the claim that when air traffic over the U.S. was grounded for 3 days after 9/11, that "Without jets or contrails, the clear skies boosted the temperature swing between daytime highs and nighttime lows by about 3 degrees nationwide". Not a claim one can readily test I guess, but still sort of interesting.
For some unfortunate reason we had heated and snippy debates about voucher programs today, complete with swear words. Someone threw The Strange Case of the Marcus Garvey Charter School out for consideration. I must admit I am starting to get really curious what people think about vouchers, and why they think it. The topic does get people worked up, and does make you think about what an ideologically neutral education is, what shared values should be, etc.
And more questions. Should malignant little chimps and their slightly more civil cousins the bonobos be part of the human genus, 'officially' closer to us on the family tree (as I understand it)? And should we stop bogarting all the upgrades and get these apes talking?
Oh so many more links. Final meal requests of Texas death row inmates. Why is this online? Why am I interested?
Also, bedbugs are real.
Despite all the ill-will in the workplace today, this afternoon the office magically turned into Candyland. Dave the new guy has been bringing in big bags of candy. Mike's senses are attuned to delicate snack vibrations, and when he hears the rumble of the Whoppers carton being tilted, or sniffs Reese's Pieces, he wants a handful. I of course help myself from time to time as well, all the while cursing Dave for bringing in candy. To make it up to Dave, and also to have more candy, Mike dropped $20 on candy at a drug store this afternoon and brought it back to the office. His theme was anything Reese's Peanut Butter cup related, except, mysteriously, no actual Reese's cups. I of course cursed him for surrounding me with candy, then suggested we open the 'Reese's Bites' immediately.
First, via "Mike's List" we have this little animation that purports to show air traffic on standard day in the U.S. That's a lotta planes! For me, this brought to mind the claim that when air traffic over the U.S. was grounded for 3 days after 9/11, that "Without jets or contrails, the clear skies boosted the temperature swing between daytime highs and nighttime lows by about 3 degrees nationwide". Not a claim one can readily test I guess, but still sort of interesting.
For some unfortunate reason we had heated and snippy debates about voucher programs today, complete with swear words. Someone threw The Strange Case of the Marcus Garvey Charter School out for consideration. I must admit I am starting to get really curious what people think about vouchers, and why they think it. The topic does get people worked up, and does make you think about what an ideologically neutral education is, what shared values should be, etc.
And more questions. Should malignant little chimps and their slightly more civil cousins the bonobos be part of the human genus, 'officially' closer to us on the family tree (as I understand it)? And should we stop bogarting all the upgrades and get these apes talking?
Oh so many more links. Final meal requests of Texas death row inmates. Why is this online? Why am I interested?
Also, bedbugs are real.
Despite all the ill-will in the workplace today, this afternoon the office magically turned into Candyland. Dave the new guy has been bringing in big bags of candy. Mike's senses are attuned to delicate snack vibrations, and when he hears the rumble of the Whoppers carton being tilted, or sniffs Reese's Pieces, he wants a handful. I of course help myself from time to time as well, all the while cursing Dave for bringing in candy. To make it up to Dave, and also to have more candy, Mike dropped $20 on candy at a drug store this afternoon and brought it back to the office. His theme was anything Reese's Peanut Butter cup related, except, mysteriously, no actual Reese's cups. I of course cursed him for surrounding me with candy, then suggested we open the 'Reese's Bites' immediately.
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Date: 2003-05-22 05:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-23 06:37 am (UTC)Bradley Denton does or did live in Austin btw and wrote at least one book set there, but I never read it.