Paleo Retiree’s Linkage- Obama, Nixon, oil spills and socialized medicineRemembering the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969.
- Thanks, EU, but Iceland isn’t so keen on joining any moreIceland's government is listening to the wishes of its people. Imagine that.
- Oklahoma Republican Lawmaker Organizes Antiwar Rally at State CapitolLet's see more of this.
- Rope WebsThe life of a professional rigger. (NSFW)
- Archiculture Official Trailer on VimeoBut will this doc explain why the architecture-and-developer class is inflicting such a lot of zigzaggy and wibbly-wobbly monstrosities on us?
- Dazzling pictures of surfer sirens as they plunge beneath the crashing wavesPhoto portfolio du jour.
- Perspectives on being a fatherGenetics geek Razib reflects on being a new dad.
- iSteve: Women's basketball and The Narrative.How to make women's college basketball more popular.
- Scenes From a Nashville Convenience StoreAn evocative visit to Idiocristan.
- How Come Jeb Bush Can Talk About “Fertile” Immigrants And John Tanton Can’t?Question Du Jour.
- Obama, Nixon, oil spills and socialized medicine
Tag Archives: Science Fiction
Sturgeon’s “Law” is Crap
Blowhard, Esq. writes: You may not know it had a name, but if you’ve spent any time talking about the arts, you’ve surely come across Sturgeon’s Law, coined by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon: “Ninety percent of everything is crap.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetic judgments, bell curve, Science Fiction, statistical probability, Theodore Sturgeon
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I Graduated from a Monkey Prison
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In 1972, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth installment in the series, was released. When the film begins, humans have enslaved the apes. During the course of the movie, the apes rise up in revolution … Continue reading
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