7/28/2009 – July 28, 2009
On Language - All-Purpose Pronoun - NYTimes.com
"alas, in swapping he for they, Fisher replaced a number problem with a gender problem" interesting language history.
(tags: history writing)
Free My Phone | Free Press
"We demand the freedom to use our phones as we choose — on wireless networks that offer true high-speed Internet and real consumer choice." word.
(tags: [...]
7/28/2009 – July 28, 2009
It’s freaking hot out. So why bike an extra 10 miles? A nice cool river, that’s why.
7/27/2009 – July 27, 2009
MeFi 10th anniv meetup…at the South Pole
Srsly. (Makes me feel like a slacker for not going to PDX.)
(tags: weird blogosphere)
7/24/2009 – July 24, 2009
sour cherry slab pie | smitten kitchen
I miss the enormous sour cherry tree across the alley from the rental house where I lived Summer 1994.
(tags: recipes baking dessert fruit pie)
Human Cost – Loud
"I stopped complaining and shouting about this a few years ago because there isn’t much of a point when you have no solutions [...]
7/22/2009 – July 22, 2009
NCBI ROFL
funny-sounding articles from PubMed.
(tags: funny weird academia science)
Get ready for circles on Boulevard Road - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
work starting on 1st roundabout, at intersection w/Log Cabin Rd. I don't go that far down on Blvd very often; I'm much more interested in seeing the ones at Morse Merryman & [...]
7/21/2009 – July 21, 2009
Rubbermaid - 13 Can Slim Cooler-Blue
$28. this is the cooler that xtracycle sells with their logo…for $39! score.
(tags: bicycling travel xtracycle)
Who do you blame when you lose $50 billion? - How the World Works - Salon.com
this is mom's retirement fund. she's just a couple of years away from retirement. I'm incredibly nervous.
(tags: personal [...]