Category Archives: kids
Myths Over Miami
Fascinating emergent mythologies abroad amongst the homeless children of Miami: Satan harbors a special hatred of Miami owing to a humiliation he suffered while on an Ocean Drive reconnaissance mission. He was hunting for gateways for his demons and was … more…
Neal Pollack — Science Friday
I hadn’t visited Neal Pollack’s site in I really don’t know how long. Found a link in Ye Old Blogrolle, and yes, he’s still doing the business. Recently, Neal Pollack and son have been brainstorming on cosmology: Elijah in the … more…
Shock and Awww…
Doc Searls revisits a story I noticed on BoingBoing a while ago, regarding the aftermath of a controversional photography exhibition in LA recently, pointing to a story on the LA Times site (which may well have scrolled off into SubscriberWorld, … more…
Ananova revisited
In the course of my plodding through ancient blog posts, I’ve come across more than a few sites – not just blogs or singular repositories of arcana, but entire, regularly updated news sources which I had all but forgotten. Ananova.com, … more…
little man, you’ve had a busy day
I was up and about at 5.30 this morning, feeling fine, and happily sat down to work. I’ve spent most of the last, what, sixteen and a half hours on this blog, and I require a pat on the head, … more…
Scans uncover secrets of the womb
BBC NEWS | Health: “Until recently it was thought that smiling did not start until six weeks after birth.” (this one’s for the four new babies born to friends in the last month, and welcome in order of appearance, Samuel … more…
Cameron Turner
Cameron Turner showed up at 0324GMT this morning, for which enthusiasm rejoices.
BlogSprogs
It turns out that there are no less than three imminently expectant fathers within the immediate blog horizons – in addition to Gary Turner and Tom Matrullo, there is Michael O’Connor Clarke, and he’s come up with a notion that … more…
Telemarketing militarism to school kids?
This boggles my mind. Amidst all the other fascistic measures introduced by the WMPC a year ago, this one never came to my attention. Sharon Shea-Keneally, principal of Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont, was shocked when she … more…
Northern Lights
Uh… friday? How did it get to be friday? Thursday was pathetic. For some reason I found I could barely string words together yesterday, and several blog posts just withered away to nothing in the dialog box. Awful. Still, in … more…