Of the Six Fundamental Machines inscribed by the Builder in the Cornerstone of Time, the Wheel and Axle lends itself to perhaps the most stupendous domain of potential recomplications. Picture the sky as a giant clockwork mechanism—each planet a semiprecious stone set in the rim of its own great
There are plenty of sources that list the distances of various stars from Earth, but does anyone know of a source for looking up the distances of stars from one another? If not, I may have to dust off some spherical geometry that I would rather leave in its rusty
"Hello, and what seems to be the problem with your 1-800-FLOWERS online order, sir?" "Well, I'm not really sure. All the voicemail told me was there was a problem and I should call." "All right, sir, I can help you with
My virtual contribution to the November CD Mix of the Month Club was Sloppy Seconds.
No, Ella is not awaiting a date with the hangman. This is not a gallows but the new deck that's being constructed on the back of our house, and Ella is eagerly awaiting the day when the second level is complete and the back door out of our
Thanks to Netflix, I've been enjoying a steady diet of The Wire, an episode a day on average—um, sometimes two. I'm nearly to the end of the third season. I watched Episode 10 last Thursday. The fifth disc of Season Three, with the last two
Um, yeah, it's not a "condo" if it's for "rent."
I don't know about you, but I am incensed about the LDS Church's over-the-pulpit exhortation of its members to mobilize and help pass California's Proposition 8, banning gay marriage. When I first heard about it, in fact, my first reaction was, "
The red states voted and voted until they were blue in the face.
Holy shit. Wow. What a great day to be an American.
It's nice to be watching MSNBC in a crowded Chicago bar that erupts in wild cheering every time another state goes in the blue column. I love this country, and I love not being embarrassed by it.
Half the bars you see are polling places today.
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