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Year: 2008


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0-15

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I don’t talk about football much because, well, there generally ain’t much to talk about. But not today! Oh no, today, we got us some delicious news. 0-15. First. Time. Ever. Now, I know there will be a ton of piling on about just how bad they are. In fact, tomorrow I’m on vacation and […]

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And Get Off My Lawn!

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I’ll let this one introduce itself. The Brighton City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance allowing police in the Livingston County community to ticket and fine anyone who is annoying in public “by word of mouth, sign or motions.” Welcome to West Michigan-style legislation. As J– called it, this is a bunch of fuddy-duddies grumping […]

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links for 2008-12-19

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Dan Dennett's response to Rick Warren | Video on TED.com “Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion — all religion — to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.” (tags: religion […]

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My First Digital Movie

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With the release of The Dark Knight and my complete nerdiness over the movie, I purchased the 2-Disc edition when it was released yesterday. To my surprise, it included a free digital copy (ala iTunes) along with the DVD version. This is my first digital movie as, frankly, I didn’t see the point in buying […]

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links for 2008-12-05

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Methane bursts from frozen tundra : Nature News “In those months, Christensen and his colleagues measured cumulative emissions as large as those recorded over the summer – with peak rates at some collection points higher than had ever been seen in tundra… “I would have predicted the exact opposite finding,” says Merritt Turetsky, a tundra […]