What be yer favorite ports o’ call? Where would ye want to hoist a mug’o’rum, were ye given a large pile ‘o’ booty to finance yer stay? I may not be an official Friday Five member, but sometimes the questions are interesting. I’m going to be more specific than some of the other people who posted about this. I’m going to talk about establishments… 1. Coffee Beans, a little coffee shop in Iksan, South Korea. It’s the best coffee shop in town. Now, wait, which one am I talking about? There are two, an old one where I have lots …
Category: WTF
Who Can We Blame for the Power Failures in Canada A While Back?
Yeah. You just knew it, didn’t you? Damn Microsoft. This comes to you courtesy of Dan Hon’s ext|circ. And yes, today seems to be trackback day. I’ll stop after this and go watch a movie and get to bed. I swear. I won’t even reinstall my aggregator. I can do that tomorrow. Really!
Celestial Music
I’ve heard of celestial music, but I’ve never heard of the music of black hole. And of course none of us will ever heard it, since it’s way too deep for any of us to hear… 53-odd octaves below middle C. But it’s there, and it’s a B-flat. Then again, apparently the Earth has it’s own music, too. And Myoung says that some Russian Symphony orchestra’s gonna make music in Jeonju next Wednesday. Smetana and Dvorak and all… so even Jeonju has celestial music of a sort.
Human Cargo and the Limits of Domestic Security
AP Wire | 09/10/2003 | Man Charged for Shipping Himself As Cargo Yes, really. I found this on Epiphany in C. Here’s the thing. I wrote this article right after September 11th, arguing that the problem is, there are weak spots all over in the armor of the American system. I really do think they exist in such massive numbers that for the American government to find them all is impossible. Maybe with enough encouragement and publicization, enough cranks and loudmouths will think up the crazy things terrorists might do, and if the government listens to them (instead of arresting …
Smashing a Stupid Argument Against Gay Marriage
Gallamine.com – William Cox I was following one of the blogsnob links served up to my webpage when I came across William Cox’s page Gallamine. While looking about I came across a ludicrous little article on why banning gay marriage is just. So I posted the following comment there, responding to others comments and then to the article itself, and decided to reproduce it here because it’s long enough to warrant reposting and because I think I argue well.