Saturday 30 January 2010
somnambulism
Looking through the archives of the fantastic psychology blog Mind Hacks, I came across this brief on a UK author's book about couples' sleeping positions and what that nighttime arrangement says about their relationship.Different sleeping arrangements had lovely descriptive names, named like yoga positions, but it all smacks of pseudo-science, like phrenology, dowsing or hollow-earth theory. I doubt whether someone should judge their relationship too harshly if they perfer the one-footed king pidgeon over the downward facing-dog at night. Besides I am sure no one is frozen in place while they sleep and bed size should be considered too.
padding
Friday 29 January 2010
time takes a cigarette
Thursday 28 January 2010
reportage
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Tuesday 26 January 2010
copyfight or Rhaetorian Guard
On the eve of the Davos summit, the APF reports this mystery:
Of course, I am invited to re-tweet this news item, which seems much perferred to a sloppily cited cut-and-paste and is sometimes blocked by some unknown process. I do not agree that sharing should be restricted to such conduits. Jinkies--this does sound like a case. When thinking of the Swiss and security, I can only fathom up them guarding the Pope, which seems to be working well for all involved.
deep breath
Sunday 24 January 2010
gerrymandering
we won't be pwn'd again
Thursday 21 January 2010
skimming with sharks
Tuesday 19 January 2010
beating ploughshares into swords
Here's some disturbing reporting from ABC News--
Saturday 16 January 2010
capricorn
Friday 15 January 2010
jamming good with Weird & Gilly
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Tuesday 12 January 2010
baden baden
catagories: Bavaria
Monday 11 January 2010
nomenclature
Friday 8 January 2010
pnw'd
Thursday 7 January 2010
these kids today with their y2k...
catagories: ๐พ
Wednesday 6 January 2010
i'm a little flake-y
Monday 4 January 2010
finery
catagories: holidays and observances
Saturday 2 January 2010
MMX
Remember how feisty John McLaughlin would get with his guests, especially for the predictions segments? "Elinor Gee-I-think-You're-Swelinor Cliff, political forecast for next year?" "..." "Wrong!" Let's see how well my prognostication fares.
The Virus who Cried Wolf and Related Matters:
Just when amateurs felt it was safe to loiter in the stock-markets, the world wide economy will take another culling swipe, though this time, fuel and commodity costs will be artifically buoyed up. Some markets will implode because there's no cheapness in manufacturing to offset unemployment and other financial strains. This second blow may lead to calls for cesession and repartitioning and reorganization of tax revenues in America.
Astronomers and researchers will be free to provide hard evidence of extra-terrestial life. Interestingly enough, the discovery will be made and PR handled through the Specola Vaticana (the pope's observatory in Castle Gandolfo). The resulting shift in people's priorities will almost be overwhelming--though people are very resilient when it comes to pursuing petty hang-ups.
Politically, the past decade was hardly predictable, at least from an American point-of-view, but I think those manouevers, even a resulting Republican renaissance, will appear less and less relevant, on the global and universal scale, as India begins to determine world policy.
Developments in the scientific arena, especially with the infusion of alien technology, will present some risky, ethically challenges, as it always does, but humanity's gentle introduction and prep-work through sci-fi and escapism turns out to serve us well.
catagories: ๐จ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐น, ๐บ๐ธ, ๐ญ, economic policy, holidays and observances, labour