Rob and I have been in NYC for the past two years on a house swap. That ends on the last day of August. After thinking about it, we’ve decided to move back to Portland, OR. The houseswap was intended to be a way to try NYC out without committing to it. While I’ve enjoyed […]
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What’s going on in Iran and what you can do to help. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? * The most obvious thing to do is stay informed. Keep an eye on reliable sources on Twitter, refresh blogs and news sites that are covering the stories. * If you are on twitter, retweet information from
Amy Sisson just pointed out this article about a school in Missisippi that held its first integrated prom last year. Last. Year. The same week an African-American family moves into the White House, a movie about a Mississippi high school’s first integrated dance debuts at the Sundance Film Festival. The director credits the young people
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I’m sure there’s a perfectly logical and no-fun explanation about this… Archeologists in China are baffled after finding a tiny Swiss watch in a 400-year-old tomb. But it’s straight out of an SF story, isn’t it. via Ananova – Swiss watch found in 400-year-old tomb.
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I watched the elections last night and am still in a state of happy disbelief. I remember when a friend of mine, way back in the primaries, said that she was interested in Barack Obama. I’d never heard of him at that point, but I remember saying, “Are you crazy? The U.S. will never elect
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My friend David Louis Edelman and his wife just welcomed their first borns. Abigail Blakeway Edelman and Benjamin Blakeway Edelman were born on Halloween. You know they are going to have some rocking birthday parties growing up. Swing by to congratulate them.
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We don’t normally take the paper because neither of us are home often enough to really read it, but with the folks here we picked up a copy of the Sunday New York Times. I found this piece on the Op-Ed page and was startled by the opening paragraphs. John McCain isn’t boasting about a
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I’m a visual person, so I find charts like the one that chartjunk put together enormously helpful. I’m not seeing the tax increase that McCain said Obama was giving me. Maybe he’s just worried about the one that happens for the people up at the top of that thin, thin line.
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17:17 I’m doing paper-mache rocks now. # 19:55 Trying to decide if I should watch the VP debate at home or keep working & listen here. Either way, it’ll be streaming. At home I can drink. # 20:33 I’ve decided to go home so I can listen to the debate with Rob. # 22:03 God.
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According to Wired Science SpaceX successfully put their Falcon 1 rocket into space. SpaceX has made history. Its privately developed rocket has made it into space. After three failed launches, the company founded by Elon Musk worked all of the bugs out of their Falcon 1 launch vehicles. The entire spectacle was broadcast live from
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