1 Oct 07
I have just one thing to say about the weekend....
The Packers are 4-0!!!
posted by Lynn S @ 07:34 (category: Culture Too) no comments
Here it is the first day of October and I'm still wondering what happened to August. The days are getting shorter, the mornings are cool, days pleasant. So far the leaves are still green but it won't be long now. Autumn would be the best time of year if it didn't always seem so short and if it didn't lead into the cold months. If it didn't mean that another year is almost over.
And next year is 2008 already. How did we get this far into the 21st century? Not too long ago the 21st Century was "the future". It hasn't turned out to be quite what we expected, has it? It's been going pretty good for me, personally, but still, sometimes I want my future back.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:49 (category: Inner Space) 1 comment
Dumbtionary - a dictionary of misspelled words. You can search for a specific misspelled word or browse a list of misspelled words.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:06 (category: Wordy & Bookish) no comments
The Tact Filter Theory. (Via dm)
posted by Lynn S @ 08:11 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
There are some great photos in this post about the 10 Most Fascinating Tombs.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:22 (category: Culture ) no comments
I didn't know that. (Also be sure to read the first comment.)
posted by Lynn S @ 08:25 (category: Culture ) no comments
The Broken Column House. Fascinating!
posted by Lynn S @ 08:36 (category: Art) 1 comment
2 Oct 07
"The Internet makes it drop-dead easy to find at least 30 things that really piss you off before your first cup of coffee cools."
-- Gerard Van der Leun
Ever notice how most people talking about the Internet are like the Blind Men and the Elephant? You certainly can find lots of things to get pissed off about on the Internet if you habitually go to websites that piss you off but I can surf for days and find nothing but beautiful things, interesting things, fun things, weird things and not a single thing that pisses me off. It just depends on what kind of websites you go to.
Quote found at Dustbury in the rotating quote thingy in the sidebar.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:32 (category: General) 1 comment
I think I'll go back to my old habit of putting a bunch of links in a single post instead of a post for each link. It'll save me the trouble of having to come up with a bunch of titles. Of course, I might change my mind tomorrow. Or an hour from now.
A list of over 40 tag lines. Dustbury has a few more tag lines. I like those better and not just because mine is on it. I posted a list of my favorites a long time ago but I'm too lazy to look for it right now.
A little weather and climate education for both kids and adults. Via Fillyjonk's Progress
Red Bull's London headquarters. A fun and futuristic space. Via AMCGLTD
Marshall Brain has a new blog: BrainStuff. A little too corporate looking but still the same good content.
Faces in Places, a very cool photo blog. Via Bifurcated Rivets.
Interesting. I bet that setup would drive your cats crazy.
Leaf art. Wow. Amazing. Via Grow-a-Brain.
Geek meditation. Via Justinsomnia.
List of figure drawing books, downloadable for free. Via Neatorama.
21 Skills Videos. I haven't watched any of them yet but it looks like an interesting list.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:35 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
3 Oct 07
Project Peanut Butter was launched as a new approach to the treatment of malnutrition among Malawian children. The project has since been proven as an effective method with success rates reaching average recovery rates of 89.9% and even higher among some regions. The treatment centers on a peanut based paste rich in protein and fats with a complete complement of vitamins and minerals. This Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) can be manufactured locally with importation of only the additional vitamins and minerals. The paste is resistant to bacterial contamination under all climatic conditions due to its low water content and does not require cooking. This is a tremendous advantage because it removes the burden of having to collect firewood and provides an easy way to produce nutritious food.
[...] this solution is much more practical as it does not rely on perishable items or trained personnel.
This is one of those things that make you ask, "Why didn't someone think of that years ago?"
Via EurekAlert and Guiness and Cream Cakes
posted by Lynn S @ 07:46 (category: News/Issues) no comments
This is so cool! It's the photos that are being uploaded to Blogger - in real time. I saw some excellent photos in the minute or two I spent watching it.
Via Dancing In Tongues.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:29 (category: Weird and Wonderful Web) no comments
Steph waxes philosophical. Very nice introspective post about opportunities missed.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:53 (category: General) no comments
Quite possibly the world's coolest tie
Several odd art photos and some links.
China Mieville on Floating Utopias (Via Chrononautic Log)
Seven Amazing Holes, plus one more (Via Dirty Beloved)
posted by Lynn S @ 14:37 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
4 Oct 07
The Christmas catalogs have started coming in the mail. Too early? Not really. If you're going to order stuff for Christmas it's a good idea to order it no later than November. Which means it's time for my annual Christmas Shopping Sermon.
To those of you hate Christmas shopping: I don't want to see you in the checkout line next to me whining and bellyaching about how much you hate Christmas shopping, how crowded the stores are, how commercialized the holiday has become, how you'll be so glad when it's finally over with or any other negative comments related to the season. If that's the way you feel just stay home.
But you have to buy gifts for your kids, your spouse, your mom? How can you "just stay home?" Easy. Do most of your shopping online or from dead-tree catalogs. Do it now; time is running out. If you wait until December most of the stuff you want will be out of stock and you'll end up in a check-out line next to me bellyaching about how much you hate Christmas shopping. And I will not be the least bit sympathetic. For the local shopping you have to do, go to small, out-of-the-way stores. There are probably at least half a dozen little shops that you drive by every week and never even think of stopping at. Go to those. Stay out of Wal-mart, Target and other big stores.
Now I'm not saying that everyone should stay out of the big stores. I shop at Wal-mart (though not so much for Christmas gifts) But if I see you there I will expect to you to have a smile on your face. 'Tis the season to be merry so be merry or go somewhere that will make you happier.
Beyond shopping - for those of you who are simply anti-Christmas: all the decorated trees and lights and Santas and happy people singing carols and talking about the Baby Jesus will not hurt you so just put on your big kid underpants and deal with it. And on the other side, for those of you who are really big fans of old fashioned Christmases, don't be a Christmas-nazi. Don't get all bent out of shape if someone says "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" or if some people choose to celebrate some other holiday that someone "just made up".
You've got a couple of months to get psyched up for it. You can do it. Just be merry. (Or, at the very least, don't be a Scrooge or a Grinch.)
posted by Lynn S @ 07:37 (category: Life 'n' Stuff) 1 comment
Butterscotch. Heh; I love McSweeny's. (Bifurcated Rivets)
Cute ad. I'm willing to believe that. Because I want to believe it.
The Strange Story of Napoleon's Wallpaper
I Will Knot! Promises that "even the seriously knot-challenged" can learn to tie different kinds of knots. (Grow-a-Brain)
Street painting (Look At This...)
posted by Lynn S @ 08:53 (category: Web Surfing) 2 comments!
5 Oct 07
An asteroid has been named for George Takei. The asteroid formerly known as 1994 GT9 is now 7307 Takei.
Here is a list of named asteriods. There are several other actors names on the list and several sci-fi authors and even character's names. Mr. Spock, of course. I have a feeling he might consider that "illogical." There's even one named TARDIS. Of course I had to look and see if any composers had asteroids named for them. So far I've found Bach, Beethoven and Berlioz.
It's a long, long list. Not exactly an exclusive club but, sadly, I have not yet been honored with my own asteroid. There are still a lot of rocks out there though so who knows... maybe someday...
posted by Lynn S @ 07:22 (category: Science & Nature) no comments
The simple, colorful way to "eat healthy"
Weird, creepy, sick... why would anyone want such a thing? I'd give back the grill too. I might not even ask for my money back. That's just... ewww!
7 Underground Wonders. Catacombs, tunnels and other odd underground spaces. (Via Neatorama)
Nice but will it still work a year from now? That's always my first thought when I think about buying another new printer, which is why I still don't have one. That one's probably too large. I don't think I need to print posters. By the way, how much is that in U.S. dollars?
posted by Lynn S @ 08:22 (category: Web Surfing) 3 comments!
6 Oct 07
I didn't know until yesterday that this year's Okie Blogger Round-Up is going to be in Tulsa. Tonight. It's my own fault for not paying more attention I guess. I sort of feel bad about not going because I complained last year (and probably the year before) about it always being in Oklahoma City but... I'm not going.
I thought about it but I really don't feel very motivated to go. There are only three Oklahoma blogs that I read anything like regularly. There are a couple of people I'd like to meet but... well, no excuses really. I thought about it, was at war with myself for about an hour and not going won. Maybe another year. If they ever have it in Tulsa again. Maybe they'll decide to alternate years - OKC in even numbered years, Tulsa in odd numbered years? That would give me two whole years to psych myself up for it.
posted by Lynn S @ 13:42 (category: Blogginess) 1 comment
8 Oct 07
It's time once again to face up to the need for new sweatpants. Same lament as last year: all the women's sweatpants that they have in the stores now are either stupid-looking (Who ever heard of bell-bottom sweatpants?) or they have no pockets. And all sweatpants are too short to start with and shrink up to the length of knickers after one or two washings.
A number of years ago I bought two pairs of Hanes sweatpants that were pretty decent but I've been sewing them back together for the last two or three years and I have finally decided it's time to give up on them. Last year I bought one pair of men's sweatpants and sewed some pink flower and butterfly appliques on them but the old saying, "If you want it done right, do it yourself," is true of clothing too. So I'm making my own sweatpants. The hard part is finding the fabric but I did manage to find some. It's not as heavyweight as I wanted but it is soft and comfortable. I bought three pieces: teal, medium blue and burgundy. I finished the teal late last week.
Right now I'm working on an out of season sewing project: a warm weather robe. I normally don't have much use for a robe since I get dressed immediately when I get up but I started thinking I should have one and last year I made a pink polar fleece robe. It's heavenly but very, very warm. I can only wear it on the coldest days. So I've been thinking I need one for warmer weather and last week decided to go ahead and make one.
I had seen this fabric before and was not attracted to it at all but when I decided to make the robe I immediately thought of it and it seemed perfect. I think it has a sort of retro/kitschy look.
I decided it would be fun to use some pink rick-rack, the trim everyone loves to hate. The package of rick-rack is printed in three languages. Did you know that rick-rack in French is "moyen" and in Spanish it's "fleco"? Don't both of those sound much better than rick-rack? I propose that we all start calling it "moyen". Everything sounds cooler and more sophisticated in French.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:16 (category: Craftiness) no comments
Here's a great acronym: SABLE - stash acquisition beyond life expectancy. She's talking about yarn but it works for fabric too. I don't have that big of a stash myself but it is amazing how it accumulates. One or two trips a year to the fabric store and a few pieces from the bargain table at Wal-mart now and then and somehow I have this big box full of fabric.
I don't like to accumulate a lot though. I feel guilty about it so sometimes when I realize I've acquired a lot I'll really try to complete everything and work the stash down to nothing before I buy more fabric. It's about time to do that again.
posted by Lynn S @ 10:59 (category: Craftiness) 4 comments!
9 Oct 07
John Wimberley, black and white landscape photography. Beautiful! (Bibi's Box)
Four more interesting B&W photos.
October 8 was a dark day in moustache history.
Julie Heffernan, paintings; Magic Realism. Nice, lots of detail. (Phantasmaphile)
Wojtek Siudmak, fantasy paintings. (A few nudes) Beautiful. Some remind me, just a little, of Jim Warren. (Monster Brains)
UPDATE: Oops. Here's one more that I meant to include...
posted by Lynn S @ 07:33 (category: Culture ) no comments
Made With Molecules - jewelry and other items depicting various popular molecules. Bioephemera posted a picture of the geek necklace.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:56 (category: Science & Nature) no comments
Glenn Weynant has turned a section of the U.S./Mexico border fence into a musical instrument. I listened to the first of the samples. Intriguing.
Via Dirty Beloved
posted by Lynn S @ 08:17 (category: Music) no comments
Turquoise Mountain Foundation "is investing in the regeneration of the historic commercial centre of Kabul, providing basic services, saving historic buildings and constructing a new bazaar and galleries for traditional craft businesses. It has established Afghanistan’s first Centre for Traditional Afghan Arts and Architecture, gathering some of the greatest Masters in Afghanistan and training students to produce masterpieces in wood, calligraphy and ceramics. "
Turquoise Mountain Foundation was mentioned in an article in last month's Smithsonian Magazine, which is where I first heard of it.
While searching for more on Turquoise Mountain I stumbled upon this Historical Guide to Afghanistan. It's a 1977 travel guide. It was published by an Afghan company in Japan and published online (with permission) by a Russian. Not surprisingly, it contains many spelling and grammatical errors. Even so, I'm sure it can tell me more about Afghanistan than I know now.
posted by Lynn S @ 16:00 (category: Culture ) no comments
10 Oct 07
I'm wary of getting interested in new TV shows because the best ones are usually cancelled after less than half a season but there are three that I found too tempting to resist. Here are a few first impressions.
K-Ville is a drama about the New Orleans police department. I've seen only one episode so far. Very good, I think. I like how they brought up some of the issues involved in reconstruction, presenting both sides of a particular argument. So far the portrayal of the NOPD seems fair, not all about corruption. That's what I was hoping for.
The Bionic Woman is nothing at all like the 70's show of the same name, except that it's about a woman named Jaime Sommers who was seriously injured and got rebuilt with some really impressive bionic parts so now she can do all sorts of superhero type stuff. This version is darker and more adult than the original. I like it so far. Katee Sackoff has a supporting role as a "bad girl" who also happens to be bionic.
I have saved the best for last: Chuck. I love this show. It's pure fun. The title character works for "Nerd Herd", which seems suspiciously similar to Geek Squad, inside a "Buy More" store, which seems suspiciously similar to Best Buy. The "Buy More" is next door to a "Large-Mart" and across the street from a "Weinerlicious". In the opener Chuck gets an email from an old college buddy, who gets killed immediately after sending the email. It contains a lot of pictures that flash by really fast. It takes all night for Chuck to watch all the pictures and when it's over his head is full of really dangerous government secrets. Enter John Casey, an NSA agent, played by Adam Baldwin, and a cute blonde CIA agent. These two are both paranoid and each believes the other is trying to kill them and Chuck.
If this all sounds ridiculous that's because it's supposed to be. The show is full of spy jokes and geek jokes and it's all great fun. I like Adam Baldwin's character. He's like Jayne (his role in Firefly) with a smaller gun and a slightly higher IQ. (Only slightly higher) I'm really hoping this show will last for a while.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:14 (category: Culture Too) 1 comment
Sometimes - well, rather frequently actually - I see a blog name that is so good I simply must click on it just because of the name. Still Life With Soup Can (found here) is one of those blogs. I was pleased to find that the blogger is a science fiction fan, a resident of New Orleans and a cat friend.
I like this Battlestar Galactica drinking game. I think I only watched two or three episodes last season. I like BG but I also get impatient with it and the last couple of years when they start advertising the new season, instead of being excited about it I think, "Now why was it I thought I liked this show so much?" It's a little too soap-opera-y for me but still interesting, in a way. And what's this about no more head people? Darn. They were the best part. Anyway, that drinking game sounds about right. Every show has its cliches.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:47 (category: Science Fiction) no comments
Memories of childhood.
posted by Lynn S @ 09:13 (category: General) no comments
Fred reads writing advice. Usually these things that some people get so worked up about don't bother me at all but here is one that does:
There’s no particular reason to translate words for time, distance, and food into gibberish. (I don’t know why time, distance, and food are so susceptible to this in science fiction, but they are.) If your characters are drinking coffee, have them drink coffee, not “klaa” or “jav.” Coffee’s been around for more than a millennium. It’s probably going to last.
Amen to that! One thing that pleasantly surprised me when I first read one of Vernor Vinge's books is that he's not afraid to use "hours", "miles" and other common measurements. We all know that aliens are not going to use the same measurements we do but if you can "translate" their language into English so we understand what they're saying you can also translate their measurements into something we understand. It's all about readability.
One recent fad in sci-fi writing that I find especially annoying is the use of the word "sol" for the Martian day. A day is the length of time it takes for a planet to rotate once on its axis, regardless of whether it's 24 hours, 10 hours or longer than the planet's year. Everyone who reads science fiction knows that Mars' day is a little longer than Earth's day. We get it. We don't need the silliness to remind us that days on other planets are not the same length as days on Earth.
posted by Lynn S @ 09:27 (category: Wordy & Bookish) 1 comment
11 Oct 07
I guess I don't get out enough even online. I almost missed another good teacup tempest. Here's a great post and an equally great follow-up. You might want to go read those now so you'll know what I'm talking about when I start blathering but, in brief, Jane Brocket has written a book about the joy of domestic arts like knitting and baking and has been attacked for daring to write such blasphemy.
I'm not sure what "pinny-p0rn" means and at first I thought the lady might be a bit too worked up about the use of the word "p0rn". I don't like it either but it is widely used on the Internet and not always in an entirely bad way. However, some people are quite upset about Ms. Brocket's book.
Good grief! Apparently the world as we know it is coming to an end. Someone has written a book about cooking and sewing and we are all required to read it and follow the advice we find in its pages. We will all become good, smiling little Stepford Wives and... But wait! We don't have to read the book. Or we can read it and not do anything it recommends. Imagine - reading a book and then putting it down and getting on with our lives! Who would have thought you could actually do that!
I find it amusing to see domesticity making a comeback. (Or perhaps it never really went away.) I was a teenager in the 70's when modern feminism started heating up. As I was coming of age I had to deal with some people thinking I should get married and have kids and be a happy homemaker and other people thinking I should have a career and most people thinking I should do both. It wasn't that I felt a lot of pressure either way. It was more like an additional complication in the complicated process of growing up.
For a while I was leaning toward the career side. It seemed that there were a lot of things that would be more fun to do than playing house and that was the problem. There were too many things that I thought I might like to do and I didn't have any talent for the things I was most interested in so I never decided "what I want to do with my life."
Then I got married and it seemed that the decision was made and I was fine with it. A few years later, after having kids, due to economic necessity I got a job. No career, just work. I often regret the way things were but the past is the past.
Now, again, I am a housewife - not a "stay-at-home mom". Yes I'm a mom but the baby is 22 years old now. This is working for us. I'm available to do all those things that used to require one of us to take time off from work. I am not a "domestic goddess" but we always have clean clothes to wear; I bake cookies now instead of buying them pre-packaged; I sew on a 100-year-old sewing machine; I've made a couple of quilts. I'm happy. I actually feel more useful now than when I had a "real job."
But sometimes I feel a little guilty. I've been conditioned to feel that way. I'm betraying The Sisterhood. Well, you know what? The Sisterhood can all just kiss my lily-white a__! Chances are I might have a job again one day. If something reasonable comes open in the Nearby Small Town. Or maybe I'll finally start some little craft business at home. If I can ever figure out the marketing side of it. But whatever I do, it's my choice just as what you do is your choice.
Back in the 70's the goal was for women to have more choices but ever since then it has seemed like there is one choice that is taboo. Now it looks like that might be starting to change and some people are upset about that. Don't worry. No one is trying to take away any of your choices; we're just choosing something different.
posted by Lynn S @ 09:15 (category: News/Issues) 1 comment
More Intelligent Life - Interesting, sometimes thought provoking articles on various topics. I can't remember where I found this one.
Lunaticraft - a crafty blog that I stumbled upon somewhere while I was working on the "domesticity" thing below. "Stitches will be dropped, beads will be crushed, needles will peirce skin, and stupidity will be mocked." Heh. Sounds like fun.
Congo Musical Instruments Gallery. Several more music links.
The Serif - a design blog. (Justinsomnia)
Kevin Kelly's Lifestream, another blog by the Cool Tools guy.
Water Figures (also via All About Nothing)
posted by Lynn S @ 14:35 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
Voices the Like of Which We Shall Never Hear
I almost forgot about this and then, for a while, I forgot where I had seen it. This article about castrati gives a bit more intimate detail than I had read anywhere before. I listened to the sample of the Moreschi recording made in 1902. It's disappointing - hard to believe anyone could be attracted to that voice - but that might be because of the poor quality recording.
Little is ever said about those poor boys (the majority) who didn't make it as singers and what kind of life they had.
posted by Lynn S @ 17:09 (category: Music) 4 comments!
12 Oct 07
Everything we invent is just a prototype for the next mistake.
-- Doc Searls
(Thanks, Dustbury)
posted by Lynn S @ 07:46 (category: General) no comments
It's small... it's ugly... it's cute... it's a Honda.
The original lava lamp and the box it came in. (Via Grow-A-Brain)
Great list of language related links.
More pictures of one of my favorite creatures - water bears.
This one's for my knitting friends.
More ugly/cute/cool futuristic cars.
Heh. Tape dispenser.
Several music industry news links. Not sure I agree that "the music industry is dying" but things are definitely changing and companies that can't keep up will go the way of all other companies that couldn't keep up.
Cute. I'm not into rap at all but gosh that's a cute idea and I bet it would be fun to play with. (well... for 15 minutes maybe) I like the one in the middle.
Why? Very weird.
Do your own 3-D drawings. (Thanks, Things Magazine and Snow Soul Records)
Good idea. Sounds like something I might do.
A fascinating bit of dental history
The Classicist Blog. Very nice but, sadly, not updated very often.
Curious Expeditions. History, culture, many fascinating things.
318 War of the Worlds covers. (Thanks, Gravity Lens)
posted by Lynn S @ 09:48 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
15 Oct 07
A little strangeness to start off the week. An interesting experiment.
Via AMCGLTD
posted by Lynn S @ 08:17 (category: Culture ) no comments
Drug Dealers vs. Software Developers
Ah, a kindred spirit.
Looks like fun, if you're into "watersports"
Another classical music increases production anecdote
posted by Lynn S @ 08:54 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
16 Oct 07
A few laughs here.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:43 (category: Culture Too) no comments
Yesterday was cool and damp. It felt like the "real" beginning of the cold season. Sweater weather. Or flannel shirt weather. However, the good news is that according to the NOAA forecast for the next three months, the weather will be warmer than normal in my area. That's nice as long as we don't get another surprise ice storm in April.
My "garden" has been loving the nice weather lately. Most things look better now than they did in August. Marigolds and lantana always look good of course. My zinnias are back, there are still a few pink cosmos and I've got a lot of new seedlings of both coming up from seeds dropped earlier in the season. The tomato plants are still producing. I have a lot of little green tomatoes now. I don't know if those will ever ripen. The morning glories are looking good. They stay open and fresh well into the afternoon in the mild fall weather.
It's cool again this morning and there's a bit of fog. The leaves are still green so it might be easy to fool oneself into thinking that it's just a couple of unusually cool summer days. The local forecast says it will warm up again this week so maybe we will be able to hold on to that illusion a little while longer.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:18 (category: Life 'n' Stuff) no comments
Both via Guiness and Cream Cakes
Conservatives for Clinton - hmmmm... I wonder if that will help or hurt her campaign.
Select a Candidate - a little quiz (11 questions) to help you determine which U.S. presidential candidate you most agree with. It appears that I am pretty definitely a democrat, although there are a couple of issues on which I disagree with all of them. It also appears that there is not a lot of difference between Clinton, Obama and several other democrats. But of course there are differences. This quiz doesn't get into the nitty-gritty details, just basic yay or nay on the big issues.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:52 (category: News/Issues) no comments
17 Oct 07
This is sort of interesting: The History of Religion, a 90 second Flash thingie showing how the major religions spread across the world.
Via Julie VW
posted by Lynn S @ 07:25 (category: Culture ) no comments
From DevraDoWrite:
I remember attending a seminar about spirituality and illness where a Zen master spoke of pain and discomfort as existing only due to a lack of acceptance. You want something other than what is, i.e. don’t accept what is, then that dissatisfaction is the root of the pain - physical or mental. He seemed to be saying that if you accept the pain, or illness, or whatever, then it no longer hurts. No doubt I am oversimplifying, perhaps completely distorting what I think I heard, but it is an interesting line of thought, particularly when applied to life as a whole.
As to actual, physical pain, I cannot believe that just accepting it will make it go away. I guess I'll never be a Zen master, or even a Zen novice. But regarding life in general, accepting definitely makes some things not quite so bad. I'm sure you've noticed that to little kids every little thing is extremely important. Not getting their way, or even having to wait ten minutes, is a disaster of world-shattering proportions. To some grown-ups, every little thing is still extremely important. They no longer throw tantrums but they are very unhappy people. Like little kids, they spend way too much time thinking about things they can't do anything about, sometimes driving other people nuts trying to get someone to "do something."
I'm not sure how accepting I am. I get angry about the injustices of life. I often wish I could lead a movement or somehow drive other people to "do something." But on the other hand, I sometimes think I'm too accepting. Because I haven't done anything. I haven't led a movement; I don't harass people about the things that are important to me; I just go with the flow even if I don't like where it's taking me. I don't think that's "accepting" so much as it's not knowing how to be a leader or maybe just being too cowardly to stir things up.
Later on Devra quotes Alan Alda on the meaning of life:
"Meaning has come to mean to me a lasting sense of satisfaction, a feeling when you get to the end of it that you haven’t wasted your time. And, for me, it’s noticing it while it’s happening."
That's an important point. Beside all the bad things going on, there are a lot of good things too. Setting aside the bad - at least those things you can't do anything about - and focusing on the good, noticing that there are good things happening - and that maybe some of the bad things aren't as bad as you think they are - that's the way to have a good life.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:11 (category: Inner Space) 2 comments!
K364 - Re-hearing An Old Friend
Once in a while everything comes together and for one perfect moment (or in this case a perfect 25 minutes) all is right with the universe. I had to go to Wal-mart for a few things this morning. I thought about procrastinating until this afternoon; I thought about getting it together and going early this morning but, for no particular reason, it just so happened that I headed out at a few minutes after 9:00am. I turned on the radio in my truck (as always) and I heard the first movement of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K364. They were just three or four minutes into it. It takes me about 20 minutes to get to Wal-mart. Almost perfect.
K364 (yes, I always think of it by its Koechel number) was the piece that turned me on to Mozart and, in fact, the entire Classical era - my greatest musical epiphany. Naturally it is still a sentimental favorite but I have to admit that it has become too familiar; I haven't felt the original magic for a long time.
This morning I immediately realized that I was listening to a recording that I hadn't heard before. The first movement (usually my favorite) was delightful and got to me almost the way it used to but what really moved me was the andante - very slow, mournful, indescribable. The best I have ever heard it played. After that, the bright final movement was like the sun coming up on the morning after the darkest night in the history of the world.(*) I couldn't help thinking of the person who originally recommended this piece to me, nearly ten years ago - an online friend I've lost track of - and wondering if he's heard it and what he would have to say about it.
It turned out that the recording is by the English Chamber Orchestra
*That sounds familiar. I have I used that silly line before or did I steal it from someone?
posted by Lynn S @ 13:36 (category: Music) no comments
18 Oct 07
I finished reading Downbelow Station
I have two other books that I could hardly wait to start and after half a day of internal, "Oh, which one? Which one?" I finally started reading Gridlinked
posted by Lynn S @ 08:03 (category: Science Fiction) no comments
Oh dear! Leave it to Harvey to find something like this.
I'm Making Notes... - very nice, well-written blog
Poor Pothecary - a bad science blog; "the militant wing of The Apothecary's Drawer"
Tacky Raccoons - weird, wacky and definitely tacky but I didn't see any raccoons. (Grow-a-Brain)
10 Most Bizarre Scientific Papers - Contains images that might be NSFW. (Neatorama)
posted by Lynn S @ 09:01 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
Of course I knew immediately that it was only a bird. Some people! (Via Nobody Asked...)
posted by Lynn S @ 10:47 (category: General) no comments
Simply beautiful.
posted by Lynn S @ 10:54 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
19 Oct 07
I finally decided to get one of those new-fangled LED light bulbs for the back porch. I thought that would be a good place to try one. I ordered it from Superbrightleds.com. I got this one, the W18-G, "warm white". It's actually slightly green and it's not very bright but it's okay for the back porch. In fact, I like it. They have some that are supposed to be brighter but I wanted to be sure I was getting one that would fit in the fixture. Some of them are bigger than a standard light bulb. I also bought two different kinds of night light bulb to give those a try. I ordered them Monday and received them yesterday.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:12 (category: Life 'n' Stuff) no comments
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - very cool! How to make all sorts of stuff. Some of it looks fairly geeky but there's some crafty stuff too, even a recipe for pumpkin truffles. There's a lot of Halloween stuff up right now.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:23 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
Silly string for the troops. (Czeltic Girl)
Beautiful sunrise. Another great photo from the same site. Very different from the other one. I think it looks very artistic. Apparently someone else did too. Congratulations to Ricardo on getting it published.
Heh. Warning: Star Wars and/or Harry Potter fans might be offended. (Bifurcated Rivets)
Country code map. (BR again)
Warning: Those Chinese characters might not mean what you think.
A collection of design blog links that I've gotta check out later. You have to scroll down to the bottom to see the post. Page is screwed up.
Glass bead viruses. Who would have thought viruses could be pretty? (Bioephemera)
posted by Lynn S @ 09:31 (category: Web Surfing) 2 comments!
... if you cast a wide enough net, pretty much everything starts to look a little psychotic.
-- Design Observer
posted by Lynn S @ 09:52 (category: General) no comments
22 Oct 07
Art History Archive - Very nice! I get the feeling that the site is still under construction. There are long lists of artists but only a few of them are links. However, there are a number of articles about artists and art movements, several art "manifestos", a list of art galleries, many with links, and of course, art. The site is also well organized and easy to navigate and there is no Flash nor any annoying ads or widgets. If I have one complaint it's the border that changes depending on where you move the pointer. It's not really bad but it's not necessary and it gets a little annoying after a while.
It's sort of interesting how I found that site. Someone ended up here when searching for surrealist nude with violins or something like that. As I often do, I looked to see what else had come up on the search and found the Art History Archive. The interesting part is that the search made me think of an artist I came across years ago, long before I started blogging. The artist's original site is long gone but I was inspired to look and see if I could find some of his (or her?) paintings again. I thought the artist's name was Blackwind, or maybe Black Wind, but all I could find was a lot of links related to some band called Black Wind. Finally on the fifth page of Google results I found this list of fantasy art links but the Blackwind Arts listed there is not the same artist. The "Blackwind" that I remember, if that was the name, did a lot of very beautiful music themed paintings. There might have been a few nudes but I really don't remember.
Oh well, I did find another list of art links to explore and that's always a good thing.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:55 (category: Art) no comments
Another strange fashion from Japan.
President Reagan and ETs (Via The Anomalist)
Scroll (First spotted at Bifurcated Rivets)
Cereal Killers (Via Look At This...)
Through the center of the Earth (Via Neatorama)
posted by Lynn S @ 13:06 (category: Web Surfing) 4 comments!
23 Oct 07
During the Monday Night Football pre-game show, Keyshawn Johnson used the phrase, "at the end of the day" at least six times. I missed the first 20 minutes so if there's anyone out there who has a more accurate count please post it in the comments.
"At the end of the day" got old about 15 minutes after it was invented - way back in the 20th century. It sticks out like Hillary Clinton in a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders publicity photo. Someone at ESPN, please brief Mr. Johnson on the latest conventions in meaningless filler.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:28 (category: Culture Too) no comments
... because I didn't feel like saving it for the Quote of the Week, but if I don't find a good QOTW later then this is it.
Something about not having to see the tears or dodge the fist of the person you are swearing at brings out the worst in some people.
-- samzenpus at Slashdot
Via AMCGLTD
posted by Lynn S @ 07:47 (category: General) 1 comment
Something to think about.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:21 (category: News/Issues) no comments
I found Neurotic Iraqi Wife somewhere yesterday. It has a beautiful background but unfortunately that background makes it very difficult to read.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:31 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
Have I ever linked to Futurismic before? If not, shame on me. Lots of very cool science and technology news - nanowires, tiny supercomputers, water on Mars. [sigh] So much Internet, so little time.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:41 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
It's Energy Saving Week. I think this is a UK thing but I did do my part for the planet (and my electric bill) last week when I put a new 1.3 watt LED bulb on the back porch.
By the way, while we're on the subject, I'm getting seriously fed up with the term "carbon footprint". It's not actually carbon that we're worried about, is it? It's carbon dioxide. How can these people expect me to take them seriously if they can't even get their terminology straight?
posted by Lynn S @ 09:30 (category: News/Issues) 3 comments!
To self: No no no no no... don't look at those. You don't need them; you'd hardly ever wear them. They'd end up just like those silly tan shoes with the 1" wood platform sole and high heel that have been sitting in the closet for 15 years because you can't walk in them. And just look at the price! Oh... that does it. Okay, I'm alright now.
Yes, it's true. Even though I am often disdainful toward women who own dozens of pairs of impractical and uncomfortable shoes, I'm afraid that I too have the shoe gene that all women have, that causes us to be irresistibly drawn to pretty and often ridiculous shoes. But I don't indulge. I go for comfort. All of my shoes are practical and comfortable. (Well... except for that one pair of tan platform heels...)
posted by Lynn S @ 09:55 (category: Life 'n' Stuff) no comments
Don has been posting a new photo every day this year and now he has found someone in England who is doing the same thing on his blog, Quick Snap 365. Both have some really great photos.
posted by Lynn S @ 12:49 (category: General) no comments
Blogger meets fan. I really hope that none of my readers use "Shut up!" as an exclamation because I might not be as nice about it as Robert was or, depending on what kind of mood I was in, I might literally shut up and move on as quickly as possible. Also, that's a good point that Robert made about appearances and the kind of people you attract.
Via Photon Courier
posted by Lynn S @ 13:38 (category: Blogginess) 1 comment
24 Oct 07
Michael Blowhard has a fairly Andy Rooneyesque post about Flickr. As I said in the comments over there, I haven't gotten very interested in Flickr or any of the newer social networking tools. I actually haven't even really looked at any of them. I'm comfortable with my current Web habits. But I see nothing mysterious about people wanting to share photos and get comments about their photos.
All of the new-fangled social networking tools are just a new way to do something people have always done and I don't think age has a lot do do with it. Young people do seem to take to new stuff more enthusiastically but young people are generally more enthusiastic about everything. They are even more enthusiastic in their dislike of things. With teenagers everything is "turned up to eleven." There are a lot of older people quietly doing the same things that teenagers are doing out loud.
I do agree that Flickr is too slow, even on broadband. When I was on dial-up I always avoided clicking on any links to Flickr. Now? I still don't go to Flickr very much. That's one thing that does puzzle me: why are things that don't work very well often more popular than similar things that work better? Michael mentions Picassa Web Albums. I don't know anything about those at all but I don't doubt that it is better than Flickr because that's just the way things go.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:38 (category: Culture Too) no comments
When Drugs Were Legal - an interesting collection of antique labels, ads, bottles and packages for products containing drugs that are now illegal. Just an interesting bit of history. (In4mador!)
VinylDisc - This might have been a more useful idea 25 years ago. (Justinsomnia)
Fish in trees - fascinating weird science. (More animal links here)
Windbelt - a different kind of wind energy generator.
Historic trees of Texas (Plep)
Complete letters of Vincent van Gogh (another one from Plep)
Datamancer - Steampunk mods and miscellaneous other stuff (Dark Roasted Blend)
posted by Lynn S @ 10:24 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
25 Oct 07
It's finally done!
I couldn't get the whole quilt in the picture; I don't have a good place to hang it so I laid it on the floor but you get the idea. The white spot at the bottom is a patch of sunlight. My son picked out the colors. I think the colors look good but I'm not entirely happy about the quilting. I need a lot more practice.
I have more ideas for quilts - lots and lots of ideas - but I don't know if I want to start another one right away. This one took a lot longer than I expected. Not that it was especially difficult; it wasn't. I just didn't spend as much time on it. I think maybe I got bored with these colors. I need to do some regular sewing, work down my stash a little bit, clean out my closet. Maybe I'll start making a top (or two or three) in between other projects.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:59 (category: Craftiness) 3 comments!
That's funny... I hadn't noticed but there is a resemblance. I watched The Birds Saturday night. First time I had seen it since I was a kid and the first time I've ever seen it in color. It's still just as scary even when you have all the best scenes memorized.
Something interesting that I hadn't noticed before, or hadn't thought about - there is no musical score. No music in the entire movie. Most movies would fall flat if you took away the music but in this case the lack of music actually added to the tension - the feeling that something is wrong.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:37 (category: Culture Too) 1 comment
26 Oct 07
I'm not especially afraid of spiders. I actually think they're sort of cool. But I do like to keep a reasonable distance between myself and the little eight-legged wonders.
Last night I was sitting here at the computer while my husband was puttering around, putting away a few things and going in and out the back door. He said something to me about a big spider "in the door" and that I "might want to" get rid of it.
Silly me, for some reason I assumed that it was sitting on the threshold. So I got the broom, with the intention of sweeping it out and away from the door. I opened the door. No spider. Thinking that it might have moved or that "in the door" might have been used in a much less specific sense, I leaned out to see if it was on the doormat. It never occurred to me that it could be hanging in the doorway until the little beastie was in my hair!
I managed to brush it off and kill it with the broom without a great deal of fuss. It happened to land in the dining room floor. If it had been outside I would have let it go. It wasn't all that big, about the size of a dime, legs and all. That was the problem - I was thinking BIG spider, like the kind I normally only see crawling on the ground. The little ones actually bother me more than the great big ones.
What is up with all the spiders lately anyway? All of a sudden they seem to love our back porch. I had brushed a web off the light fixture just a few hours earlier. We've always had a few but in the past week or so it's like an arachnid convention back there. I would like to find a way to convince them to find some other place to hang out, without killing them.
posted by Lynn S @ 07:44 (category: Life 'n' Stuff) no comments
They all stood on their heads to adjust to the gravity here, and I just found that tremendously endearing.
-- The Mumpsimus
The post that's from is just a short note about a fantasy convention but I absolutely love that sentence. By itself it sends one's mind off in all kinds of directions.
posted by Lynn S @ 10:02 (category: Science Fiction) no comments
29 Oct 07
Very funny:
posted by Lynn S @ 07:42 (category: General) no comments
I suppose we all reach a moment in our lives when we lose interest in the new, and I suspect that moment comes sooner for technology than for art.
I'm not so sure about that. Or maybe I haven't reached that point yet. I love technology. It's true that I find many things less than intuitive but I'm not ready to throw in the towel and say, "Bah! You can keep all your high-tech crap." I do prefer to do some things the old-fashioned way but I'm also sometimes actually impatient that progress is so slow. When I read about a new technology that "could be available within five years," or whatever time-frame I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas. I always think, "I don't want to wait! Hurry up, let's have it now!"
Art on the other hand... I think maybe I've reached my limit. A lot of the stuff I like - abstract painting, surrealism - might seem very modern to some people but it's actually been around since before I was born. When it comes to the really modern stuff, there's a lot of it that I just don't get and I can't help thinking, "that's not really art". But I'm not alone there. I know younger people who feel the same way. I think art has left a lot of people behind.
The same is pretty much true with the other arts. I tend to prefer older music. Not exclusively; there is some music composed in the last quarter century that I do like but generally it's the music from two to three hundred years ago that really moves me. That's classical or art music of course. In popular music I've been stuck in the 70's for years.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:11 (category: Inner Space) no comments
Your cuteness for the day.
How the first down line works. (Byzantium's Shores)
Birthday wishes for Bill Gates.
"...testosterone induced artform alien to the female gender." Oh really? Then how come I totally get it and think it looks way cool?
Galleria Carnivora. Navigation is a little obscure; click on the various rooms in the floor plans. (Athanasius Kircher Society)
Seems you can get just about anything in a can. (Bifurcated Rivets)
Fairies. Very strange.
Designer packaging tape. Very nice. (Dark Roasted Blend)
Great snow globes. (Also via Dark Roasted Blend. Lots of great links there.)
posted by Lynn S @ 10:29 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
30 Oct 07
You're getting paid millions of dollars to play football anyway, so either dish out some punishment in return, or shut up about being rung up for 52 points. As far as I'm concerned, the right to complain about running up the score ends when you're making what an NFL player makes.
Ain't that the truth! In high school football, at least in my area in the smaller schools that only have 8-man teams, there is a mercy rule: the game is stopped if one team gets 45 points ahead. Now, attention everyone: There is NO mercy rule in the NFL! Nor should there be. These are grown men we're talking about. Men who get paid millions of dollars. If they can't play well enough to keep the other team from getting that far ahead they deserve to be trampled and humiliated. If they can't take it they can always get another job.
It seems like every time I turn on the TV to watch football I hear nothing but talk about the Patriots - even when they're not one of the teams who are playing, like during last night's Packers-Broncos pre-game show. Sheesh! You know what my football fantasy is? I've been having this fantasy that a miracle happens and one of the losingest teams in the NFL beats the Patriots. Of course I'm really hoping the Colts will beat them; I'm hoping anyone will beat them, but wouldn't that be sweet if the Pats got clobbered by the Dolphins?
By the way, what a game last night! How 'bout those Packers!
posted by Lynn S @ 08:08 (category: Culture Too) 1 comment
It looks like a candidate for the title of Weirdest Headline Ever. I was a little disappointed when I read the article and learned that smurf is an acronym.
Via Dustbury (and thanks for the link)
posted by Lynn S @ 08:20 (category: Science & Nature) no comments
Ranklechick and His Three-Legged Cat. Sounds fascinating. I must read it.
posted by Lynn S @ 08:29 (category: Science Fiction) no comments
Interesting. Here are a few more cat paintings by Gottfried Mind. (a rather unfortunate name, considering...)
posted by Lynn S @ 09:03 (category: Art) no comments
Do Not Write... No wait, Do Write
I would like to say that this is shocking but, sadly, it's not. It's just typical, everyday corporate legal nonsense. (And don't any of you lawyers or corporate types out there dare to tell me it's not nonsense!) A nine-year-old wrote a letter to Apple, telling them a few of her ideas and they responded with a nastygram from the legal department. Actually, I don't know how nasty it was. I would like to see a copy of the actual letter. It seems that it was more than just the polite brush-off one might expect from a big mightier-than-thou corporation.
Nobody ever listens to me when I make these suggestions but I would really, really like to start something. I want everyone to write to Apple to complain about their response to that little girl. I'm sure they will get some letters but let's send them some more. A hundred thousand letters would not be too many. Oh... and boycott Apple.
posted by Lynn S @ 09:37 (category: News/Issues) 2 comments!
The Emergence of Advertising in America - 1850-1920. History and some nice images of old ads.
Via Neurastenia
posted by Lynn S @ 09:50 (category: Culture ) no comments
Robots vs. Musicians - a 1931 ad protesting the use of canned music in theatres. How times have changed. Or maybe not so much.
posted by Lynn S @ 09:56 (category: Music) no comments
Here is a highly addictive vocabulary game and they say that for each correct word they will donate 10 grains of rice to the feed the hungry. I have made it to level 43.
I found it at Omniglot. A couple of interesting questions/observations in that post.
...the idea of learning words in your own language is something that as a Brit I find very weird, though my American friends seem not to. I learn words by reading and reading and looking up sometimes, which means you learn the word and it’s use rather than a list with definitions. Any thoughts on learning words in your own language?
That's pretty much the way we do it here in America, at least after we get out of school. Reading words in their proper context and looking them up as needed does seem like a more sensible way to learn. I suppose I'm strange in that I actually like looking at lists of words. I love sites like The Grandiloquent Dictionary and Luciferous Logolepsy but I never find opportunities to use the wonderful words I learn there and so I forget them. (The thing I hate about those sites is the lack of a good pronunciation guide.)
The other thing that the freerice website made me think about was guessing words. If you read a lot you tend to do this as looking everything up is slow and boring ... I am a comfortable 45 on their scale of difficulty and frequently go up to 46, though many of these words I don’t “know” but rather intuit their meaning.
Me too. And there were some words that I thought I knew but none of the choices given fit what I thought the word meant.
Do you guess what words mean, or do you always turn to the dictionary?
Most of the time I guess. I'm more likely to look up a word I don't know if I'm reading on the Internet. When I'm reading a book, I try to remember to look up words later and sometimes I do but usually I'm fairly good at figuring out meanings based on the rest of the sentence or paragraph. The novels of China Mieville contain a lot of delightfully exotic words. I used the dictionary a lot while I was reading Perdido Street Station and The Scar.
By the way, the little differences between British English and American English are interesting, especially those exceptions where we have stuck with the British form. We usually add "ed" to verbs to make them past tense but there's the word "meant", which is what started me thinking about this. I'm currently reading Gridlinked by British author Neal Asher and keep stumbling over the annoying word "leant". Most of the time I'm fine with the British form, I often find it charming, but there's something about "leant" that just doesn't work for me.
posted by Lynn S @ 16:12 (category: Wordy & Bookish) 2 comments!
31 Oct 07
Well, it's Halloween. I'm not a big fan of Halloween myself. I used to like to hand out candy to the kids but the last few years we lived in a place where we got trick-or-treaters it seemed like the kids were all so greedy and some of them were taller than I am and I'm not a short person. The media has also somewhat spoiled Halloween with mostly unconfirmed reports of needles and razor blades in candy.
We haven't seen any trick-or-treaters since we've lived here. Our gate and long, long driveway keeps them away but I should go get a little candy anyway "just in case." That's my little superstition I guess - being prepared prevents whatever it is you prepared for.
I've seen a few personal ghost stories posted here and there. Those are interesting sometimes. People who think they've seen ghosts always seem so sincere, I want to believe they really did see what they thought they saw. No, "want to believe" isn't quite right. I'm tempted to believe. I want to believe there's a rational, scientific explanation but often the scientific explanations just don't explain everything. That doesn't mean that science can't explain everything, only that science hasn't explained everything yet.
Anyway, ghost stories and "scary stuff" can be fun. I like the old-fashioned kind best. I don't like modern, gory Halloween movies at all. Spine-tingling is much better than stomach-turning.
One more thing - costumes. I never did get princess costumes and ballerina costumes and that sort of thing, even when I was a little kid. Halloween costumes are supposed to be scary or weird. If you're going to dress up like a princess on Halloween at least paint your face white and put a little fake blood on the dress or around your neck and be a zombie princess or something. It's Halloween for cryin' out loud!
posted by Lynn S @ 08:22 (category: Life 'n' Stuff) no comments
A few days ago the weather guy on one of the local stations repeated, as they do every year, that it's not the weather that makes the leaves turn, it's the shorter days. That is so obviously not true, or at least the day length isn't the only thing that affects the leaves. I have photographic evidence. (which I'm too lazy to post right now) There have been some years in which most of the leaves have turned by the last day of October. This year they are just beginning to turn. The maple tree has a good start but most of the oak trees are still green.
posted by Lynn S @ 09:09 (category: Science & Nature) 2 comments!
Die Strassenmaler - 3D street painting.
ANSC Image Library - 20th century art.
Several then and now photos of Britain. (Apothecary's Drawer)
The Spectacularly Obtuse Blog. I've always sort of liked that word "obtuse". Nice blog, very linky and geeky. (Blue Tea)
More bizarre bookplates
The Flower Portrait controversy continues.
Kathrine's Folie - a nice weblog (though not updated very often) with some good pictures.
Lizard of Oz - an Australian quilting site.
Generatorland - superhero name generator, homespun analogy generator, death metal band namer, etc.
The art of pencil sharpening - check out the creepy pencil sharpener near the bottom of the post. (Drawn!)
Naoto Hattori - Weird art. Great stuff. (Ectoplasmosis)
See, this is why I can never have one of those lucky find of a lifetime experiences. I would never have paid $215 for that sofa.
A Minor History of Giant Spheres (Gravity Lens)
Ex Astris Scientia - a Star Trek site. Lots of images and articles.
posted by Lynn S @ 10:19 (category: Web Surfing) no comments
This photo was taken on October 30, 2006. You might remember it if you're a regular here. I posted it last year.
This photo was taken this morning at the same spot.
posted by Lynn S @ 13:09 (category: Photos 2007) 3 comments!
LOL-everything. A growing list of LOL links. A couple of the images are NSFW.
posted by Lynn S @ 21:22 (category: Weird and Wonderful Web) 2 comments!
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