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Okay, time to clean up my tabs! In order from left to right:
The next time some maniac uses a 2000 year old text to justify their hatred (or legislation against the civil rights of--same difference) of gays and lesbians, be sure to have this guide to wacky biblical laws handy. They don't hate because God told them too, they hate because they are hateful. Or maybe they're your grandma, and they don't think they know any gay people. Whatever. This letter to Dr. Laura (saved by humanists of Utah, bless their immortal souls) is ancient by internet standards, but you should have the link to it.
Speaking of old news, Simon Pegg tweeted this link to a column he wrote excoriating the fast zombie trend in cinema. I don't agree with him, but his argument is excellent, and you can't argue with Shaun.
Flipping back to the serious side a bit, here's an article about a drug derived from a bacteria from, of all places, Easter Island, that may be a promising Alzheimer's disease treatment. When I visited Rapa Nui, I had a yen to catalog the living things there, since it is among the most isolated places on Earth, and probably has unique life forms. Had I known. Hopefully they'll develop this drug to market before I wander away from the house and take a one way trip into the Muddy River or the Mass Pike.
When I teach my mushroom classes, one of the things I tell people is that Fungi are the only multicellular organisms that can digest cellulose (termites and other herbivores do it with the help of unicellular creatures that live in their guts). Well this article calls me a liar. Apparently gribbles (marine relatives of our friends the woodlice, and pillbugs) produce an enzyme found in no other animal's digestive system which breaks down these complex molecules. Who cares? People trying to turn cheap and quick-growing cellulose crops (like grasses) into bio-energy do.
Finally, simply because it was the furthest tab to the right: Ever heard a really great version of a really bad song? It can make you see value in something that you thought was useless trash. Also, this version is much shorter, which almost always helps make music better. I believe this woman wears sneakers, not so much the cheer-captain lookin' blonde that made this song a hit.
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The next time some maniac uses a 2000 year old text to justify their hatred (or legislation against the civil rights of--same difference) of gays and lesbians, be sure to have this guide to wacky biblical laws handy. They don't hate because God told them too, they hate because they are hateful. Or maybe they're your grandma, and they don't think they know any gay people. Whatever. This letter to Dr. Laura (saved by humanists of Utah, bless their immortal souls) is ancient by internet standards, but you should have the link to it.
Speaking of old news, Simon Pegg tweeted this link to a column he wrote excoriating the fast zombie trend in cinema. I don't agree with him, but his argument is excellent, and you can't argue with Shaun.
Flipping back to the serious side a bit, here's an article about a drug derived from a bacteria from, of all places, Easter Island, that may be a promising Alzheimer's disease treatment. When I visited Rapa Nui, I had a yen to catalog the living things there, since it is among the most isolated places on Earth, and probably has unique life forms. Had I known. Hopefully they'll develop this drug to market before I wander away from the house and take a one way trip into the Muddy River or the Mass Pike.
When I teach my mushroom classes, one of the things I tell people is that Fungi are the only multicellular organisms that can digest cellulose (termites and other herbivores do it with the help of unicellular creatures that live in their guts). Well this article calls me a liar. Apparently gribbles (marine relatives of our friends the woodlice, and pillbugs) produce an enzyme found in no other animal's digestive system which breaks down these complex molecules. Who cares? People trying to turn cheap and quick-growing cellulose crops (like grasses) into bio-energy do.
Finally, simply because it was the furthest tab to the right: Ever heard a really great version of a really bad song? It can make you see value in something that you thought was useless trash. Also, this version is much shorter, which almost always helps make music better. I believe this woman wears sneakers, not so much the cheer-captain lookin' blonde that made this song a hit.
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For years now, the family term for the tasty little savory bits that get left behind in a cooking pan — the drippings that make gravy so tasty, or the extra-crispy bits of breading that fell off and got nicely toasty — has been "the gribbly bits".
And now you introduce me to gribbles.
Oh, dear. New family vocabulary needed, PRONTO.