October 2010
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Revisiting Blade Runner
I’ve never been the fan of Blade Runner that many science fiction fans are. Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is not among my favorite of his, and I feel the adaptation is inferior to the book.
That said, my Literary Scholarship class is reading the novel and watching the film this week, so I have revisited each. I feel the same about the novel, but I...
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A Softer World: 605 →
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“As a father, thinking about your 16-, 17-year-old killing themselves, I thought...”
– Megachurch Pastor Comes Out | News | The Advocate
I believe he can now consider himself a truly moral man.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Under Fire For Spraying... →
I can’t walk by these damn stores without getting a twinge of a headache. I am right behinds these teens.
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WatchClint McCance, Arkansas School Board Member, Resigns On ‘Anderson Cooper 360’ (VIDEO)
Good riddance, you hateful piece of trash. Thank you for outing yourself as a scourge unwanted in any position oriented towards children.
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Now Anyone At Your Café Can Hijack Your Facebook... →
I’m not clear on why people would find this too terribly shocking given (1) Facebook is a free service and (2) unsecured wireless is a security NIGHTMARE.
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Austin Aztex Soccer Team Moving to Orlando →
I’m sure I’ll find few concerned, but I am pretty bummed. Now how am I to get my fix? I’ve no local team and no television.
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There Are 5,000 Janitors in the U.S. with PhDs →
Well this makes me feel super about graduate school. Hooray for me!
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librarysciences:
Grad school: Where a B+ is as good as failing.
I wish I didn’t feel this way, but I do.
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12-Year-Old's Firefox Security Flaw Discovery Nets... →
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New Hampshire's Largest Newspaper, Union Leader Of... →
There’s a paper to stop supporting…
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Prentiss County, Mississippi Jail requires all... →
I have heard of this before, and not necessarily from Mississippi, so I know it is likely to be disturbingly commonplace.
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“Men are up to twice as likely to become alcoholics than women, and a new study...”
– Brain chemistry may explain why men are more likely to become alcoholics
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“It’s remarkable that Google’s effective rate is that low,” said Martin A....”
– Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion Lost to Tax Loopholes - Bloomberg
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Scribe Enters ‘Twilight Zone’ For Warner Bros And... →
All previous attempts to do this have failed, and though I like DiCaprio’s work, this is very unlikely to change that record.
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Virginia school AP History class bans curiousity,... →
No utilization of knowledge allow, sign this non-disclosure agreement.
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“Lt. Choi, who has become the poster child for repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t...”
– Lt. Dan Choi, You’re In The Army Now! | The New Civil Rights Movement
I have a moderate hope that all the news I come upon today will make me as happy as this did.
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Start Wearing Purple
I would just like to note that I was thrilled to see Tumblr decked out in purple today. If I get a chance today, I will post my first ever GPOYW picture of my spiffy purple shirt.
Thanks for being great, Tumblr.
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Thaddeus Russell: Why I Got Fired From Teaching... →
I showed them that during the American Revolution drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and pirates pioneered many of the freedoms and pleasures we now cherish — including non-marital sex, interracial socializing, dancing, shopping, divorce, and the weekend — and that the Founding Fathers, in the name of democracy, opposed them. I argued not only that many white Americans envied...
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The Legend of Coal Oil Johnny, America's Great... →
The story is really quite interesting in that is it very telling of how often people for get the cyclical nature of time. Spending money as it comes in is no new habit, however ill conceived it most certainly is.
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Laptop Thief Mails Victim His Data On a USB Stick →
Not to say I would ever steal a laptop in anything other than an Enemy-of-the-State or Three-Days-of-the-Condor situation, but I would certainly try to be an conscientious as this gadget filcher.
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New Facebook privacy breach involves apps leaking... →
Yet another reason I get a kick out of people who brag on how secure they have made their profile. It will always be only as secure as they want it to be.
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Animal Abuse Registry: Suffolk County, NY Creating... →
I am certainly in favor of such lists, not as mandate, but to be made possible by the support of animal welfare organizations and local/state governments.
I would imagine this might be used as a dating tool. Nobody wants to date that awful girl who chucked puppies in the river.
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Air Force DADT Enforcement Has Stopped, According... →
Thank you, flyboys & girls!
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Thaddeus Russell: 11 Freedoms That Drunks,... →
Quite often, these lists are predictable and poorly thought out. That is not the case here. Nearly every item will challenge some established convention, be they about 18th century life or indeed the Founding Fathers themselves.
Always keep in mind these were men with good ideas. That said they were politicians. On a scale, lets call it a wash. It is the best outcome one can expect.
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Too much light at night at night may lead to... →
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What "Free Public WiFi" Is and Why You Should... →
I started seeing these all over the place in New York and never took the time to find out what they were. I only ever attempted to get on one once, and it was to check a Google Map.
Stay frosty!
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NASA caught Photoshopping an image of Saturn's... →
I think what I love most about this story is the forthrightness of the image editor in explaining how much work goes into pictures originating at least 246 million miles from terra firma. Oh, and the fact that that information doesn’t silence the wild imaginations of conspiracy theorist who, for some unknown reason, can’t grasp our ability to take such pictures and thus believes the...
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Jeremy Clarkson: "What colour slate, grey?"
Will Young: "Yeah, that's the color of slate."
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GhettoPhysics - Movie Trailers - iTunes →
I love it when films act as outlets to bring those usually uninterested in such subjects into the fold.
