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Happy Lugnasa

And shouts out to all the Leos out there!

Priceless

I Can’t Stand The Sultans of Swing

Intercontinental Dragonfly

This was too cool to ignore: A dragonfly that flies across oceans.

Amazing

Well, fancy that. According to this AP News story, Norwegian hospitals are far less prone to contagious infections than those in the US, because they’ve cut way back on medical drugs, especially antibiotics. Is more evidence needed that we’ve need to give up on a health-care utopia based on so-called “wonder-drugs?” Why should we be [...]

Is It Me Or….

…Does the latest Death Cab for Cutie song Meet Me On the Equinox sound like it could have come off Rush’s Counterparts (1993) album? Something about the quality of Benjamin Gibbard’s voice reminds me of Geddy Lee The odd-time drum part and bass line sound like Peart and Lee The barely-gritty, arpeggiated guitar and the [...]

I’m Not Completely Deaf (Yet)

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Rowling on Failure

J.K. Rowling addressed Harvard’s class of 2008 and explained the power of failure.