Licking doorknobs is illegal on other planets
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence |
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Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science |
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Cosmos |
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Comet – Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan |
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors – Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan |
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark – Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan |
Here’s a list of Linux games I stumbled upon recently.
(from the “Is it Bullshit or Not?” dept.) (via email) Can We Control the Weather?: The St. Louis Arch, a 636 ft. monument on the west bank of the Mississippi River, has stood for nearly forty years. It is a shining monument built to convey St. Louis’s role as the Gateway to the West. Only … Continue reading “The St. Louis Arch affects the weather”
Check out Evil DCP, an unmoderated evil alternative to Drum Corps Planet. 🙂
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
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| 1. | Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up | Frank Zappa | Joe’s Garage (Disc 1) | Alternative & Punk |
| 2. | Jumbo Go Away | Frank Zappa | You Are What You Is | Alternative & Punk |
| 3. | The Ascent Of Man, Parts I-VI | Thomas Dolby | The Gate To The Mind’s Eye | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Devil’s Tapdance | Vittorio Schiboni, Massimo Giuntini, Rodrigo D’Erasmo & Mariano De Simone | Gangs Of New York | Soundtrack |
| 5. | It Can Happen | Yes | 90125 | Rock |
| 6. | Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) | Stan Kenton | Cuban Fire! | Jazz |
| 7. | Instrumedley | Dream Theater | Live At Budokan [Disc 2] | Metal |
| 8. | More Than This | Roxy Music | Avalon | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | The Return Of The King | Howard Shore, Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée Fleming | The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | Soundtrack |
| 10. | Lines In The Sand | Dream Theater | Falling Into Infinity | Metal |
(via gotfuturama.com) The other day, Billy ‘Fry’ West posted on his message board that he got a call, saying that production for up to four Futurama DVD movies will start around July or August: [The] Futurama project is a done deal! […] There are 4 DVD movies that we’ll start recording at the end of … Continue reading “Futurama Return to DVD Seems Likely”
Check out: Gipper, the Talking Points Duck
(via email) Monday, January 23 gloomiest day of the year: academic LONDON (AFP) – Watch out: Monday, January 23 is going to be the unhappiest day of the year, according to a British university researcher. Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff, specialising in confidence-building and stress management, told AFP the prediction … Continue reading “Just the kind of thing you want to read on your birthday…”
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
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| 1. | Parallels | Yes | Going For The One (Expanded & Remastered) | Rock |
| 2. | A Series of Left Handed Remarks | Terry Bozzio | Solo Drum Music (Disc 1) | World |
| 3. | Cinnamon Girl | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Greatest Hits | Rock |
| 4. | Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) [Live] | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Greatest Hits | Rock |
| 5. | Black Light Syndrome | Bozzio,Levin,Stevens | Black Light Syndrome | Rock |
| 6. | Eastern Bloc (Sequel to Europa and the Pirate Twins, 1981) | Thomas Dolby | Astronauts & Heretics | Alternative & Punk |
| 7. | The Prophet | Yes | Time And A Word | Rock |
| 8. | Flying North | Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age Of Wireless | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | Wanted | The Cranberries | Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? | Alternative & Punk |
| 10. | Itaipu: IV. “To the Sea” | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus: Robert Shaw | Itaipu, The Canyon | Classical |
(printed by fortune in one of my terminal windows today) A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider godfearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods … Continue reading “A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion”