No sweep for the Tigers.
Month: October 2006
Friday Random Ten: 2006-10-20
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hell Hole | Spinal Tap | This is Spinal Tap | Soundtrack |
| 2. | Vacant | Dream Theater | Train Of Thought | Metal |
| 3. | The Silent Man | Dream Theater | Awake | Metal |
| 4. | Turn Of The Century | Yes | Going For The One | Rock |
| 5. | Running Up That Hill | Kate Bush | The Whole Story | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | Vital Transformation | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Inner Mounting Flame | Jazz |
| 7. | Quantum Mechanic | Thomas Dolby | The Gate To The Mind’s Eye | Alternative & Punk |
| 8. | Excentrifugal Forz | Frank Zappa | Apostrophe (‘) | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | Auratune | Dave Weckl | Master Plan | Jazz |
| 10. | The End Of All Things | Howard Shore & Renée Fleming | The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | Soundtrack |
Cardinals beat Mets to win National League pennant
So there.
Albert Einstein Online
(via email) Einstein Archives Online The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era. … Continue reading “Albert Einstein Online”
Charles Darwin Online
(via Pharyngula) The complete work of Charles Darwin This site currently contains more than 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images of both publications and handwritten manuscripts. There is also the most comprehensive Darwin bibliography ever published and the largest manuscript catalogue ever assembled. More than 150 ancillary texts are also included, ranging from secondary … Continue reading “Charles Darwin Online”
Spammers: Impaling is too good for them
Since January 16, 2006, over 28,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 1,000 spam comments since October 7, 2006.
Rick Santorum is an Idiot
Yes, I called a U.S. Senator an idiot, what are you going to do about it? Santorum defends Iraq war Embattled U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said America has avoided a second terrorist attack for five years because the “Eye of Mordor” has been drawn to Iraq instead. Santorum used the analogy from one of his … Continue reading “Rick Santorum is an Idiot”
People are Stupid, Part V
(via Best Seller Lists)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
- STATE OF DENIAL, by Bob Woodward
- CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O’Reilly
- I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK, by Nora Ephron
- SAVING GRACES, by Elizabeth Edwards
- MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan
CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O’Reilly? Who the fcsk are these people and why are there so many of them?
See also:
I predict it will be awful
OK, who’s laughing now? … Fox, alone among the Big Four networks without a late-night franchise, is now developing a pilot called “This Just In,” from “24” executive producer Joel Surnow, that’s being described as a conservative answer to “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” a conservative answer to “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” … Continue reading “I predict it will be awful”
North Korea in the Dark
(via dailymail.co.uk) Here’s a satellite photo of the Korean peninsula at night. Notice the difference between North and South Korea. I guess there’s a reason the official web site for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is actually hosted from a server in Spain.