Series: Today’s Tidbits
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Crawfish Boil, Taste the World, Star Wars Day, Church and State, and a whole lot of other stuff
This past weekend was a busy one. Some friends of mine had their second annual crawfish boil. A day full of more food than you can sensibly eat. (Not that that stopped any of us from trying.) Also the requisite and assured good company of good friends. Really can’t beat that. Followed that up on…
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Bad Business, Intergalactic Bad Guys, Some Good Evil, Celebrity How To, and Other Stuff That Makes Me Feel Old
There was a semi-lengthy back-and-forth in a comment stream today about how celebrities interact with their fans. Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of different methods of interaction. Some of them much more personable than others. I’ve seen celebs content to sit behind their tables, offering nothing more than a well-acted smile and nod…
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A Bit of Science, Some Literature, A Tune or Two, and Some Crazy News
I spent most of my day today, neck deep in code, tweaking Drupal API bits on a data entry form to bend it to the will of my client. I am not exactly a programmer, so this isn’t my idea of a good time. But, it needs to be done, and so it gets done.…
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Legal Footwork, Hidden History, Tasty Science, and Some Really Good Ideas
It never ceases to amaze (and impress… and confuse) me what people get passionate about. The big story in the feed today was about the Vibram Five Finger toe shoes class action settlement. Vibram is paying out a pretty penny to a lot of people due to some unsubstantiated claims they made in their advertisements…
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Ant Physics, Lots of Television Show Stuff, Godzilla, and an Awesome Optical Illusion
Over the next week or so, there’s going to be a lot of news on TV shows that get canceled, renewed, and picked up from the list of potentials. That always breeds a lot of laments and cheers from people… and more than a few quirked eyebrows in some cases. It also breeds some great…