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If you really want to read important philosophy books, but can't seem to think for more than an hour at a time, then Squashed Philosophers is for you.
btinternet.com/~glynhughes/sq...

Minnesota Public Radio launches their new station, with new programing today:

minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services...

Edit: after listening for a day, I am more than exited about this station.  It's a revolution.

The Opportunity rover found a meteorite that landed on Mars.  A first.

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050121....
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/i...

Our first glimpse ever, from the surface of Saturn's moon Titan:
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ima...

The Huygens Probe just landed on Saturn's Moon, Titan, this morning with no major malfunctions.  More images, etc. as they come.

space.com/missionlaunche...

While I generally avoid being overly partisan here, this article provides a clearer explanation of why George Bush's re-election struck me as a coffin-nail for meaningful American public discourse.

But the facts did not matter—not necessarily because those in the stadium were ignorant of them, though some certainly were, but because the President was offering in their place a worldview that was whole, complete, comprehensible, and thus impermeable to statements of fact that clearly contradicted it. The thousands cheering around me in that Orlando stadium, and the many others who would come to support Bush on election day, faced a stark choice: either discard the facts, or give up the clear and comforting worldview that they contradicted. They chose to disregard the facts.

nybooks.com/articles/17690

My avowed lack of recent posting, the reading of weblogs based on an X-per-day idea, and this martini all combine (stirred, not shaken) to drive this strategy:  Here's a random sentence from whatever book I happen to be thinking about most right now (RSFWBIHTBTAMRN):

Horton is forced to realize that God approaches man, as it were, with two hands.

From _A Layman's Guide to Protestant Theology_ by William E Hordern.
amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...

Some awesome martian terrain, satellite view.
msss.com/mars_images/mo...

I invite anyone who considers CNN a reputable news source to look at this article. 

cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asi...

Never have I wanted to string together so many expletives.

How to build your own wallet out of 20 $1 bills.  Lise the saying goes, you gotta have money to contain money.

moneywallet.org/

Old convention: discourage open-source Linux programs from being ported to Windows, because unique programs on Linux will draw people to it.  New convention: port programs because if people get used to using them, transitioning to Linux will be easier.

newsforge.com/article.pl?sid...

I have benifitted greatly from this trend.  I currently use these open-source programs regularily:
Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, 7zip (Windows only), FileZilla (Windows only), VNCViewer

Boys are getting dumped because of an evil book.  Happily, these boys are fortunate not to be coupled with such superficial girls.  Sadly, these girls are now looking for new boys.

askthecouch.com/2_past_templat...

Yes. Sadly, we have heard of this book. We too know of fellow (and future) victims of this vile, evil text.

Pictures of children who are scared of Santa.

southflorida.com/events/sfl-sca...

Frankly, I'm still scared of Santa.

Cassini just had a close fly-by with Saturn's moon Dione, and returned these two stunning images of it.

saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...

World's tallest bridge in Millau, France just opened to the public.

Pics & article:
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object...
Whole bridge pic: viaducdemillaueiffage.com/

Mozilla just put a sweet ad in Today's New York Times.  It's worth checking out the hi-res version.  (Or getting a NYT?)  I hear they are shooting for 10% of the browser market, which at this point would be much deserved.

mozilla.org/press/mozilla-...

Fine print at the end:

This message has been brought to you by the thousands who contributed funds to The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the internet.

Coolest Martian cloud picture to date.
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/i...

Also, a nice Cassini update, with noteworthy events coming soon.
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-rel...

I officially have a fear of reading about other people's fears.  It's freaking me out.

unusualphobias.com/poollights.htm...
unusualphobias.com/buttons.html

(via sunnybreaks.org/)

Pretty astronomy photo of a pretty circumstance.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041209....

I have been cooking up this site up for a few months now (only an idea until a few weeks ago).  And it is finally ready to be unveiled.  Introducing, The World Leader Log.

leaderlog.com/

The Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie protects against all kinds of mind control.

zapatopi.net/afdb.html

AFDBs are safe and operate automatically. All you do is make it and wear it and you're good to go! Plus, AFDBs are stylish and comfortable.

What are you waiting for? Make one today!

The 10 toys of 2004 most likely to cause harm to children.  Although, if something is named "Megabuster Battle Weapon," you'd probably have to expect it to be a /little/ harmful.

toysafety.org/worstToyList_i...

(www.marchdesign.com/blog is awesome!)

In 9th grade English class, I thought I had a pretty good handle on which Greek gods were related to which.  I was wrong.

ludios.org/science/greekg...

Taste the meat rainbow!  A few nights ago, there seemed to be some confusion about what, exactly, a turducken is.  As the end result is a blasphemy against God and nature, it stands to reason that the recipe should be profanity-laden:

blacktable.com/turducken03121...

Presidential debates have recently ended, and Christmas fast approaches.  Make me happy:

zazzle.com/contributors/p...

Cassini took various pictures of Titan during its close fly-by last Tuesday.  Here are two false color images of the moon's surface (not visible to the human eye because of the thick clouds).

saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...

And two land feature close-ups:
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...

mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war4...

This election is gonna be the bomb!  And like a bomb, it will probably kill me.

Cassini will be its closest to Saturn's largest moon Titan today.  Here is a picture from yesterday during its approach.  As far as I know, this is the clearest picture so far of Titan.  (It is taken at specific wavelengths to see through the clouds.)

saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cg...

The Earth drags space-time around it as it turns, like a bowling ball spinning in molasses.  (Also, check out the picture of the satellite we made to measure this.)

spaceref.com/news/viewpr.ht...

This is the biggest spectacle I've seen on the internet in a long time.  It's 13 minutes of John Stewart being a guest on CNN's Crossfire.  I can't find where anymore, but I read that this has been downloaded more times now than the number of people who watched it on TV when it happened on the 15th.

ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/26...