September 2009
29 posts
“It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.”
– Aeschylus
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Another Adventure in Wine
So recently I discovered that Viansa came to PA and no one bothered telling me before most of the inventory in the state was sold out. We’ll discuss that another time, but this past weekend I pulled all (ok, not all, but most of) the stops.
On a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon I called every “Premium Collection Store” the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has in three counties...
Carl Jung and The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
This is a story about a nearly 100-year-old book, bound in red leather, which has spent the last quarter century secreted away in a bank vault in Switzerland. The book is big and heavy and its spine is etched with gold letters that say “Liber Novus,” which is Latin for “New Book.” Its pages are made from thick cream-colored parchment and filled with paintings of otherworldly creatures and...
I think I’ll be participating this October 15… I already have a topic in mind.
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SPACE.com -- It's Official: Water Found on the... →
Since man first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists have thought that the lunar surface was bone dry. But new observations from three different spacecraft have put this notion to rest with what has been called “unambiguous evidence” of water across the surface of the moon.
10 Reasons Why Celtic Fest is Better than...
lehighvalley:
Celtic Fest takes the proverbial “Fest Championship” amongs all the others that pop up around the Lehigh Valley each year.
WHY? Thanks for asking.
1. There are less people, which means there are less crowds for food, drink, porta potties, etc.
2. High school kids tend to stay away and don’t congregate on street corners as they do during Musikfest. Teenagers also have high shrill...
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Kevorkian: Assisted suicide was 'my duty' --... →
While driving 85 through the wastes of Maryland
adamisacson:
Me: “When there’s a car accident, they should totally take down the party affiliation of the at-fault driver, so there’s like a big database.”
My wife: “Yeah, they should totally do that.”
Me: “I bet it would show accidents are caused by Independents most, followed by Republicans, then Democrats.”
My wife: “Why independents first?”
Me: “Because anyone who self-identifies as an...
International Talk Like A Pirate Day →
Arrr!
Pope blames atheists for global warming |... →
Yeah wow. To that I ask the Pope to examine the Church’s stance on contraception as a possible way to combat global warming.
“That doesn’t say much about the regular Christ if the anti-Christ just wants to...”
– Billy, on the recent polling results showing 17% of New Jersey conservatives believe Obama to be the anti-Christ. (via langer)
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“In Kanye’s defense, I don’t think Taylor Swift was being honest about the...”
– Adam Isacson (via livejamie)
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Another Day in the Vineyard
On a recent late-summer day I visited my friends at Shade Mountain Vineyards & Winery. Our first visit to the main winery, we were welcomed with open arms and wonderful wines to sample. Click each thumbnail below for larger pictures.
It was a beautiful day for a road trip and check out the vines with fruit getting ready for the harvest!
My profile shot, and Karen & Rich, my...
“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the...”
– Robert Frost
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Planned Obama speech to students sparks protest -... →
OK this is just getting ridiculous now. The teabaggers, birthers, anti-healthers, etc, are taking their mistrust way too far. A speech like this (not political) is a good thing to make children more aware of the system itself. An aware public can only be a good thing, which is exactly what Beck, Limbaugh, and all the others claim to be saying. The policy of simply tuning out anything one...
'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter →
cubicle17:
Reading Rainbow comes to the end of its 26-year run on Friday; it has won more than two-dozen Emmys, and is the third longest-running children’s show in PBS history — outlasted only by Sesame Street and Mister Rogers.
My first two reactions, in order, when I saw this story:
Holy crap, I can’t believe they’re canceling this show!
Wait, they’re still making new episodes of...
“If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of...”
– Mickey Mantle