January 15, 2010 @ 7:29 am | Filed under: Links, TBR
- Aloo Gobi Recipe – This is the one I used for last night’s dinner. Tasty tasty tasty.
- Letters of Note: Your pal, John K. – Advice to an aspiring cartoonist.
- Scientists Figure out the Cause of Brain Farts – “A “brain fart” is a term for an inexplicably stupid error in a straightforward task made by someone with abundant skill and experience. Everyone is prone to them. Neuroscientists call these episodes “maladaptive brain activity changes.”
- The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein – “How the States Got Their Shapes is one of the rare books that does exactly what it promises: Stein explains all of the geographic borders of all fifty US states, each in its own chapter.”
- Chasing Ray – Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things. – “This is one scary book. Using a variety of test methods, the authors determined individual “body burdens,” or the toxic chemical load we carry.”
Art, brain, cartoons, comics, drawing, recipes, Science, TBR, TBR pile
January 11, 2010 @ 8:01 pm | Filed under: Links
- MotherReader: National Delurking Week – It’s National Delurking Week. Delurk! Delurk! I know you’re out there.(I, by the way, am one of the lurkiest lurkers going.)
- Susan Taylor Brown – Getting started in art journals – Fabulous collection of links about art journaling. Swoon.
- A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy: Charles and Emma – “Charles Darwin had faith in science; his wife, Emma Wedgwood, had faith in religion. Despite having opposite beliefs on the role of God in science as well as life after death, the two married and had a long, happy marriage of mutual support and love. How?”
Art, blogs, Books, TBR, TBR pile
July 12, 2008 @ 4:01 am | Filed under: Links
- Washington Times – McCain adviser talks of ‘mental recession’ – I take it back–a 2nd link to Wash Times in one week. Phil Gramm says we’re a nation of whiners and fears about the economy are all in our heads/ the media’s fault. HT: Red Cardigan
- EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect – “Folks are, rightfully, worried about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which are tanking so rapidly that there’s talk of a federal bailout.”
- StumbleVideo – Beautiful Minds: Stephen Wiltshire – Amazing artist draws stunningly accurate aerial view of Rome after viewing only once by helicopter. HT: the Grimms.
June 17, 2008 @ 7:00 am | Filed under: Links
- Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth – Europe, Travel – The Independent –
- Reverse Graffiti Project – Self-described "professor of dirt" creates art in public spaces by cleaning away grime.
- Here’s Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They’re Banned – washingtonpost.com – "So here's our new policy on A.P. stories: they don't exist. We don't see them, we don't quote them, we don't link to them. They're banned until they abandon this new strategy, and I encourage others to do the same until they back down from these ridiculo
Art, journalism, media, Travel
