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Some advice from The Oatmeal.
Spacefaring
Is space more like seafaring or aviation? It started out like the latter, but the former is a better model once we actually get serious about it.
[Update a while later]
Meteor craters, dinosaurs and spacefaring.
Actually, while I do think it’s a federal responsibility to keep an eye out for impactors, it’s not clear that it’s NASA’s job. It’s one of the things we need a Space Guard for.
Who’d’ve Thunk It?
The Titanic was real? I never fail to be amazed at some peoples’ willingness to profess their ignorance in public.
The Old Left
…are the new squares.
A Good Start To The Season
There are two undefeated teams in the major leagues. Detroit is one of them (the other is the Diamondbacks).
The Simpsons
…is autobiographical. I don’t believe that Springfield is in Oregon, though. There are deserts, but no saguaros in Oregon.
Hunger Games
Will it scar your child’s psyche?
I hadn’t even heard of the book before the movie came out, but it sounds like the whole series might be a useful corrective against the increasing fascism in the country.
Bravissima, Jennifer Lawrence
“Screw PETA.”
The First NASA Astronauts
We met them fifty-three years ago today. It was slightly over two years since Gagarin’s first flight, whose fifty-first anniversary is on Thursday.