Sat Mar 3, 2012 10:11 PM
Sun Feb 26, 2012 05:37 PM
I think my cat, Zapatista, age 11, is getting arthritis or getting too lazy. Now he won’t even jump onto the window ledge when I open the window for him to listen and watch to the birds outside.
Fri Mar 2, 2012 04:37 PM
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/03/02/1859252/is-poor-numeracy-ruining-lives
It’s a good thing this isn’t happening in America!
Hugh Pickens writes “The BBC reports on how millions of people struggle to understand a payslip or a train timetable, or pay a household bill. Government figures show that almost half the working population of England have only primary school math skills, and research suggests that weak math skills …
Fri Mar 2, 2012 05:22 PM
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_jerusalemsyndrome/all/1
“Actually, it wasn’t that long ago that one respected Israeli physician put two patients who both claimed to be the Messiah in a room together just to see what would happen. Each rabidly accused the other of being an impostor, barking fire-and-brimstone threats.”
Fri Mar 2, 2012 09:54 PM
At home sick, eating soup. I think I caught my cold after catching the bus on a cold, windy day.
Sat Mar 3, 2012 10:11 PM
This is a long essay, but it is an interesting read that considers how we are going from an economy that is based on scarcity to one that is based on abundance, and that poses many challenges. http://www.pdfernhout.net/beyond-a-jobless-recovery-knol.html
Beyond a Jobless Recovery – Paul’s Post-scarcity Perambulations
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