Monday, January 27, 2014
New York - SO Close!
We *almost* made it into the top ten "Least Bible-Minded Cities in the Country." Better luck next year.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Read This!
First, apologies. It's been a while since my last post. Life sometimes gets in the way - selfish, I know.
That being said, here's an article that's very, very, very interesting. It plays tangentially on the geek side because it deals with a character type that's very common in crime and action movies; and it's also a unique look at one of the biggest issues in neurobiology.
Go!
Read!
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/life-as-a-nonviolent-psychopath/282271/
That being said, here's an article that's very, very, very interesting. It plays tangentially on the geek side because it deals with a character type that's very common in crime and action movies; and it's also a unique look at one of the biggest issues in neurobiology.
Go!
Read!
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/life-as-a-nonviolent-psychopath/282271/
Saturday, January 4, 2014
So I Got the Kvasir
But it's big, and it's got a bottle cap, not something you can reseal...so, all my NYC friends, let me know if you want to split a dram...
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Why I Love New York, Baby!
First of all, I can see the Central Park fireworks from my living-room. So that's excellent. But there's more:
Every now and then, I'm reminded that in addition to being a crowded, pushy, still-dangerous mass of 1% "takers" and violent assholes, NYC is also the official Center of the Frikkin' Universe©. Like today:
There's a brewery down in Delaware that is actually (this is so cool) recreating ancient booze with the help of an honest-to-goodness biochemical archeologist. Now I saw that one of those brews is Kvasir, which is a rough approximation of what the Vikings drank when they wanted to get hammered and declaim poetry (and which occupies a place in Norse mythology not unlike that of soma in Hindu scripture). So I thought "I could like that...but not if I have to order the stuff through the mail or spend an hour and a half on the train to get to Bay Ridge or Red Hook for it." So I look it up on the website's locater function...and it's being sold at the Duane Reade three blocks from my apartment.
Center of the Frikkin' Universe©, baby.
Every now and then, I'm reminded that in addition to being a crowded, pushy, still-dangerous mass of 1% "takers" and violent assholes, NYC is also the official Center of the Frikkin' Universe©. Like today:
There's a brewery down in Delaware that is actually (this is so cool) recreating ancient booze with the help of an honest-to-goodness biochemical archeologist. Now I saw that one of those brews is Kvasir, which is a rough approximation of what the Vikings drank when they wanted to get hammered and declaim poetry (and which occupies a place in Norse mythology not unlike that of soma in Hindu scripture). So I thought "I could like that...but not if I have to order the stuff through the mail or spend an hour and a half on the train to get to Bay Ridge or Red Hook for it." So I look it up on the website's locater function...and it's being sold at the Duane Reade three blocks from my apartment.
Center of the Frikkin' Universe©, baby.
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