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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Interpreting the Amazon oracle
For some reason, the Amazon sales rank of Outwitting Dogs has been bobbing along above the 10,000 mark for several days. Since it fluctuates hourly your results may vary, but as I write this, it’s hit 2,357 which is damn … Continue reading
It’s not the building, it’s the job
A study of 4000 public employees in the UK found that the symptoms usually ascribed to “sick building syndrome” are actually more strongly correlated to “job stress and lack of support in the workplace” than to physically measurable triggers (i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Science
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That “possible life on Mars” thing . . .
It’s back, again. Technorati Tags: life on Mars
Posted in Science
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“The Eliza Doolittles of the early 21st century”
From the always-interesting New York Observer, Jason Horowitz has written an article about “the Affect.” From the San Fernando Valley, where some think the accent has its origins in the infamous Valley Girl, to the soap stores of Soho, young … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture
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Micro-painting
This guy’s got one steady hand. He’s painted a panda on a human hair. His paintbrush was a single rabbit hair.
Posted in Pop Culture
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Robert Parker
The New York Times has published an article about him (registration required). I predict the man will be understood, one day, as having importance far beyond the world of wine; as somehow epitomizing the late 20th century boomer generation American. … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
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Closer to Vivi?
Champion Bohem C’est La, aka Vivi, the whippet that escaped from her crate at the JFK airport right after the Westminster dog show, has been spotted in Flushing. More than once. There’s now a Newsday blog dedicated to all things … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs
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Urban coyote
After a two-day chase, police caught a coyote who’d been running around Central Park. I blogged about a study on Chicago’s urban coyote population here. They’re actually all over the place, and doing quite well in our cities. Sightings in … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
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Book promotion blog
I just learned about this but from what I have seen in my first scan through, the info looks pretty good. Technorati Tags: book promotion
Posted in Writing
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It’s not too late!
For a Friday catblogging photo? Technorati Tags: catblogging
Posted in Cats, Uncategorized
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