Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Year: 2011
DEAR STEELY DAN
PLEASE GET YOUR SOUND ENGINEER TO TURN THE MAIN FADERS DOWN.
Mortgagees vs tenants
Is a mortgagee required to give a tenant a notice to move out of a leased property, or does it have an immediate right to possession?
FBI updates its definition of rape
This will have a knock-on effect regarding discussions of rape online…
Quicklink: What and How we Measure
When does quantifying something help us learn — and when does it mislead us?
The more things change…
Thucydides, describing what happened when the Hellenes’ Great War veterans came home from the battlefields –
Quoted by commentor at Juan Cole’s blog back in January, but I didn’t end up posting it then. Just observing various blogstoushes has prompted me to post it now.
Possibly the most Extreme act of Rugby World Cup Avoidance evah
I meant to post this last week when my friend in Auckland first linked to it on our seekrit mailing list. But I forgotted.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
A friendly hello and thank you to our local reproductive health clinics
I wanted them to know that there are still people who think well of them compared to the demonstrators outside many of their clinics right now as part of the “40 Days For Life” international anti-abortion campaign.
Of course the flight patches had to be pink
“Today’s flight was awesome,” Lockley said, noting it was the first time reservists and active duty personnel have flown on the same aircraft.
Hoyden About Town 