Somewhere before dawn this morning, I started a long, low-key dream in which I was composing a blog post about one of my favorite books: The CRC Handbook of Astronautics. The book was about the same size as the old classic CRC math tables handbooks (as opposed to one of the massive CRC chemistry & [...]
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MORNING LINKS
ITEM: Speaking of swine flu hysteria, this may be a good time to invest in pork belly futures – there may be a shortage soon.
ITEM: Yet another way in which Western Europeans are looking for the US to help them financially.
ITEM: Here’s a slideshow of items from the Michael Jackson Neverland Ranch auction. Some [...]
[For those coming in from Ace of Spaces, here's the link to the "Atlas Shrugged" review]
MORNING LINKS
Item: I swapped e-mails this week with “S. Weasel” who runs one of my favorite blogs. She and her significant other (now husband) recently moved to England; she loves it there, but in her e-mail to me, she talked [...]
OVERNIGHT LINKS (and don’t go waiting for any updates, either)
ITEM: Headline of the week: “Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale.”
ITEM: Economic common sense from … Germany?
ITEM: There is some justice in the world, after all: “Vindictive people make less money.”
ITEM: On the other hand, this explains a lot: “Expert financial advice [...]
MORNING LINKS.
ITEM: That didn’t take long: President Obama apologizes for his “Special Olympics” remark on the Tonight Show last night. In the meantime, the New York Times beclowns itself (hat tip to Strategy Memo at Real Clear Politics) by saying: “In his appearance with Mr. Leno, Mr. Obama walked a tightrope between projecting good humor [...]