The Archives
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Fun & Entertainment
Did you hear, they canceled Deadwood!
Okay, so I’m about five years late here, but I just finished the third, AND LAST, season of Deadwood –and I am baffled as to why a show of this caliber would ever get canceled. It’s like Firefly all over again –except, of course, that people actually watched Deadwood. Anyways, fantastic show if you’re in [...]
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Health & Fitness
First run in my Vibram FiveFingers: Bikilas
06.28.10 | Permalink | 4 CommentsI just got back from a nice little, albeit sweltering, two mile jaunt while wearing my new Vibram FiveFingers: Bikilas. A little over a month ago, an article over at WBUR caught my attention. It was about the health benefits of barefoot running and Vibram’s lineup of minimalist running shoes. I was instantly intrigued. For [...]
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Fun & Entertainment
2012: Hollywood at its Finest
Meg and I watched the movie 2012 last night because we were in the mood for something deep and meaningful.</sarcasm> We knew going into it that it might be a little painful, sort of like that feeling you get right before you yank a band-aid from your arm. But seriously, how bad could it be, [...]
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Books & Literature
Possibilians and the Afterlives
04.14.09 | Permalink | 4 CommentsI just finished an interesting book called, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. I bought it almost immediately after listening to an interview with the book’s author [and neuroscience] David Eagleman on a segment of NPR’s On Point called Envisioning the Afterlife. The book is a blast; it’s a fun and thought-provoking exploration of the [...]
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Science & Philosophy
The Large Hadron Collider explained.
First read Brian Greene’s article in the New York Times called “The Origins of the Universe: A Crash Course” Then watch this video on how the LHC actually works. Pretty cool stuff. If you want to brush up on your Quantum Mechanics and dive into the world of Superstring Theory, check out Brian Greene’s book [...]
