Saturday, February 23, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
Thursday, February 21, 2019
You can see it from orbit: I Live My Life A Little Differently
The metal roof is so I never have to re-shingle, the solar array is so most of my electricity is free, and there are lots of other long-term investment/sustainability features.... but the color orange is just for fun!
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Here Is Your Country
President Theodore Roosevelt
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
The Goose and the Common
Someone posted this on facebook so I looked it up:
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine
The poor and wretched don't escape
If they conspire the law to break
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back
[Seventeenth century protest against English enclosures]
More:
http://unionsong.com/u765.html
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine
If they conspire the law to break
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back
[Seventeenth century protest against English enclosures]
More:
http://unionsong.com/u765.html
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Monday, February 18, 2019
Lock In: Recommended!
I just finished, and thoroughly enjoyed, Scalzi's "Lock In".
You could read it for the SF murder mystery, or you could read it for the thoughts on disability and technology, but honestly I mostly enjoyed it for the dialogue. Scalzi is justly famous for his "Old Man's War" series (joyful extension of "Starship Troopers" or grim exploration of imperialism?) and the hilarious and thoughtful "Red Shirts" (parody of "Star Trek" or exploration of how to write characters?).
Here he tells a multilayered mystery ranging across the physical world and an infosphere constructed for the disabled, mostly through banter between the canonical rookie cop and cynical veteran.
You might have to stop and refresh your brain from time to time, but don't worry, the story is worth it!
Learn More On Goodreads
You could read it for the SF murder mystery, or you could read it for the thoughts on disability and technology, but honestly I mostly enjoyed it for the dialogue. Scalzi is justly famous for his "Old Man's War" series (joyful extension of "Starship Troopers" or grim exploration of imperialism?) and the hilarious and thoughtful "Red Shirts" (parody of "Star Trek" or exploration of how to write characters?).
Here he tells a multilayered mystery ranging across the physical world and an infosphere constructed for the disabled, mostly through banter between the canonical rookie cop and cynical veteran.
You might have to stop and refresh your brain from time to time, but don't worry, the story is worth it!
Learn More On Goodreads
Sunday, February 17, 2019
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