You know the drill, this is the miscellaneous tab closing ceremony. Since I’m tired of politics today, there will be none in this list.
I have had several discussions about this recent article on a particular form of elective surgery. All that I can conclude from these discussions is that I have different aesthetic than many [...]
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So, about that whole mind-body divide thing.
What if we go with the assumption that it’s a kind of hardware/software situation: that the chemistry and the organics are a machine that manipulates a something else–a pattern of energy, an emergent system. The changes in this pattern result in what we perceive as consciousness. Hell, maybe the [...]
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I put it in scare quotes because I am a member of the global information economy, and apparently what that means is that I have to take some meetings on those holidays that are merely national in scope. Yes, I am a grumpy about this. Well, honestly I’m mostly grumpy about having to be up [...]
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It is very hard for me to imagine that Guinness cupcakes could be anything but super yummy. Make me some–I’ll be your friend.
While we’re talking about food, I’ve got to say that enough is enough. I consider myself at least something of an epicure, so I believe that there are such things as quality olive [...]
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One of the online fora I am active on included a pointer this week to a blog post showing some interesting Laotian rice wine:
(You can see an even bigger version of that photo at the author’s Flickr page.)
I’m not opposed to liquor with stuff in it generally–but there is some stuff that probably doesn’t [...]
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Note: I will deny the entire contents of this post if my daughter ever finds it later in her life and confronts me with it. I expect you all to back me up in those denials.
So, how did I welcome in 34th birthday? Recall that I was spending it in Australia.
Before I get into the [...]
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