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I’ve had to deal with my share of death in my life, and one message I get from every one of them, approached from any direction, is that the dead are dead. Expressing love for their memory, support for the person, doesn’t have much value, because they are not here to receive it. If you want to do something to honor a loved one’s memory, be loving and kind to people who are still alive. That’s the best thing you can do, always, every day.
~Dave Winer
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Clipping fingernails in space
via Reddit
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What I read in 2012
I’ve blogged about what I’ve read the past year in previous years, so I might as well do it this year. I managed to read twenty-four books this year. While I’m not a crazy reader, two books a month isn’t too bad. I hate reading book review, and hate writing them even worse. So no book reviews for you. I’ve just included my Goodreads ranking following each book in my list. So here’s what I read this past year:
Death from the Skies – Philip Plait *****
The Upside of Irrationality – Dan Ariely ***
Ancestor – Scott Sigler *****
The Disappearing Spoon – Sam Kean *****
The Poisoner’s Handbook – Deborah Blum ***
Idiot America – Charles Pierce **
Madoff with the Money – Jerry Oppenheimer **
Fallen Dragon – Peter F. Hamilton***
The Pluto Files – Neil deGrasse Tyson *****
Scam School Book 1 – Brian Brushwood ****
The Culture of Fear – Barry Glassner****
A Universe from Nothing – Lawrence Krauss****
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins *****
Helter Skelter – Vincent Bugliosi **
Suck it, Wonder Woman – Olivia Munn***
Bad Science – Ben Goldacre ***
Redshirts – John Scalzi ****
Bossypants – Tina Fey ***
A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson ***
I Sold My Soul on eBay – Hemant Mehta ***
Freedom (TM) – Daniel Swarez ***
The Magic of Reality – Richard Dawkins *****
Down Among the Dead Men – Michelle Williams **
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Seth Grahame-Smith**** -
Take a breath, Apophis won’t hit Earth in 2036
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Planned Parenthood Did Not Receive $1,622 in Government Funds for Each Abortion
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Adult pics made comically work-safe with MS Paint
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It’s official: 2012 was warmest year for the United States
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11 Stephen Hawking Quotes for His 71st Birthday
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Alex Jones on Piers Morgan
So the video of Alex Jones on Piers Morgan has been popping up on the internet today. Alex Jones is one of those people that I ignore in hopes that he will go away. Here is part one.
I don’t even know why Piers had him on his show. It’s obvious that Alex Jones is incapable of having an intelligent conversation. The pro-gun people seem to think the gun control people want to take away all guns, but that’s far from the truth. The gun control people don’t want to take away all guns, they just want to try and limit the number of gun deaths.I am pretty split on the gun control issue. I don’t think we should take away people’s guns because of rare anomalies like school shootings. They may see common, but in reality they are still pretty rare. I’m not really sure if added gun control would even make a difference, but maybe some things could be done better. I’ve never bought a gun, so I really don’t know how hard it is, or what regulations there are.
In a perfect world, both sides would sit down and make legislation that makes sense and doesn’t punish gun owners and yet prevents some of the deaths. But of course this isn’t a perfect world.
Here is part 2 if you can handle more of Alex Jones, I couldn’t take any more of him myself.
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Nearly All Sun-Like Stars Have Planetary Systems