Happy Birthday, George Washington and Shotgun #10 (or is it 11?)!
Something old, something new. Many felicitous returns of the day.
Category » The Universe
Hot Topics, v. 2006.2
The old one was getting too long, so here's a fresh space for "handle with care" comments.
Pets
A pink-bunny-free zone (unless you have a pet hot-pink bunny).
[Those rosy little devils hop in everywhere. –Admin.]
Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882)!
That’s right, Chuck & Abe were born on the same day of the same year.
The Winter Olympics
They started today. Are you watching them?
(Thread and description thanks to Em.)
Attention, Jane Austen Fans!
Here's a book you might like.
Robert reports:
My pal Polly Shulman (New York literary whiz, book reviewer, and freelance science writer/editor extraordinaire) has just turned her jaw-dropping talents to something new: YA fiction. Her book Enthusiasm, which comes out on February 16, looks like just the sort of thing some MuseBloggers should ♥ to the nth power.
I’ll try to get Polly on the blog to talk about books, the writer’s life, and those wild parties at Lemony Snicket’s house. Meanwhile, you can find out more about Enthusiasm from her publisher, Penguin Books.
Added February 8: NEW! Read Polly’s interview in Newsday.
Douglas Adams
Yes, that Douglas Adams: creator of the Hitchhiker’s Guide series, Dirk Gently, and the long, dark teatime of the soul. We said we’d wait until his birthday, but we just couldn’t. Brace yourself for infinite improbability…
Hot Topics, v. 2006.1
Closed; continued on "Hot Topics, v. 2006.2"
Politics, religion, and anything else that might require an extra dose of civility.
15 States Flunk School Science
How does your state measure up?
Last month the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a nonprofit education-research group in Washington, D. C., gave letter grades to public school science standards and curricula in 49 of the 50 U.S. states*. Here’s how they stacked up. (You can read the full report here.)
A: California, New Mexico, Indiana, Virginia, South Carolina, New York, Massachusetts
B: Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia
C: Washington, Utah, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island
D: Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Maine
F: Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, New Hampshire
* They skipped Iowa because it doesn’t publish school science standards.
Terry Pratchett
This part of MuseBlog rests on the backs of four elephants standing on a turtle that swims through space.
CULTURE! & Heritage
Thanks to Queen Julietaini, Phoenixbe, and Ishmael.
Thanks to Queen Julietaini, Phoenixbe, and Ishmael. Phoenix’s description:
Religion, art forms, languages, holidays–not which one is better, but how many and how interesting they are. General facts about different places and their culture.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works & Worlds
In honor of the professor’s eleventy-fourth birthday, January 3, 2006.
Monty Python
At randomrohanfreak’s almost everyone’s request, because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
The Polling Place
A thread for polls and questions, by request of Krissy also known as Kricket.
Got questions? Got answers?
Here's the place to post at least some of them.
A thread for polls and questions, by request of Krissy also known as Kricket.
Got questions? Got answers?
Here’s the place to post at least some of them.
Manga/Anime/Japan, Anyone?
This thread has been closed to comments (8/06) and is continued at Manga/Anime and Japan, Part 2.
Just guessing, but it looks as if this topic is ready to stand on its own. If so, here’s the place to post.