Saskatchewan scenery in the rolling ranch country somewhere between Mossbank and Moose Jaw. More photos here.
Photo of the (Satur)Day: Jimmy Gardiner vs. the KKK
I spent Saturday in Mossbank at the Rural History and Culture Association‘s historical re-enactments. I don’t have a photo of me being John G. Diefenbaker, alas, but I got this one of…well, let the plug from the RHCA’s website explain: In 1926, after successfully organizing Ku Klux Klan chapters in Ontario, a group of American …
The oldest paintings in Western culture…
…have been discovered courtesy of a suspected tomb raider (no, not Lara Croft).
Does red wine help prepare us for sleep?
Italian scientists think so. They claim it contains melatonin. Other scientists are unconvinced. Drink enough of it, of course, and sleep you will, albeit under the table.
Cover art for Lost in Translation paperback
I received the page proofs and cover proofs for the paperback of Lost in Translation today. Woo-hoo! I’m extremely pleased with this cover by Steve Stone. It looks like a book I’d want to read. I hope readers who’ve never heard of me have the same reaction! Bonus: I didn’t know The Midwest Book Review …
Photo of the Day: Host’s-Eye View
What I see, more or less, as I host Net.talk each week on Access Communications. More photos here.
I’ll stick to wine tastings, thanks
Performance artist Jess Dobkin is inviting people to “quench their curiosity” and taste samples of pasteurized human breast milk at her upcoming show in Toronto.
One more blurb for the Lost in Translation paperback…
…this time from Dave Duncan, author of umpteen SF and fantasy novels, including the popular The Seventh Sword series and the King’s Blades series; his latest book, just released, is Children of Chaos: “To call a Science Fiction tale ‘Old Fashioned’ is neither an insult nor an oxymoron. Willett has created an interstellar adventure story …
Counting electrons…
…one at a time. Wow.
Genetically modified grapes
Would you drink wine from genetically modified grapes? I would. They’re not talking about putting in genes from spider monkeys or some such; just speeding up the kind of genetic development that would otherwise take decades of work, trying to get genes for, say, disease resistance from one kind of grape to another without altering …
The complete plays of Shakespeare…
…now at your fingertips. Just what it says. Every word of every play, readily searchable, courtesy of Google Book Search.
Photo of the Day: Night Rain
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