Massive Dump of The Interesting
Welcome to a Massive Dump of The Interesting, wherein I finally close some of the browser-windows. (Yes, this is what you get when I go out of town for a few days. Just roll with it.)
“Were a lot of people reckless and stupid? Of course! But that cannot explain why the whole system crashed, since a lot of people are always reckless and stupid.”
– From appellate judge & law lecturer Richard Posner’s book “A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of ’08 and the Descent into Depression
(Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? I never have time for reading like this, but that doesn’t stop me from wishing we could invent Osmosis Rigs so I could just upload the stuff already. ;)
Also, I really want Dave McKean’s “Mythical Creatures” stamps, even though they’re British stamps and I hardly ever send dead-tree-mail anyway. They’re just…really pretty.
Not so pretty but darn potent and good for a long hard think is the “Technology Bill of Rights“. Whatever you think of the details as they’ve got them there, you can’t argue that something like this is needed, I think.
John Scalzi’s “Interview with a Stick of Butter” made me laugh in the damn-you-I-spit-coffee-but-somehow-can’t-find-it-in-myself-to-be-angry-at-you kind of way. This kind of small genius is why writers rule, not just as vehicles for blah-blah-blah, but as examples of humanity. Yay, human weirdness!
Also, this find…this is A FIND, I think. It’s an old book called “Picture Stories of the Sex Life of Man and Woman”, and you can read all about it (if you can stand the hilarity) here. It contains many…er, wonderful…pictures such as this one:
…Yesssss, sure. Okay. *har!*
Also, just in case I haven’t posted it before, this site contains professional, beautiful, amazing pictures of the “ruins of Detroit”. Totally worth a look if you like the aesthetic.
Lastly, a Shaolin Monk’s idea of a “stretching routine” will turn your whole body to softened butter and pain. Still, it seems to be definitely working…more on the program when I’m a little further in.
Have a wonderful day all — and have a nice nap(s)!