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Crooked Timber
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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made
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Presume not on thy heart when mine’s coerced; Thou gav’st me thine, but then we got divorced
Donated Kidney is Center of Divorce Dispute:
A Long Island doctor is demanding that his estranged wife give him back the kidney he donated to her seven years ago. Dr. Richard Batista's lawyer Dominic Barbara says his client would also be satisfied with the value of the kidney: $1.5 million. Newsday ...
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Example: “Head you wouldn’t believe, call 555-3278.”
Truly wonderful. Via "PNH":http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/, "mock-authoritative citation rules":http://www.pmla.org/altsource.html for public restroom graffiti, alien communications and much else besides. Suggestions for more such rules welcome in comments.
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Gas shortage in Europe
It’s unusually cold in some parts of Europe and temperatures are expected to be especially harsh this coming weekend. This makes the following even more unfortunate than it would be otherwise: due to conflicts with Ukraine, Russia has cut off gas supplies to several countries some of which rely ...
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R in The New York Times
Funny to see the virtues of R extolled in The New York Times. Although I did wonder whether Professor Ripley spilled his tea when he read this effort at introducing Times readers to it:
Some people familiar with R describe it as a supercharged version of Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet software that ...
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Thunderer
A short but intensely felt recommendation for Felix Gilman's first book, _Thunderer_ ("Powells":http://www.powells.com/s?kw=Felix%20Gilman%20thunderer&PID=29956, "Amazon":http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=felix%20gilman%20thunderer&tag=henryfarrell-20&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325) combined with a query - why haven't I heard about this book before? It's _exactly_ the kind of sf/f novel that I like - a brooding, post-Mievillian fantasy set in a decaying city of uncertain extent ...
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