You know how it is when you’re idly procrastinating. You click here, you click there, you click way over on the other side -- and before you know it you’ve landed in a place too boggling to imagine. That’s how it was when I flashed from a del.icio.us popular link to investigate Jack Bauer’s gear....

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At first I couldn't remember why I had ordered David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. Then it slowly came back to me: the reviews had been pretty good. And the film did not disappoint, not one bit. After the long opening sequence, setting up the two psychopaths, Cronenberg’s efforts to depict a...

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Ok, so they ignored my request to investigate the cost of using [subsidized water to grow biofuel feedstocks] http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=1152, but I’m not bitter. The good folks over at Environmental Economics do a splendid bit of stiletto-work on who’s funding whom. Author Tim Haab says:

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Tuesday 6 February: Things seem to be settling down again, but not a lot to report. On the bread front, a no-knead sourdough failed to rise much. Possibly the starter was a bit old. I’ll have to make another batch sooner rather than later, while ploughi...

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I am reliably informed that Sunday 11 February is [Evolution Sunday] http://www.news-tribune.net/features/cnhinsfaith_story_033075710.html. Hundreds of churches will apparently mark the day with sermons and educational events dedicated to the idea that religion and science don’t have to be sworn e...

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