#Hurricane #Irene #North Carolina photo of Hurricane Irene descending into North Carolina. credit
Archives for August 2011
Waiting for the Storm
10 am Sunday Aug 28th, Boston, MA photo by Stephen Sheffield
WTF Haven’t They Seen Rain Before?
9am, Sunday Aug. 28, 2001. Massachusetts coast.
The Color of War: An Excerpt
For Memorial Day, we offer an excerpt from James Campbell’s moving new book “The Color of War”
The Omega Man
We need a new kind of man to lead us into better times.
Comics: Writer Eric Wallace Gets Interviewed Live, Sunday at 9PM PST [2 of 3]
In the first of three promotional pieces, we celebrate the work of Eric Wallace. This time: Eureka
The U.S. Is Still Waiting for the Leader It Needs
Megan Rosker wonders when someone will step up and take some unpopular risks.
I Have a Friend
Sometimes marriage is the only option.
Fenway Park: Home of The Red Sox and Now, Hurricane Irene
Text message and photo from Stephen Sheffield “Out my window onto pre-hurricane rain on Fenway Park and Kenmore Square”
MA Shoreline: Tracking the Sea and the Surge
Saturday, 7:30 pm. The storm center is still 500 miles away.
Scientific Study of PUA Techniques
Science Daily has an interesting press release from new research about pick-up artistry. Turns out that pick-up techniques do work… on sexist women. Hall and Canterberry set out to understand the characteristics of men who use aggressive court-ship strategies, based on speed seduction techniques described in the US bestseller “The Game” by Neil Strauss and the popular…
Music: The Perfect Chord from @darrylzero: Hardware
Laswell initially released the album in Japan with the title “Hardware” under the band name Third Eye, but encountered slight difficulties when it was discovered an American band, The Third Eye, held the official rights to the name. Rather than, say, pay the band to change their name, Laswell simply retitled the album “Third Eye Open” and used the Japanese album title as the American band name
Massachusetts: Storm Clouds and Traffic
Pre-hurricane, Massachusetts. Traveling Northwest on Rte 95, 5 pm Several almost-funnel clouds.
Culture: The Last Stories Worth Seeing From San Diego 2011 [#sdcc]
There was so much to cover during this year’s Nerd Spring Break that a few stragglers are left, weeks later.
NYC The Calm Before the Storm
#NYC #Hurricane #Irene Bloomingdales, boarded up, Saturday Aug 27 noon, NYC Closed turnstiles, Grand Central Station, NYC Empty Subway, NYC photos by lili
Ten things I've learned from Kevin Sorbo
Note: last night, I watched an improv set featuring that paragon of herculean manliness, Kevin Sorbo. If you grew up watching Hercules like me, or if you are a fan of Andromeda, you can imagine how sweet and weird and amazing something like that could be. He is doing a couple more sets at the…