half a week’s worth of link posts

I would have gotten around to this earlier but the next door neighbor’s stole my cable…literally. they cut the wire from my house, dragged it acrossed the next door neighbor’s yard and plugged it into their own.

scholarly kitchen stating the obvious, in a post that doesn’t mention how much Open Access is teh sux.

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/30/will-form-follow-function/

Newton did not only improve scientific knowledge, he also solved crime.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/07/01/newton-pi/

background on the situation in IRan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/27/ahmed-kasravi-iranian-revolution

On religion and technology

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article06180901.aspx

gladwell v. anderson. gladwell spent 10,000 hours writing this article.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladwell?currentPage=1

this article explains why i am such a genius.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=video-games-by-prescription

Salvagepunk, not really sure if i like the name for this movement.

http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/06/neither-a-contract-nor-a-promise-five-movements-to-watch-out-for.html

Over 460,000 entries of Irish and British history. get it while you can

http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/

yes, my son. the answer always is more violence.

http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/father-coughlin-would-be-so-proud/

crazy people always say the best things.

http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2009/06/have-you-ever-looked-at-lyrics-of-rush.html

guiltiest bees in the world.

http://roy25booth.blogspot.com/2009/06/and-catholic-bees.html

the past predicts the future as much as writing about music is like dancing about architecture

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200907/?read=article_phillips

i would never do this. i cannot stand on a 2 foot ladder, seriously.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/01/AR2009070103937.html?hpid=artslot

who karate chops people besides 4 year olds?

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011343.html#011343

i thought only academics could make strippers sound boring.

http://www.doublex.com/section/arts/my-life-g-string-round-stripper-memoirs

looks like an interesting, if depressing, book

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/books/20090628_The_plight_of_urban_young_black_men.html

reason to hate advertisements and the patriarchy #667.

http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/07/02/motherhood-as-womens-most-sacred-birthright/

Michelle Bachmann, Deomcratic COINTELPRO style-operative or surrealist Andy Kaufmanesque comedian. you be the judge.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/07/eye_opener_gop_asks_bachmann_t.html?hpid=news-col-blog