Saturday, January 30, 2010

née Glass

Old What's-his-name was right, all is flux and fire wherein we whirl. Even the dead move, as they crumble and drift, dreaming eternity.
John Banville, Athena, p.119

posted by Geist @ 10:23 am

Friday, January 29, 2010

Boo Boo

'Ahoy,' Boo Boo said. 'Friend. Pirate. Dirty Dog. I'm back.'
JD Salinger, Down at the Dinghy

posted by Geist @ 8:57 am

Danse du soma (9mb): link

posted by Geist @ 7:20 am

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

boilerplate

GM maize varieties induce a state of hepatorenal toxicity
"A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health", Joël Spiroux de Vendômois, François Roullier, Dominique Cellier, Gilles-Eric Séralini, Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 706-726. Full text here

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posted by Geist @ 11:41 am

Sunday, January 10, 2010

false attributes

posted by Geist @ 4:23 pm

Boil 2.14

[Voltaire] was also, luckily, very rich, in no small part because of his participation in a bizarre swindle devised by a mathematician friend, who, back in 1728, realized that the French government had authorized a lottery in which the prize was much greater than the collective cost of the tickets. He and Voltaire formed a syndicate, collected all the money, and became moneylenders to the great houses of Europe.
Adam Gopnik, "Voltaire's Garden", The New Yorker, March 7, 2005, p.74

posted by Geist @ 10:04 am