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The theory that humans were supposed to be plant eaters seems to be...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/08/08/early-meat-eating-human-ancestors-thrived-while-vegetarian-hominin-died-out/ Of course, this doesn’t mean we can’t still evolve into...
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Mumble mumble gotham mumble mumble die
Took the big kids to see “The Dark Knight Rises”. I don’t understand Bane’s mask. It feeds… gas? To his face? From the back of his neck? Also, his henchmen come from the same inexplicably loyal stock...
View ArticleKevin Murphy on Friendship and Politics
If anything, I’d call us all engaged thinkers, and I’ve never based a friendship on someone’s politics. You miss out on a lot of good friendships that way. I think of myself as an Angry Centrist. And...
View ArticleThe Arsenal of Exclusion
I found this episode of 99% Invisible, about exclusionary city planning in Baltimore, to be pretty fascinating.
View ArticleStill here
Well, that was anticlimactic. Astoundingly, the power never failed here, although neighboring towns weren’t so fortunate. As a result the pump stayed on, and despite a constant stream of groundwater...
View ArticleExit Poll
Two Democrats, Two Libertarians, a Republican, and a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
View ArticleOh my love it’s time
In that place we were long lost and newly found. In that light we shifted out of time and we stood amazed. Our eyes blue sky wide. Our fingertips outstretched. Our knees touched and in between a world...
View ArticleForever 4AM
That quiet moment in the wee hours when you can’t work any more… the hound of responsibility satisfied for now or at least distracted, gnawing on the bone of exhaustion. …and you see a Facebook post...
View ArticleCapital BlueCross is a terrible company to buy insurance from
I want this on record so that maybe someone who is googling for info about Pennsylvania health insurance providers will find it and be saved a lot of grief. For many years we got our insurance through...
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Finally self-hosting my journal
Way back in 2004 I started blogging on LiveJournal as an “interim” solution while I figured out what blog software I wanted to use. That interim turned out to be about eight years long, with a shift to...
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The theory that humans were supposed to be plant eaters seems to be...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/08/08/early-meat-eating-human-ancestors-thrived-while-vegetarian-hominin-died-out/ Of course, this doesn’t mean we can’t still evolve into...
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Yes, I am in Chicago
As some of you may have noticed from my tweets, I am presently in Chicago. Locals may be wondering: Why, if Avdi is in Chicago, has he not hit me up to have lunch? Does he not like me? Did we not...
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God created America because he loves music, and the best music comes from hardship and heartache.
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In the name of love
Yesterday saw one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history. I don’t usually like to write when I have nothing to add; but I feel the need to acknowledge this event. I mourn for victims. I...
View ArticleImmigration blues
When the rest of the world sends America its best and brightest, America says, “Go away.” Via: http://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8823349/immigration-system-broken This system seems… suboptimal, to say the...
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The despicable prison phone-call industry
all family communication with inmates at Hays County goes through Securus, which charges Jones about $10 for a phone call and about $8 for a video visit. Source: Inside the Shadowy Business of Prison...
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The article Trump doesn’t want you to read
immigration, on the whole, bolsters the workforce and adds to the nation’s overall economic activity. Source: Immigrants are Boosting the Economy in U.S. Cities – The Atlantic It’s cool to see my home...
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