Linkee-poo, why waste your breathe moaning at the crowd

This really should be titled, Shit My Clients Says to Me. Some of the things our clients say to us designers. I wish I could tell you they're making it all up, or those aren't said in all seriousness, but I would be lying to you. Yeah. I've had clients say some of them to me. Including, oddly enough, the one about the passport and the one about red and Xmas. (Grokked from Mary Robinette Kowal)

What happens when a guy Reddit poster pees on a home pregnancy test, finds it says he's pregnant, and then his friend posts a cartoon about the experience on Reddit. Turns out in men we can produce the hormone that will set off the test, and it's not a happy event. It's an indication you have a rare form of testicular cancer (IIRC, it's not just that particular kind of cancer, but it's not just any cancer either). (Grokked from Xeni)

"Alas, as always, the duty of the Right is to manfully endure, to survive the defeat and stubbornly oppose the vaunting foe, and so this brutal shock, this electoral catastrophe, must be absorbed and digested." And, the rightwing total freakout parade continues unabated. "…the only success the current president is likely to have is in guiding our nation straight toward a destination that proverbially waits at the end of a road paved with good intentions." He only forgot to include the hand basket. We make some nice ones here in Ohio. (Grokked from Teresa Nielsen Hayden)

If you'd like some more whine with that cheese, you can check out all the politic links in this link salad by Jay Lake. As the joke goes; "Peasants, wine for Caesar!" "Aw, our taxes are too high and these sandals are too tight."

Hey, looky, a real case of in person voter fraud. Wow. You'd think it would never happen, but… wait, it's another Republican. Again. Never mind, citizen. Move along. Nothing to see here.

And Speaker Boehner extends the olive branch, promising to reach a compromise to not raise taxes. Yeah, standing on the far side of the issue and trying to claim their position is the compromise. But at least the freshened the lipstick on that pig.

"Think of how low you have to be on the 'low information voter' scale to continue to tune into the Rush Limbaugh show to learn something." Rush has a memory less that 24 hours. Some goldfish are better at it than he is. On Tuesday morning Rush says "Romney will win big." On Tuesday evening he says, if he's wrong about the election, nobody should listen to him. And then Wednesday he says he never told anybody (privately) that Romney would win big. Well, either Rush lied to his audience by telling them something he didn't really believe, or he's lying now. (Grokked from Vince)

What it looks like when your worldview comes crashing down. There's a point when losing an election really hurts. All the hopes and dreams get thrown to the ground and smothered. However, listening to the Romney Campaign, it was more than that. There was the sense that the world had gone all wrong and that somehow Obama tricked enough people and stole enough votes and that explained the fluke of his presidency. There was all the rhetoric of "taking back our country" and the rest. After all, 2010 proved their worldview that the Democrats in charge of the House and Senate and a black man in the White House was an aberration, the permanent majority was real and back on the ascendency. However having Barak Obama winning what is considered a landslide in the Electoral College and winning the popular vote poured cold water on that illusion and just like so many Scooby Doo episodes we saw it was just an old man in a rubber costume. (Grokked from Teresa Nielsen Hayden)

Patrick Nielsen Hayden has more of the right wing melt down. There's also several more links in the comments.

I wish all those talking about "Going Gault" and bemoaning the death of America/Capitalism/Freedom would just fucking self-deport already and let the adults get back to work.

And, yeah, I'm sure that whole "War on Women" thing was a leftist conspiracy. Warning, don't read if blatant racism and misogyny are triggery for you. (Grokked from Absolute Write)

There's a lot more people coming to the conclusion the Rove blowout and subsequent "checking with the numbers people" was faked." Gee, ya think? Here's another tell, in studio you don't broadcast with hand held cameras or have a portable light crew ready to go. (Grokked from Tobias Buckell)

Jim Wright wraps it all up with a neat little bow.

Interview with the Dragon

Today saw 630 words on the incorrect WIP. They were halting and stilted and unconjoined. Two voices of dialog that sounded very similar and there was the basic "white room" problem. They sucked and will more than likely not survive the first edit. But they were 630 words of mine. Good day.

Linkee-poo's mind is clearer now, at last, all too well I can see where we all soon will be

Because it's now the second week of NaNoWriMo and a lot of people are realizing that writing is hard work, Chuck Wendig with 25 motivational thoughts.

"With (the goal of creating engines that cut fuel consumption 10-25%) in mind, a team at the Naval Research Laboratory… are developing rotating detonation engines, which should offer the higher efficiency and power output desired." Um… 1) Okay, that would be cool and 2) WTF? (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Video of two guys standing on top of Tesla Coils, dancing and fighting with electricity. Oh come on, you know you wanna watch it. Why do they always pick "Techno" to go with this kind of act? (Grokked from Jay Lake)

"Climate models are wrong… as in it’s consistently happening faster than predicted." Strange about that. Also, anybody else notice buried deep in the Sandy Superstorm reporting on the Full Moon Tide matching when the storm surge was supposed to hit the little factoid about how the Atlantic Ocean is producing tides that are normally 14" higher than the early 1930, and the change is accelerating? Yeah, I keep hearing Bender saying, "We're boned."

Was going to write a post about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Boehner, but Jay Lake beat me to it. Sen. McConnell has said that he'd be happy to meet President Obama in the middle and work something out. Newsflash to the Minority Leader, when you get to the middle you'll find President Obama has been there so long, he now has squatters rights to the place. Be nice and bring cake, or maybe a bottle of good beer.

Yeah, I'm so sure the Anti-Obama right isn't racists. You know, they might not be, but those are the people they're trying to win over to their side. So, same thing. (Grokked from Matt Staggs)

Fred Clark gives a roll call of those people who lost in the election of 2012. Do I expect those people will look at reality and adjust their positions? Only in the most cynical of ways. Like how Romney would say anything and appeal to any group just to win. My guess is they'll have the same luck he did (which was mighty in the Red States, the butt of jokes in the Blue States).

And, the Onion sums up much of the post-election soul searching I'm seeing on the right. "Sources say the screaming orb might be the only potential candidate that would tap into Republicans' deep-seated, seething fury after this election." Bwahahaha. Okay, I'm trying not to be gloating, but that's funny right there. (Grokked from someone, sorry, I lost the linkback)

"(Ted) Nugent, we’re calling your bluff. In the video below, you said you’d be dead or in jail if Obama got re-elected. Well, guess what asshole?" I have a feeling we could eliminate some of the worse actors out there by calling all the bluffs today. Paging Chuck Norris, you're on deck. (Grokked from Matt Staggs)

Tweet of my heart: @lnmorton: Tax reform that increases revenue is identical to raising taxes. Are Republicans just really bad at math?

Alligator Quotient: Gators got spots?

Linkee-poo, there has to be a morning after

"For much of the campaign, the story emanating from conservative commentators was one of mistrust. It was not only the polls that were untrustworthy. Those Labor Department numbers that showed a rosier economic picture in the final weeks of the election? The books were cooked by pro-Obama stooges, conservatives charged." Fortunately last night I wasn't watching any news coverage and my internet connection was hosed up. So I didn't have to deal with the full on craziness for too long. For me, I did wake up at a little after midnight and turned on NPR to hear them call it for the President. When I woke up a little after 1, I turned it back on to make sure I hadn't been dreaming only to hear the President's victory speech. So I didn't get to see Mr. Rove's freakout over "The Math" (hint to Karl, you're doing it wrong).

Now it just remains to be seen what lessons the GOP learns. I'm not laying bets, but if I were, I would place most of my money on the "we didn't believe hard enough and those bums cast illegal ballots and stole the election." In which case we get Rick Santorum as the GOP nominee in 2016 (and since I'm laying bets, Marco Rubio for VP, Jeb Bush might be a nice choice, but he won't be second fiddle and since he didn't dance this last primary, at best he'll win Iowa but fade after Super Tuesday). Yeah, that would be my "cover all loses" bet with a high degree of uncertainty (at this time). I mean, the other lesson, the one they should have been learning since 2006 and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge, would require them to actually, you know, reform the whole party but in the opposite direction the Tea Party is taking them. And that won't happen. They wouldn't be willing to accept the blood loss or even the chance the SuperPACs would turn and bite them. So I fully expect the "clap harder" solution to surface as the victor sometime around January 2 or 3, right after we avoid the fiscal cliff (which both sides know will require compromise). If it happens sooner, over the cliff we'll go.

John Scalzi is wise about the election. As he often is.

New Age whackaloons vandalize the Serpent Mound. Proof that teh crazy isn't only for the right wing. No, guys, the tin foil doesn't go in the orgonites, you need it for your hats. Also, if you haven't seen the Serpent Mound, if it's an easy drive I highly recommend it. When you view it, keep in mind that in it's hey day, it was even taller. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Something you'll be hearing about soon, Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. Or, how to make your fiber optic internet connection go really, really, REALLY fast using off the shelf parts. Oh, and it reduces the electrical load needed as well. The word you're looking for is "Bwa?!" (Pointed to by Dan)

Tweet of my heart: @xeni: Way our medical system works, though: cut/burn/poison the cancer out. Hope no recurrence. Then, dear patient, figure the rest out yourself.

Breathe, breathe in the air

I forget who said it, but sometimes you don't know how long you've been holding your breath until you start to breath again.

Linkee-poo twofer for Election Day

Thought I would get rid of these political links before they got too stale tomorrow. Also, I'm reserving the right to update these as the night progresses. I promise it'll only be politics and election links. Everything else is getting saved for tomorrow. There's still a lot of back reading I need to get through. Plus, you know, like real work.

You know how Fox News likes to talk about how fair and balanced they are, you know, in comparison to other networks. Well, here's how much they covered Romney compared to Obama. Also shown is CNN's and MSNBC's coverage numbers. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

The Huffington Post live blog of the election. I wonder how many of the voter suppression stories will survive in the light of scrutiny? Unfortunately probably way too many. Also note, some of the "live blog" posts are old stories. (Grokked from Phiala)

I first saw this video posted by Phiala and thought, "Hmm, that's interesting. But I'll bet that first commentator was right that the calibration was off." And then Joe Hill posted an update with more of the story (including the video). And now you know why both campaigns had already lined up lawyers before election day.

Well, here's another reason why may Romney lose. The 68% of registered Republican voters who believe in demonic possession will say in the Church Lady voice, "Satan?" (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Of course, there's also this reason why Obama may lose (Ohio). "The suit alleges that the secretary of state's office used a legal loophole to install software on electronic voting systems in 39 counties across the state without having it checked by the Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners, the state's technical board charged with reviewing elections software. " Seriously, John Husted, I'm about to call "malfeasance." That's a firing offense, BTW. (Pointed to by John)

Linkee-poo, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Good thing this election is almost over. Because people have been waiting to start the 2014 and 2016 election and they're tired of this on soaking up all the press coverage.

Here's hoping after tomorrow there will be less politics in the linkee-poo. (I wouldn't bet that way, but I'm hopeful.)

"What's rare is honesty. A willingness to look past all the fancy things we want to believe, peering instead at what may actually be true. And while every civilization had subjective arts, in copious supply, only one culture ever had the guts to seek objective truth through science." David Brin on Writing and Science with a lot of writing advice near the end. "Beware the dangers of ego!" Oh sure, now he tells me. (Grokked from Sarah Goslee)

"It's less like 'high-stakes plane jockeying' and more like 'filing a request for death' that another department, miles away, might or might not grant." Cracked on the 5 weapon myths you'll believe because you saw them in the movies.

Neil deGrasse Tyson get his geek card stamped for the next decade by 1) identifying the location of Krypton and 2) appearing in Action Comics #14. (Grokked from Tor.com)

Ever wonder how designers do the voodoo that they do so well? A lot of it is from years of hard work and honing a skill set that doesn't mean squat outside the design world. Or they buy books like this. Not so much for the book, you know, as access to the talking rabbit. That rabbit, design gold I'm telling you. I kid, actually being a designer you get books like this (and "Best of…" Annuals) to kickstart the brain and to see what the best in our business are doing. But seriously, get to know that rabbit, kiddos.

And interesting explanation for ghosts. Infrasound. Sure, I can see that. (Grokked from Tor.com)

Why is all this "dark money" a bad thing for Democracy? Because of shit like this. No, seriously, try and follow the money without rereading some of those sentences. Byzantium is scratching its collective head to untangle that money laundering mess. And, in case you don't want to read it, yes, the California’s Fair Political Practices Commission finally won their case to get the donation records behind Americans for Responsible Leadership, and Arizona 501©4 that gave money to the Small Business Action Committee PAC which is running ads in California for and against some propositions. Turns out the Arizonian Americans for Responsible Leadership was just the front to funnel money to the Californian Small Business Action Committee PAC. Or in other words, they money laundered the donations so no one would ever know who was really behind the "political speech." (Pointed to by Dan)

Proof that some people (cough rich people cough) still don't get it. So if Romney loses it's all those in the moocher class that are to blame. "'We don’t understand this "fair share,"' Wild said. 'But nearly 50 percent pay nothing. Isn’t there a fair share for people who have modest incomes?'" Um, those who don't pay income tax still mostly pay payroll and sales taxes on a higher percentage of their income and their incomes can't really be called "modest." I make a "modest" income. And trust me, I pay my share. Between the two of us, Colonel Allen Wild, you're the one mooching off the tax payer (who pays your retirement and veterans benefits? sure, you earned them, but that's the rest of ours tax dollars) and I also think you're probably in a better position to give a little more.

Want to know what it looks like to try and buy and election? Try this. Setting up a corporation in the past month and then also, as you're getting your Staples supplies sorted out, manage to become "biggest corporate contributor in the 2012 election" in a year that has seen outsized corporate contributions. That's a mighty fine feat. And I'm sure there's nothing untoward about all of it. Nothing at all.

John Scalzi answers the question, what if Romney wins? As a fellow white, heterosexual, reasonably well off dude (not as much as John), in the short run I would also benefit from a Romney Presidency. It's the long run, the world my nieces and nephews need to live in that has me worried (not to mention my own much hoped for retirement, some day).

Although, here are the (potential) 10 disasters waiting for us if Romney wins and is able to enact his policies. With a nice pie charts showing income disparity. Just for the record, I'm in that red pie. More than likely you are too. The good news is Democrats are likely to retain a majority in the Senate. Even if they don't, they still have the filibuster role… if they can all stick together (Democrats are notorious for not). (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Alligator Quotient: Alligators everywhere.

How do you know

This is a part of a longer internal conversation I've been having with myself over the past year. How do I know I'm a writer?

Recently this came to a major head about a month ago (or it feels like a month, maybe it's only been two weeks). I had a very realistic dream (I dream in color, in case that makes a difference). The scene was a mashup of a local convention and my Viable Paradise class. There were lots of really cool things going on and I was getting totally psyched and energized (which is one of the reasons I go to conventions, because that happens 75% of the time). And then a group of us were in a con suite/green room space and a BNA I know, respect, and have hung out with turned to me and said, "Just stop it. You're embarrassing yourself, Steve. Admit you're not a writer and just move on."

Yeah. Woke up crying. Haven't done that in almost a decade.

Needless to say I've been depressed since then (little d). I haven't had much time to process that with everything else going on. But, hey, I'm skilled at stuffing my emotions away. That's probably why I haven't been able to lose any weight lately.

Part of this, I'm sure, has a little to do with the last time I was around this BNA. Something happened that at the time I took as a joke. However, with my own paranoid tendencies, I've been wondering if it wasn't. So for over half a year I've been debating writing an email asking them about it. But then I think I'm being too needy or self centered, and chicken out.

How do I know I'm a writer when my output has been taking that hyperbolic plunge toward "nadda"? Because right this moment I had such an intense home sick feeling for writing that it again brought tears.

God, I fuckin' miss writing. I miss sitting in a corner telling myself jokes and pounding out the words; ignoring my wife, the cats, and the rest of the world. I miss thinking where I should send my stories/manuscript next. I miss it down to lint in my toe nails and it hurts because I'm not writing (you know, other than the small solace writing the blog gives). I even miss the nice rejection letters. Can't beat that.

Writing, I just can't quit you.

So maybe I should write that letter soon.

Vote

If you haven't already done so this election, please go out and vote. Today is the deadline.

Linkee-poo early morning Mondays

Edit to the edit According to a friend, yes, this is a parody site. Edited to add this link. The Romney Megaprayer Site to win the election. Um, yeah, Bob. Except, you know, none of that shit is true. You know that, right? But, hey, if it makes you feel better. But here's the thing. Let's look at this as an experiment. If Romney wins, prayer works. If not, all you people better become atheists. But that won't happen because they'll just say, "not enough people prayed, more evidence the USA is going to hell in a handbasket" or "we didn't believe hard enough." That's what they'll tell themselves as they weep into their sacramental beers (one can only hope). Want to know what will work? Go out and vote. All of you. Yes, you too Anonymous Cassie (if you're still reading). (Grokked from Ferrett Steinmetz who comments, "Congratulations, Republicans. I can no longer tell what is satire and what is not") end edit

David B Coe learns the hard way that sometimes "butt in chair" time isn't as easy as it sounds. So been there. Take this weekend. Please.

Chuck Wendig with the Battle Song of the Storyteller. Oh yes. This.

Okay, want to read something about how amazing humans are? Here's a story about how tablet computers were dropped off in an Ethiopian village and within 5 months the kids there, who had probably never seen a printed language, had not only begun teaching themselves English, they also hacked the systems to access the cameras. Very cool. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Former Mayor Rudy Guiliani thinks that if government heath insurance (I think he mean Obamacare, which isn't the same thing) requires coverage for birth control, it should also cover Viagra. Only thing is most insurance companies already do. And while they may not cover it for just a doctor's prescription, most will cover it with an actual diagnosis of full erectile disfunction (check your own certificate of coverage for details). So, yeah, Giuliani is a moron. Here's your sign. (Grokked from the Slactivist)

The IRS is missing in action regarding pursuing churches that may have stepped over the separation line. And yes, it is wrong no matter which candidate they may endorse. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

So, think the left is being all hyperbolic about the intense anti-intellectualism of the right? Here's an ad in S. Dakota that sums it up. Apparently getting outside of the state, getting two post graduate degrees, speaking at international summits and attempting to address what will become known as the major problem of the century (global climate change) are all reasons why you shouldn't be elected as a state representative. Yeah. While quitting college to take care of the family farm has all those nostalgic notions and all. Apparently it also gives you the background to leave the state to represent in the federal government. Or something like that. (Grokked from the Slactivist)

Saturday's link salad from the Slactivist point out for not only all the great links (that I didn't grab for this linkee-poo) but also for the great photo mashup of Mitt Romney and Dolores Umbridge.

And another Slactivist links post. This one on the prevalence of racism in the GOP and how it's struggling with the misogyny to see which will win out. I'd like to say he's wrong, and for some street level members maybe he is, but the institutional structure certainly he's dead on.

Not content with setting weekend early voting hours that would make those "church to polls" activities as hard as possible (Sunday voting didn't open until 1pm, at least 1 hour after most church "late" services are done), now John Husted is trying to change the rules about provisional ballots. Look, it's called "the law", as Sec. of State, you might want to actually learn about it. For a party that believes in "the law" they certainly have been trying to not follow it this year. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Look, real voter fraud. "While allegations of voter fraud or faulty voting machines are common during a busy election, Clark County Registrar Larry Lomax said this is the first time in his 15 years on the job that a voter has been arrested for trying to cast two ballots." Oh, wait. It's another Republican. Never mind. Move on, citizen, nothing to see here. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

And now, a political tweet with links. "@gregvaneekhout: Voter suppression should be considered treasonous. http://is.gd/oaZw4t http://is.gd/tOpO5V http://is.gd/E96omk http://t.co/1KHIIUch" After a while, it begins to look like a pattern, you know.

Monday serendipity

This weekend I was looking forward to a little studying and a little writing. Just getting some notes down that I had scrabbled. Also catching up on some writing process reading I've been meaning to get to (have I mentioned I'm now approaching this advice like it was a college course, hmm, might have to write a post on that). I also had to work 8 hours on Saturday, but that was doable. There's no test this week (that I know of), so this was getting back to being a normal student instead of Lastminute Crambaby.

And then not one, but two clients needed rush work on Friday. One of which was a 15 minute thing (takes longer to bill than to do the work), but the other was 10 hours of layout that I asked for three weeks ago. But now it needs to be done right now.

So what did I learn this weekend? That google reader will cut off posts older than 30 days. That was the reading and note taking I wanted to do. I'm sure I can find it again, I'm just pissed.

So now I'm sitting here, waiting to register for Spring classes. If it was a normal day, I'd be on my way to school. Fortunately I no longer have an 8am class and by the time I'm finished, I can make it to the 9am classes.

I should be doing some of that writing stuff. However, when I write I lose track of time. And I can't do that today so I can get the lab times I want (and will make my life so much easier).

:: Anticipation, anticipa-a-tion is making me wait. ::

Weekend Linkee-poo whip it, whip it good

Voted this morning. You hear that spammers and robo callers, it's too damn late. Stop bugging me. You know, for all this talk about interactive television (viewing experience), there should be a setting you could make that would say, "I've voted, no need to show me political ads anymore." Although I would expect people would hit that in any case.

Jennifer Jackson offers a partial manuscript review in auction to raise money for the Sandy Relief campaign. (Grokked from Mary Robinette Kowal) A quick primer on Jewish ghouls and ghosts. Also with some commentary on how when Western film mines cultures, they tend to get it wrong and flow those other cultures through the Western Cultural Sieve.

On writing when you don't have the time. Uh, yeah. That.

Nerdist colony. (Pointed to by John)

Vince gives us an update of the Serenity Prayer done as an Inspiration Poster.

"If all that doesn’t impress, forget the scientists ostensibly devoted to advancing knowledge and saving lives. Listen instead to corporate insurers committed to compiling statistics for profit." Again, when your money is on the line, you tend to be practical when it comes to global climate change. And in the face of Sandy, some other people are finally shaking awake. (Grokked from John Scalzi)

Well, that's going to leave a mark. "Approximately 16 of the $100,000+ Fisker Karma extended-range luxury hybrids were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey last night when water from Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge apparently breached the port and submerged the vehicles… the cars then caught fire and burned to the ground." (Pointed to by Dan)

Mythbusting ain't easy. Oh brother ain't that the truth. And it's practically the business model of Fox News. That is the myth setting, not the busting part. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

I just don't have words. "Showing up at a children’s Halloween party in a bear costume and filming yourself stealing kids’ candy is probably never a good way to win a political argument, but try telling that to conservative blogger and Fox News contributor Steven Crowder." I think the word you're looking for is "psychopath."

Jay Lake laments the loss of the reality based community on the conservative end of the spectrum. Yep.

And speaking of a loss of reality, The author of a Congressional Research Service study, who found no evidence that tax cuts for high income earners lead to economic growth, is standing by his work, after the legislative branch’s nonpartisan research arm withdrew the report under pressure from Republican leaders." Bury the research if it contradicts your preconceived notions. Let's see, climate change, intelligence reports, anti-abortion, evolution, science in general, and now statistical research. The conservatives are quickly winnowing down their sources to "my cousin's best friend's aunt said…". Now, I'll agree slightly that having nonspecific language such as "tax cuts for the rich" is ambiguous and depends on value judgements (who is rich?), but "Bush tax cuts" have become an acceptable term to refer to the two series of tax cuts pushed by President GW Bush. "The study… delved into the last 65 years of U.S. tax policy — specifically how marginal rates on high incomes and capital gains taxes impact decision-making. It concluded that reducing effective taxes on the rich does not generate economic growth, but that it does correlate with rising income inequality in the short term." See, history, she's a bitch. Especially if you're conservative because it disproves much of what conservatives stand for today.

"In the final days of the campaign in Ohio, the stops have been pulled out in the scramble to eke out a win. And that means one super PAC calling on African Americans to vote against President Obama because Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves." :: facepalm :: Um, hey, Ohio TV stations, there's this law in Ohio that if the ad is not from a campaign and contains falsehoods, ("Among the claims made by the ad is that the Obamas throw lavish parties at the White House for 'socialist friends' that include flying in $100-per-pound Kobe beef from Japan; the President’s $800 billion stimulus did not produce any net jobs, and that 'this deep recession was not caused by the Bush tax cuts, Republican lax regulation, or Wall Street greed.'") you can refuse to run it. In fact, it may come up in your public comment period for license renewal.

Hey look, real election fraud. Oh wait. It's another Republican. Nothing to see here, citizen. Move along. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Tweet of my heart: @stevenbjohnson: Remember how Romney mocked Obama for gov support of Tesla? The Model S just won "automobile of the year." http://t.co/4qCuUd2W

Double dip: @ferretthimself: "Why am I a writer? Because I'm too dumb to stop."