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Friday Links! (basketball, earthquakes, and a Cher-off)

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It’s the last Friday of February. Here’s a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:

How does a small and unglamorous Seattle neighborhood send more players to the NBA than three New York City boroughs (combined!)? By being different.

A $10.10 Federal Minimum Wage Would Raise Walmart Prices by Only a Penny per $16 Item.

WATCH: Bradley Cooper Is Basically The Most Badass Raccoon For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’.

Lively, LaBarbera Launch New International Hate Group.

If the Christian Right really wants to get work up about sexual controversy, they should read these 5 Bible stories. “…I think a settled gay marriage is rather healthier than imprisoning 300 people in your house to have sex with at your whim.”

Bill Watterson Talks: For new documentary, cartoonist offers his first public cartoon since ending ‘Calvin and Hobbes’.

What Is Pluto? A New Video from New Horizons.

Whatsapp is everything wrong with the U.S. economy. His thesis is actually that business models that leverage public and other assets without contributing to the support of those assets, which makes more sense.

Can Moons Have Moons?.

In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view.

Science Journalism vs. Sports Journalism.

Stream of stars in Andromeda satellite galaxy shows cosmic collision
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The incredible earthquake detector invented nearly 2,000 years ago.

Is Information Physical? What Does That Mean?.

Gay Denialism Is the New Homophobia—and It’s Terrifying.

An Army Of Chers Promote The 2014 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Say Something – Pentatonix (A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera Cover):

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I’ve always been a fan of the Godzilla movies. I hope this one is good:

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A fun video, that reminds me of stories written by my friend, Edd (thanks to Zorkfox for the tip):

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This song is just uplifting and fun to dance to:

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I’m not sure I want to know

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A lynx and her cub. Photograph by Norbert Rosing.
Lynx and Cub Wallpaper (downloadable from National Geographic, Photograph by Norbert Rosing)
It’s mildly amusing seeing, on the stats page of the blog, search terms that people used to get here. Although most often I feel guilty, because it’s obvious that my silly blog did not have what they’re looking for.

Other times, I’m more than a little bit glad that my site is not providing what they’re looking for, such as earlier in the week when I noticed that someone came to my site using the search term: “moms who want their sons to be sissies…

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I hate when I do that

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So I forgot to do something with one of my deliverables at work, and we discovered an ommission. We were running this project a few bodies short in every department, and I was also having to do some tool development that had been budgetted in another project that was put on hold, so things were crazy. Several other people who should have noticed all missed it.

And my fabulous boss, who has almost a psychic ability to see problems before they happen, is on maternity leave.

Fortunately, it was discovered before things went to the customer, and we’re in the midst of fixing it, but I still feel like an idiot for letting this happen.

Things slip by us all the time, but this involved me missing the sort of thing I normally don’t. And, particularly given the medical history of three of my grandparents, any mental lapse always makes at least a small part of me panic. Is this a sign?

Or were we all just overworked, trying to do things faster than usual to get this project out of the way for new projects?

Given I wasn’t the only one who missed it, I realize it is probably the latter. Still.

I hate when I forget things.

Earlier this week, someone either in a conversation or online, mention a music album that I thought I should look into buying. I remember feelinig quite strongly that I would like to have it. I think, vaguely, that it may have been something I owned long ago… Or perhaps it featured a musician I haven’t heard in a long time? I don’t know, but I was certain I should get it, and resolved to look into it at the soonest opportunity.

And for the life of me, I can’t remember what it was.

Or, a few weeks ago at the Brony Dinner my hubby organized, someone mentioned a name which made me go, “If that isn’t a domain name, it ought to be.” and someone else thought they could think ofsome good content for it. Several someones agreed it was a great idea. “It’s not like I don’t own several domains already,” I said. “I ought to snag that one.”

Again, I don’t have the slightest clue what it was.

And I’m not completely certain that it was at the Brony meet. Maybe it was at Writers’ Night? I remember the conversation, but not who said what.

And I had one more example…. That I’ll write about just as soon as I remember what it was. ^_^

Rahirah comes to Seattle

I’ve known Barb for, like, ever [/Julie Brown Voice]. We began corresponding sometime in the dark ages because of our mutual involvement in ElfQuest fandom. We collaborated on some tales over the years, corresponded through various mediums, and found out we had a lot of other interests in common. I met her in person at San Diego ComiCon… back in the mid-80s. I’ve also become quite good friends with her wife, though I don’t believe that I’ve ever actually met Kathy in the flesh.

Barb, who is one of the very few people on the planet that I will admit is smarter than myself (seriously), is an extremely talented writer, artist, and essayist. I was glad we were able to at least get together for dinner when she came to town for a work conference.

I’ve known Fen for a much shorter time, having met through a mutual appreciation of Barb’s fanfic, only to discover that we were neighbors whose lives have almost intertwined several times, as we have a rather lot of mutual friends. I manage to see Fen slightly more often than Barb, but only slightly, which is really sad, seeing how we only live a few miles apart.

Fen, Barb, and Fen’s husband, Mitch, joined us for dinner at the ever-fun Chinook’s Monday night. Where I think Michael,Mitch, Fen, and I did most of the talking geeking about about computers and other gadgets.

But it was nice to see Barb in the flesh after such a long time.

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