Semper Dowland; Semper Sting
Sting's recording of Dowland lute songs has certainly generated a lot of hooey—ranging from accusations of Sting making commercial move (yeah, recording a disc of lute songs is sooo calculated to run up the charts) to complaints about Sting's "inauthentic" performance.
Semper Fi
It occurs to me that in the three years I've been posting Friday cat blogging, I have never photographed Bagheera asleep. That wary look of hers is as close to complacent as she gets.
Semper Fi
Huckleberry is ever vigilant, keeping my desktop 100% rodent free. And birds—no birds here!
Sentence Sensibility
The New York Times has a dating column? The things you miss if you don't buy the Sunday Getting & Having edition.
Set PHASRs on Stun
Okay, now we have rayguns. I demand my jetpack.
Set Up A Front-Projection Home Cinema
Engadget has a nice tutorial on setting up a front-projection HT. It's pretty good, other than suggesting you DIY a cable set out of CAT5. OTOH, Engadget's suggestion that you create a cutout of the different aspect ratios is a brilliant idea I haven't seen anywhere else. For the price of a few pieces of cardboard, you can save yourself from making a costly screen mistake.
Seven Pounds of Cat
But Bagheera has seven tons of attitude.
Sex and Drugs and Opera?
First Netrebko's microphone">http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live… placement tip, now this.
SF Tropes That Must Be Retired
Furinkan High School Kendo Club posts a spirited two-part attack on science fiction clichés. Erik Even's right that most of these are tired—but Joss Whedon has proven time and time again that a new spin can make even the lamest plot devices come alive. So add a codicil to all of these rules: "unless you are a genius."
She Comes In Colors Everywhere
Locust St. finds the hidden links between color and music, Newton and Aristotle, and the Rolling Stones and Dolly Parton.