The NY Times (among others, I saw it in the Denver Post) had this story of a strange beast of the Amazonian jungles that the natives there call the mapinguary – which means “the roaring animal” or “the fetid beast.” Many researchers believe that this is a legendary animal, but natives insist that they continue …
Month: July 2007
Happy Birthday, Mr. Heinlein
Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert A. Heinlein, the great American science fiction writer who died in 1988. His influence has been so great in so many areas that there are tributes to him all over the web this week. Here’s a good one and another short one from John Derbyshire. …
Quote of the Day
Steve’s internet access problems are still preventing him from posting. He e-mailed to ask if I could put this up for him. Steve is a fan of the books, print journalism, and on-line work of John Derbyshire. Derb is also a fan of Steve’s. I read his great review of Eagle Dreams long before I …
2Blowhards on Hobbies
We are pleased, as Her Majesty says, to be mentioned again at 2Blowhards! Steve’s post on bully whippets made the latest round of blogrolling by team member “Michael.” This regular feature (called Elsewhere) is something I watch for at 2BH, sure to provide a captivating sample of the Web in lighting-round format. Tagged to the …
Future Trends and More Merle
This blog may bend the boundaries of our Querencia, but I’ll try to wrangle it back around. According to AP, “The Pew Research Center survey on marriage and parenting found that children had fallen to eighth out of nine on a list of factors that people associate with successful marriages…” The survey charted other trends, …