Crazy But Able

I read this and immediately thought, what are the consequences of Kottke in the liver? How else could it get there? How do you get rid of it?
“I’m sorry Mr. Grey, but your liver has Kottke going through it. Am I sure? Sir, there’s no mistaking that yellowish-green in your core […]

How Bush’s tax cuts screw the rich.
I know there’s a lot of hype to the contrary, but look at the numbers. If you and your spouse have a taxable income of $60,000 a year, you’ve had almost a 24 percent income tax cut since President Bush took office. (And ditto if your income was just […]

Anyone who says that health care reform is simple is deluding themselves. I know that in the past I may have implied as much, but I feel that I should point out that I don’t think there will be any easy solutions.
Whatever you think should be done about health care, you should […]

Over spring break my cousin and I went to the amusement park Enchanted Forest near Salem, Oregon. I hadn’t been there since I was about six or seven years old. We had a lot of fun and I took a bunch of fun pictures. I’m going to have them periodically posted on […]

This is the worst combination of Japanese culture and Country. Ever.
Also I can’t get the stupid song out of my head.

Hey Keir, didn’t you and Corey think that you guys were going to be more unique on Audioscrobbler because of your extensive musical tastes? *AHEM*.
My nearest musical neighbor on Audioscrobbler is a 57% match. And yours? Corey’s nearest musical neighbor is 65%. I WIN!
[I know this properly belongs in […]

Some hard-core Greens are now saying that nuclear power is the only solution to global warming which can be implemented fast enough to save the Earth. While I disagree with much of the global warming thesis and predicted effects of global warming, I agree with the stance on nuclear power.

This article makes me want to dig out those old printouts of the mandelbrot set I made on my TI-85 I’ve got laying around somewhere:
The researchers have found, for instance, that in a mature forest, the average distance between trees of the same mass follows a quarter-power scaling law, as does trunk diameter. These two […]

I just put up the first new pictures on my webpage in over a year. I appear to be a wee bit behind.
Check it out: Keir’s Botanical Photo Archive
There’s some new Orobanches and new park pictures. Some of the park pictures have been on 8 eyes though.

I’m sick of arguing with people about this. Can we at least agree on one thing? Starvation is a horrible way to die.
I have a great idea. When it’s time for Scott Peterson to die, lets lock him in a cell, and instead of gassing him or giving him a […]