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Pig Stories, Dog Stories, Our Stories

Every relationship is a story that does something in the world, and there is a lot that lives on in these stories, and lives on with these stories in our minds.

Bowen Technique: The Latest in Quack

In order to evaluate the efficacy of Bowenwork, it is recommended not to use magnets for 5–7 days after a session.

Yet Another Reason Why I Love PZ Myers (And Might Have to Marry Him Once Hussein al-Obama Has Instituted Mandatory Cephalopolygamy)

… in the Islamic Republic of America.

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley

A superficial train ride through the human genome that is neither satisfying nor well written or even cleverly organized. At least, it’s popular.

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Reality Out There!

Science builds models and tests them against what’s out there. And then we all tell stories about how that worked out.

On Pork

I’m neither religulous nor a vegetarian, so why do I refuse to eat pork? Here’s the story.

Inauguration Day. What a Day!

How we got our country back: Meet Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. America is coming to their senses, and I hope Israel will join in too.

Airstrip One

Could a new, virulent brand of totalitarianism have already emerged in the West? And how will we fare with the 44th President of the United States?

A One-Picture-Story of Anger and Sadness

A photograph taken by David Friedman: “Please Let My Son Marry” in New York after the antigay marriage in Arizona and Florida had passed, and California next.

History in Pica

Today’s headline “Obama” is only the fifth time that the New York Times used 96 pt. type for its frontpage headline.

We Just Made History, At This Very Moment

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States.

Two Different Kinds of Stories

Yes we can 2008: Barrack Obama and John McCain music videos.

Storytelling: Eight Years in Two Clips

Change: The original Whassup? Budweiser commercial and the Wassup 2008 clip, both written and directed by Charles Stone III.

The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss

The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Kraus is Interesting, entertaining, and funny, but digresses a little bit too often and too long into general physics.

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins, Ed.

A treasure of excerpts in Richard Dawkins’s The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, many of which make you instantly crave for more.

The History of the U.S. Presidential Tickets 2008 in Four Clever Pictures (With Slideshow)

The best “Presidential Tickets 2008” variations from the Fark thread on the “Election Trains” theme.

The History of the U.S. Presidential Election 2008 in Two Easy Pictures

The History of the U.S. Presidential Election 2008 in Two Easy Pictures

Presidential Tickets 2008: Typography

Presidential Tickets 2008 ” Typography,” modeled after bkitu42’s “Election Trains” theme.

San Serriffe (LOL!) & the UK Guardian

Typographic fun and sarcastic columns in the British Guardian—I count this newspaper among the best in the world.

The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin

The Life of the Cosmos is Lee Smolin’s first popular science book, fascinating one in so many ways, from his fecund universes theory to philosophy of science.