Joseph PalmerCold Facts, and a Hot Cup'a JoePodcast - The Seasons Stories 3: Summer - a Ranma 12 Audio Fanfiction- June 30, 2008 This is a Ranma 12 audio Fanfiction. No, it's not a new story, it was first published over 10 years ago. Summer is the third in an arc of four stories which have come to be called "The Seasons Stories" in the Ranma 12 fanfiction world. Please consider this a preview &8212; I plan to add background sound effects and do a bit more mastering to clean up the sound - what you're hearing here is the raw recording and overdubs off my MR-8 mkII recorder. Enjoy, and please let me know if you...http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/29/20:50:53:00 Clueless- June 27, 2008 "Reclamation is another big issue," Ms. Resseguie said. "These plants potentially have a 20- to 30-year life span. How to restore that land is a big question for us." Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects Yeah. Right. Like we're not going to need solar power in 20 - 30 years. Like any site that is ideal for solar energy won't still be used for solar energy in 100, or 200 or 1000 years. Clue time. The solar plants will still be needed and still be there after.http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/27/07:58:41:00 Friday Big Cat Blogging- June 27, 2008 Tonka, a resident of the Reno Animal Arkhttp://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/27/07:28:07:00 A Mysterious Surge of Overwhelming Cuteness- June 26, 2008 The guiding principle at all such places is a mysterious Japanese concept called "moe" (pronounced both moh and MORE-ay), a word literally translated as "blossoming or sprouting like a flower from a bud," but which now refers to a surge of overwhelming cuteness. Mr. Macias explained: "You can get moe from babies or small animals and you most definitely get it from a pretty woman in a maid's costume who draws a bunny rabbit in ketchup on your eggs." Service With a Wink to a Japanese Fad New..http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/26/08:17:12:00 David J.C. MacKay Talks Energy- June 25, 2008 Starting with an interview at The Register which mentions his new book but fails to provide a link... (Perform the normal incantations.... Googoluium...Searchola! David J.C. MacKay: Personal Website (Very Interesting &8212; loads of great links) Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Energy Blog Sustainable Energy - without the hot air &8212; Book Site (Yes, you can download and read it here, and there is a link to a 1 hour podcast) Okay, The Register That wasn't so hard...http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/24/19:57:47:00 Connections Part 2: details- June 23, 2008 Unlike the attack on Iraq five years ago, to deal with Iran there need be no massing of troops. And, with the propaganda buildup already well under way, there need be little, if any, forewarning before shock and awe and pox - in the form of air and missile attacks - begin. This time it will be largely the Air Force's show, punctuated by missile and air strikes by the Navy. Israeli-American agreement has now been reached at the highest level; the armed forces planners, plotters and pilots...http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/23/08:36:53:02 Connections Part 1: Haywire- June 23, 2008 Americans need do no more than check the weather, look in their wallets or turn on the news for their daily reality check on a world gone haywire. AP: Is everything seemingly spinning out of controlhttp://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/23/08:36:53:03 Connections Part 4: Disappointment- June 23, 2008 Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower overnight, but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices remain stuck in their recent trading range. Yahoo! Financehttp://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/23/08:36:53:00 Connections Part 3: Double Time- June 23, 2008 A person from near Camp Pendleton has posted over at the Housing Bubble Blog several times recently and says that there has been a marked increase in ordnance testing at the base. For Iran perhaps In her words it seems "...that we are building up for a biggy." and that the "...bombs are being dropped in double time now." She also said that when she starts hearing the choppers flying over in the middle of the night then she knows that more troops are being deployed. She claims it hasn't..http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/23/08:36:53:01 Friday Cat Blogging- June 20, 2008 Tory in Blanket. Because sometimes a fur coat is not enough.http://www.josephpalmer.com/cgi-local/View_Permalink.cgi?entry=2008/6/20/09:03:44:00 |