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I'm training to run the 2004 Chicago Marathon to raise money for the AIDS Foundation. Can you help?
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
8:07 am - Photographer captures moment a bubble bursts
Photographer captures moment a bubble bursts.

"The photograph, taken by Richard Heeks, of Exeter, shows a soap bubble with one half still perfectly formed while the other shatters in a distinctive pattern of streaks."

Awesome photo.

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Friday, July 10th, 2009
10:57 pm - Train vs. tornado
Train vs. Tornado.


(via Metafilter)

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9:41 pm - Torchwood, day 5
wtf?

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Monday, July 6th, 2009
8:41 pm - Torchwood: Children of Earth (pt 1 of 5)
Dang!

I like. Lots. Lots lots lots.

And the show's all grown up and past the sophomoric stage.

I'm so glad I was totally spoiler free for this and the rest of the eps. [Don't tell me!]

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2:09 pm
Down and safe.

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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
5:34 pm - Michael Jackson, dead at age 50
Michael Jackson is dead. Los Angeles Times

[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.]

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
8:49 pm - Doctor in South Pole Rescue Dies at 57
Doctor in South Pole Rescue Dies at 57.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/24/us/AP-US-Obit-Jerri-Nielsen.html?_r=2&hp

BOSTON (AP) -- Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57.

Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died Tuesday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005


More:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/24/us/AP-US-Obit-Jerri-Nielsen.html?_r=2&hp

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8:02 am - All 11 Doctors in Children in Need Special
(drive-by posting)

Doctors unite for Children In Need special
http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/blog/article/207058/

This year's Doctor Who Children In Need special will reportedly bring together all 11 Doctors for the first time in the show's history. The 15-minute episode, to be screened in November, will include the first appearance by brand new Doctor Matt Smith, reports the Daily Mirror. The first three Doctors, played by deceased actors William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, will appear thanks to the use of footage from the BBC's archives.

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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
5:55 pm - when fandoms clash (again)
Partridge Family marathon. Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill's character just asked Laurie Partridge to go steady, but she won't talk to him (or anybody) because she just got braces.

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
10:05 am - Ow
Sprained my big toe last night. Ow.

I had planned to spend today (sunny) running errands and tomorrow (rainy) cleaning house. I guess those plans got reversed. Damn.

EDIT:

And now I've sprained my brain.

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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
10:51 am - heavy metal Doctor Who theme
heavy metal Doctor Who theme

at the 12:27 mark (almost at 3/4 of the way in) of the June 11, 2009, Tin Dog Podcast: http://media.libsyn.com/media/tindog/TDP_92_Delta_upload.mp3

(the bit after the music is an ad or something for a different podcast or something. I'm only half-listening at work. it helps me concentrate).


(speaking of Tin Dog Podcast: the first episode explains what it was like to be a Doctor Who fan during the dark days of the Hiatus)

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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
6:18 am - Bone Marrow Registry: free registration event
Be The Match Marrowthon: June 8 – 22, 2009.
http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Events/Marrowthon2009/index.html

"When you join the Be The Match Registry, you become part of every patient's search for a bone marrow donor. You could be the one to save a life.

And now, during the Be The Match Marrowthon, you can join online for free June 8 - 22, while funding remains. Our Marrowthon goal is to add 46,000 new members to the registry. Be one of them!"

http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Events/Marrowthon2009/index.html


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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
9:31 am - David Carradine, age 72
David Carradine, Actor, Is Dead at 72.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/04/world/AP-AS-Thailand-DavidCar.html?_r=1&hp

"BANGKOK (AP) -- Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. ... The Web site of the newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide."

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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
9:24 am - Recurring tasks?
At work, we're migrating from Outlook to Rackspace. Problem is, Rackspace doesn't do recurring tasks. I have lots of them (weekly, monthly, every two months, quarterly, every second Monday). Any ideas for what I could use? A co-worker has looked into various online options for herself and is about to settle on "lo-fi" (e.g., index cards, hipster pda). Hipster PDA looks good to me, too.

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Monday, June 1st, 2009
3:12 pm - xkcd: Troll slayer
http://xkcd.com/591/

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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
12:24 pm - ASH interview on NPR
They had an interview with Anthony Stewart Head this morning on Weekend Edition (NPR).

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104693338
http://www.npr.org/blogs/sundaysoapbox/2009/05/smooth_talking_coffee_man_1.html

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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
5:04 pm - Shopping done
If shopping was always as easy as today's, I would do it more often and wouldn't dread it so. Total haul in 2 hours of driving: socks, shoes, jeans, watch, meds, and gasoline.

Also: I continue to love Mast's Shoes. I told the guy I wanted another pair of shoes just like the ones I was wearing (which I bought there last year). He identified them immediately (link (mine are black). While I was trying out the new pair, he disappeared into the back with my old shoes. When he came back, it turned out he had *polished my old shoes.* Yes, really.

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Monday, May 18th, 2009
3:15 pm
Misheard on the radio: "Next, we'll talk about ninjas and demons."

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Monday, May 11th, 2009
9:07 am - sci-fi hotties
Sci-Fi Hotties: From 'Star Trek' to 'Fringe'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/zap-sci-fi-hotties-pg,0,5125955.photogallery

Some very nice shots and some unexpected shows (e.g., Primeval, Relic Hunter, Buckaroo Banzai).

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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
9:44 pm - Classic TOS production photos
Legs up to here.

K/S.

EDIT:
Set blueprints; also, 1/4 scale miniature sets.

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