Hitch on Terrorists and The Left

Stranger in a Strange Land

Science backs up the Pope!

CTV.ca | Long work hours linked to high blood pressure

Pluto a Planet No More.

SciGuy: Pluto's fate has been decided -- NOT A PLANET

So sad.

It will always be a planet in my heart.

Makes you glad to be Catholic!

Pope: Working too hard harms the spirit

Good site for bad science

Not Even Wrong

Not necessarily about Global Warming

The most interesting thing is the heat equation. We are making our cities hotter for sure - that heat has to go somewhere:

The deluded world of air conditioning. By William Saletan

Bad news for secure passports

Wired News: Hackers Clone E-Passports

Summertime

These are really the dog days of summer. It seems as if half of our staff and ¾ of our clients are on vacation. We always forecast a low July, and we were able to meet that. Or even end up lower that forecast! Man oh man.

I recently finished the book Theft by Peter Carey. It is set in Australia and New York City. It is a novel about the art community. What is good, how do agents and galleries work, who is hot, who is not. What gets stolen and why. Oh, it is also a love story. I have read several of Carey’s other books and was fond of them. Well, all except for Oscar and Lucinda. I could not abide that one.

If you like wine, here is a great v-blog worth spending some time with. Very fun.