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Video - Old Style Cylon Gets Philosophical - Battlestar Galactica

YouTube streaming video - Old Style Cylon Gets Philosophical - I like this because I love old school Battlestar Galactica and one of the Cylons finally starts to think for himself.


Discerning Voter Intent in the Minnesota Recount

Minnesota election officials are hand-counting millions of ballots, as they perform a full recount in the ultra-close Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Minnesota Public Radio offers a fascinating gallery of ballots that generated disputes about voter intent.

A good example is this one:


6 Seconds To Relax

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Sarah, a psychiatrist of How to Cope with Pain.
Ever have one of those days when it seems there’s not a minute to catch your breath, let alone medita…


Kurt Vonnegut

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before… He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.”


George Wallace

“Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we’ve been bombing over the years been complaining?”