It’s a bummer when the hard drive containing all your memories crashes. The man with the perfect memory – just don’t ask him to remember what’s in it

Alan Turing: “intellectual activity consists mainly of various kinds of search.” Turing’s Cathedral by George Dyson

The Blog | David Rees: What Would D. Boon Do? | The Huffington Post (via Scot)

Mr Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious! YouTube – SNL – The Chronic of Narnia Rap

Clara has been completely enchanted by The Nutcracker for the past several weeks. She first heard the music at preschool, where they’ve got two different CDs of the ballet, and the teachers reported about two weeks ago that she was requesting these CDs and listening intently to them for long periods

Actually, I thought the Circus Chimera was charming and a bit quaint, but Neal Pollack has a different take

Wired News: Passion of the Spaghetti Monster

USA Today’s page one print headline: Searching Replaces Thinking

Pres. George W. Bush: “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!

Today our excellent crew of carpenters put the roof beam in place, and we celebrated in traditional style by hanging a pine wreath on the end of it.

Penn Jillette goes way beyond mere atheism. NPR: There is No God

Buddhist Tradition Thickens Parts of the Brain Brain imaging of regular working folks who meditate regularly revealed increased thickness in cortical regions related to sensory, auditory and visual perception, as well as internal perception — the automatic monitoring of heart rate or breathing, for