I don't like the current one - why not put podcast right on top?

I don't think anyone here has, actually.

I think your podcast (and the others, if this is their only corresponding forum) should be at the top. Those are the ways new people come in, and for the rest of us it makes little difference since we just browse whatever is new.

Bruce Schneier's Practical Cryptography - keeping sharp. That looks very interesting! Does it include exercises and such? I recently watched a program about the guy who makes (fake) Vermeers, as my husband had a period of obsession with watching every movie and show he could find on faking painting...

Nah, that's all Mike. He said you were a lop ear, very white.

Lop eared pig? I just don't see it, but you've met him in person.

Stop species-shaming him!

If you have liver disease, you get no help if... well wait, how many drinks a week should you be allowed before we cut off your assistance? This is a live question right now with respect to medical treatment for prisoners, people on the taxpayer dime for medical care, or people wanting organ transp...

Yes. I am angry that Internet Feminists are angry that Zoe Saldana was cast as Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic. The basic argument is that she's not Black enough to play a woman whose being Black was so profoundly important to her life and artistry. I guess they never listened to Four Women before...

Based on the evidence of other "leavings", my eldest offspring breakfasted today on cherry tomatoes, ramen noodles, and a small bag of Doritos. This is what happens if I try to catch that extra hour of sleep.

This is the stuff my kids dropped onto the floor in one 24 hour period of eating, which as you see involved Cheerios and Chinese food. Maybe this is why we need a dog. I merely have to disinfect after the dog, et voila! Etiquette note: inviting people to a party where they are being sold things doe...

The NYT had an interesting story today about Zika and the question whether the CDC should advise women to delay pregnancy for a year or during peak outbreaks. Some think it's a no-brainer while others think it imposes an over-reacting attempt at one-size-fits-all solution. I tend to favor that they ...

Current song in the brain: Just Dance by Lady Gaga, since it was on in the car this morning at a vulnerable pre-caffeine moment for the brains, which have now imprinted on it. Interesting pair of songs from the afternoon to go with interesting pair of songs from the morning (see above): The Police, ...

I'm reading a book right now for "leisure" reading called "Thinking in an Emergency" by Elaine Scarry . I'm not very far into the book but I'm not pleased with some of the overly dramatic and not very well-founded claims made. However, I'm keeping an open mind because the style i...

That's what always happens. We are used to it. I think one time some other person won but I can't really remember.

Lots of European warriors fought naked, and... Well, you get access to them. Off hand I know there are the Gaesatae(super hardcore swordsmen), Uirodosius(elite heavy spearmen), wothaz Waithaz(painted German spearmen) and Pictones Neitos(naked, painted pictish swordsmen). Um, can you explain this &q...