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Those silly Swedes

"There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes."

An old Swedish maxim, as quoted in The Economist

Astrid's driving

I've been relegated to the back and not allowed to talk.

Understanding what Christmas is all about

The old bulbs burn 100x more electricity, are hot enough to be a fire risk and are made of breakable glass. Still, tradition! I think the terrorists win either way on this one.

The old two-inch, 9-watt incandescent bulbs may be the gas guzzlers of holiday lights, but they remain a holiday staple in homes across the country. Many people aren't willing to trade the chubby, colorful halo effect for the softer glow of a light-emitting diode, or LED. And as retailers increasingly stock the more energy-efficient lights, lovers of the classic lights scramble to find them, fearing they will soon be gone from shelves for good.

via news.yahoo.com

Treevenge

Via Luke who brought it up in the comment thread of one of my Vox posts. So funny.

Drinking to Steven and Marissa

The vodka is for later.

 

Reflections on pigs and humans

"I look at the pig as a great animal model for human lifestyle diseases. Pigs like to lie around, they like to drink if given the chance, they’ll smoke and watch TV.”

Dr. Lawrence Schook, pig researcher at University of Illinois via NY Times but read the whole story, it's filled with great quotes and general pig funniness.

Today's *that* day

An inflection point. There's one day every year for me when I drive home at a reasonable hour and it's just a bit too dark. It's the day I realize it's now about days to winter, not days since summer. The day just got non-linearly shorter.

The Bay Area really just has two seasons. As far as I'm concerned, today is the start of the other one.

Initial weather report from the coastside:

It's a mess out here. Massive rains although the wind hasn't fully picked up yet (which isn't to say it's not really windy). The roads have a feel of "I'm just going to stay home today."

Alas, not your intrepid correspondant.

Is #1 the solid one, I forget?

That about says it all

"I like to think of this day as Burning Man for those who bathe and prefer a strong cocktail over sand and hallucinogens."

Mena Trott via Nested