Some cool stuff coming in via Twitter etc.
Nazi Stealth fighters
There have been rafts of books etc. on the subject of Hitler's 'Miracle Weapons'. And certainly some of them were just complete bunk. But it's always interesting to read that some of them were valid. And a little scary of course if you play 'what if'.
It's Finally here: the Al Franken Decade has truly begun
This has been a source of alternating amusement and anger. It is amusing how Norm Coleman has become the poster child for jokes on people refusing to accept the results of an election. His name keeps cropping up in throw away lines like this twitter post:
RT @markosm RT @JC_Christian: Norm Coleman confidant Honduran Supreme Court will overtune today's MN Supreme Ct ruling
But it is immensely frustrating that the same political operatives who were so ready to throw down in 2000, declaring the Democrats and Al Gore to just be sore losers, are now backing Coleman in this protracted fight. I guess it's only good for the country when it is a Republican fighting to overturn an election.
Rediscovering the little parts of our history
So much of history is broad strokes and the big names and dates. Or sweeping cultural changes. Sometimes we forget the little stuff, where if you are a into alternate histories and time lines, just a little tweak and the amount of what if's can explode. This is a really cool little idea, to find the little stuff, and document it to some extent.
Roger Ebert takes up the Free Range gauntlet
It warms my heart every time I see or hear or read someone talking about Free Range, or just commenting along those lines. Because the more we get this message out, the more the message of: "let your kids learn, and play by themselves" the better. Today both boys are doing field trips, and the biggest concern I had was that Daniel have some sunscreen. I trust the teachers to watch him, I don't feel that Kim or I has to be there if he wants to leave the safety of the school.
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