Links posted in December 2009
December 10, 2009
Maybe you like old holiday TV specials. Maybe you should go to the Classic Television Showbiz site or follow him on Twitter because he's been on a tear putting up very special episode after very special episode.
December 08, 2009
Eddie Would Go - drop-of-a-hat Big Wave surf comp going on now. Only held when the Waimea bay waves are deemed epic enough, which last happened in 2004. If conditions look right, every top surfer and fans from around the world race to Hawaii in hopes the event goes on.
The event is going on this year - it just started, and they're looking at up to 50-foot swells today (Tuesday).
Eddie's story is also interesting -- an awe-inspiring lifeguard and surfer, he perished trying to rescue passengers of a capsized boat.
A 50-foot swell is about three stories tall. Anyone have an estimate for how fast the waves are travelling?
NYT Magazine on Texas Republicans - "Hutchison, like Perry, gets high"
Peer review hasn't changed much over the years.
December 04, 2009
Holy fuck! Have you read about Erik Prince? This man is not going to jail any time soon. [more inside]