Two interesting bits on last Saturday’s (cbc’s) quirks and quarks:

First, it was Dr. Andrade discussing her recent paper titled Novel male trait prolongs survival in suicidal mating. (more…)

I lost it! or at least I think so; the machine is at the repair shop –being diagnosed. I have a feeling that the hard disk is gone for good, but at the same time, I still can’t believe it!

It was so young!

Still, we shared so many memories. In fact, its memory was always more faithful than mine (I guess the difference is in the raw material; organic compounds vs. silicon), and now, what do I have–to remind me of all these things? Aaah! The bookmarks, the chat-logs, the snippets of reflection, the pictures, the movies, the code, the data, the calendar, the music, the preferences –aah the preferences; my hard drive knew exactly how I liked my stuff!

Everyone kept tellling me how I should be duplicating and backing-up, but -what can I say- monogomy is ingrained in me, so is procrastination and laziness!

This is not only lamentation, this is a reminder for you all — value the time you have with your drives, cause you never know when their time will be up!

Q: Is physical appearance an important factor in your choice of a future life partner?
A: Yes; very much so; It is really important that my future life partner has a physical appearance!

Earlier this evening, I attended a chamber-music concert (Beethoven’s Septet in Eb, Op. 20 and Schubert’s Octet in F, D. 803 — gotta love the third and last Schubert movements -live!). Joining me and the fourty-some attendees, was a seeing-eye dog. What a wonderful creature; lying there listening to the music; perhaps enjoying it; perhaps at times getting bored; every now and then lifting the eyes up in a silent movement, which seemed to match the silent background, against which the musicians contrasted the faintest tones with the loudest movements. It was great.
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What the media portray, like one of those fairground mirrors, is a grotesque species that murders, squabbles, bullies and dies. What gets omitted is the extraordinary ordinariness that keeps people getting up in the morning; the humour, innocence, generosity, love and friendship - the very human characteristics that might begin to inspire more confidence in our ability to alleviate, rather than simply know about, the suffering of others.

O father, Adam,

I call upon you to witness the injustice of my brother. He had promised to murder me, and from all his promises, this he keeps. A thousand times, each day, the son of Cain extends his hands to me in harm; And I, my father, am often too weak to defend myself, and a hundred times as much too meek to stand up for truth and justice.
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Four seasons;

Desperation,
inspiration,
hope,
and sour grapes.

Cyclic dreams and reasons;

Fluctuation,
oscillation;
Tide flows,
and ebbs.

How many more eons?
(It’s only natural-
I know,
but,
for how many more eons?)

The soul tires, but not Love.
The soul tires, but not from Love.
Isn’t this reason enough,
to love thee, Love?

On this week’s (cbc radio’s) dispatches; a documentary (listen) about the situation in Zimbabwe; What a mess!

Poverty, disease, destruction of land and property, and human rights violation, are but a few items on the list of problems. And the power-crazed Mugabe has lost his mind (literally?) in the hunt for control of the resources and markets (foreign-currency markets in particular).
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Adding to the list of scientists who care about how their science is discussed in main-stream media; nine climate scientists decided to create (the blog) RealClimate:

RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science.

keywords: global-warming, climate, blogs-as-alternative-information-sources.
mood: inspired.
music: Aly Khattab.

No reasons given, so don’t go looking for any. This is simply just another attempt.
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