Here. This is a very cool idea, it’s something that’s new to Pakistan, and I know one of the editors and think she is amazing. I really hope Chay takes off.
You can read more on Muslimah Media Watch.
The Undiscovered Country: Colossal Squid
The New Zealand scientists have an AWESOME blog on their progress with the colossal squid.
Not to mention the live webcams!
It’s two a.m. in Amman and I am riveted. Screw network television (with the notable exception of “LOST”), and screw sleep. Bill Nye, you weren’t lying when you told my 7th grade self that “science rules.”
I want to write more about my unholy fascination with these creatures, but my ahh-rt is going to have to wait a bit here. Hey, hey. How often do I say that?
Христос Воскрес!
Я в гроб сойду и в третий день восстану,
И, как сплавляют по реке плоты,
Ко мне на суд, как баржи каравана,
Столетья поплывут из темноты
– Борис Пастернак
I will go down to the grave and on the third day rise,
And, like rafts floated downriver,
To my judgment, like barges in a caravan,
The centuries will drift out of the darkness.
– Boris Pasternak (bad translation mine)
Your Mother, my Lord, holds the universe, the known, and the unknown.
Oh hell
I very sad and very unsurprised. I was not a regular reader of Black Amazon, but this is the sort of thing that will leave a big gaping hole.
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
I am glad to employ my “Good News” tag today as well. It needed to be dusted off.
Should I even use the word “healing” at this point? Well, is it my place to do so? No. But I do hope that something good will end up coming from this.
“I have no fate, I have no will,
All that remains is hope.”
– Lesya Ukraiinka
Natalia A. 