{"id":1504,"date":"2010-10-05T20:20:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T02:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2010-10-05T20:34:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T02:34:14","slug":"odd-lots-130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=1504","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m still pretty sore from lingering shingles pain on my back, and a little grouchy in consequence, though I&#8217;m trying manfully not to show it. On the good news end, Carol is <em>much<\/em> better, and we both had cheese ravioli last night. I think it was the first meal worthy of the name that she&#8217;s had in almost two weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Anger really does make you lose: <a href=\"http:\/\/presscentre.sony.eu\/content\/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6249&amp;NewsAreaId=2\">Sony has condemned &#8220;No Pressure&#8221; and completely disassociated itself from 10:10<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From the Terms-I-Didn&#8217;t-Know-Until-Yesterday Department: <em>milk float<\/em>, a small delivery vehicle (often electric) used to deliver milk in urban England. Some photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/category\/typology-of-milk-floats\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And another from that department: <em>steamdevil<\/em>, a small vortex of condensed water vapor rising into cold air from a warm body of water like a lake or a river. This is the time of year you tend to see them, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/\">Spaceweather<\/a> posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/submissions\/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Andrew-Pritchard-October-3-2010-126-c_1286220599.jpg\">a nice example from Wisconsin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve always suspected that grains aren&#8217;t good for me, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fathead-movie.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/20\/amber-waves-of-pain\/\">here&#8217;s some analysis as to why<\/a>. Your Body May Vary, but a lot of this sure sounds familiar. Note well the caution on soybeans, which give both Carol and me a lot of trouble.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/sep\/30\/food\/la-fo-wine-harvest-20100930\">Napa&#8217;s cool summer has winemakers biting their nails<\/a>: They may lose much (and perhaps all) of their harvest if a freeze comes before the grapes mature, but if they can walk the tightrope to harvest without falling, this year&#8217;s late-harvest wines (my favorite kind) could be <em>spectacular<\/em>. (Thanks to Pete Albrecht for the link.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/05\/business\/media\/05pot.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\">The Colorado Springs marijuana industry has made the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> , and has injected new life into local newspapers. I like <em>The Independent<\/em>, our quirky little free paper (its offices are in an old church with interesting architecture) and every issue I flip through down at the Black Bear Coffeehouse has another page of MMD ads. The latest issue had a 48-page pull-out supplement, devoted entirely to You Know What. The world is clearly crazier than we can imagine.<\/li>\n<li>Mars may have had not only oceans, but (c&#8217;mon, this is obvious!) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/scienceastronomy\/ancient-icebergs-mars-oceans-101001.html\">also icebergs<\/a>. (Thanks to Frank Glover for the link.)<\/li>\n<li>Australia is about to get its first native-born Roman Catholic saint: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_MacKillop\">Sister Mary Helen MacKillop<\/a>, who in 1870 got a child-abuser priest removed from his position. In retaliation, friends of the priest orchestrated her excommunication, but she was exonerated in 1872. She will be canonized later this month, and I&#8217;d say she now stands fair to become the patron saint of whistleblowers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still pretty sore from lingering shingles pain on my back, and a little grouchy in consequence, though I&#8217;m trying manfully not to show it. On the good news end, Carol is much better, and we both had cheese ravioli last night. 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