Via JEB, a report of what is called a bet on global warming. However, in a fit of holier-than-thouness, both side have decided to give their winnings to charity, and have picked *the same* charity, so its all a bit of a waste of time. They might as well hand the money over now :-)
On the CD: Back to Basics. So many classic lines: the milkman of human kindness was a bit obscure to a 10 year old, but he liked its wrong to wish on space hardware.
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“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.” -Chinua Achebe
"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity." -Marie Curie
For the past few months I've been following The Givewell Blog. Here's a recent post, Why are we always criticizing charities?:
Phillip Reese and Andrew McIntosh of the Sacramento Bee report:
it's wrong to wish on space hardware...
[Oops, that was a bizarre typo by me. Corrected now -W]
otherwise it doesn't make any sense. Apropos of nothing at all, this was the first LP I ever bought.
[I think mine might have been Ziggy Stardust -W]
My first I bought was either Aerosmith's first album, or Queen's first (both as new releases).
The first I ever owned were gifts ... Mama's and the Papa's when portable cassette players became cheaper to own (late 60s), prior to that Dean Martin and Patsey Cline on vinyl (~1965).
I have ~400 vinyl albums.