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Christopher Hitchens, RIP

An incomparable intellectual light has gone out today. If you're not familiar with his work, pick something up and read it.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011

I try hard not to think of my parents this way :-)

Ellie on ice (note the custom tape job)

Download IMG_1158.mov

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World Mountain Biking Championships

Greatest play by play sports broadcasting. Ever. Be sure to listen to the very end...

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End Malaria

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/09/that-buzzing-in-my-ear-didnt-mean-i-was-about-to-die.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/sethsmainblog+(Seth's+Blog)#.Tmd8fjEr9xg.twitter

Feynman again - what a mind! But I can't decide if I would rather have met him, or his father (with apologies for some of his gender-related comments)

http://www.fotuva.org/feynman/what_is_science.html

A sharp mind, a great writer, and some devastating commentary on the sad dysfunction of modern "conservatism" (coming from a particular angle, but broadly applicable). I lament our current situation, and have almost no hope that the leadership options so far presented offer any potential for solving it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/attention-governor-perry-evolution-is-a-fact/2011/08/23/gIQAuIFUYJ_blog.html