A bit of this and that.

1. A Government Of Laws And Not Of Men - After being told by no less a body that the Supreme Court, over a year ago, that the EPA had to either step up with identify greenhouse gasses as harmful to human health and welfare, or else provide an explanation of why not, the EPA has decided ... to ask for more public comment over the next several months. I mean, heaven forbid that this Administration actually have to obey anyone.
2. OMG! Gawker Q&A with Joss Whedon! [Interview] - There is pretty close to zero actual information in this interview with Joss, but it's tremendous fun to read nevertheless.
3. Carafes like antlers - Guaranteed to be uncleanable without being broken -- but very cool tose.
4. RJ Eskow: Have We Missed the Key to Obama's Leadership... - I mistrust armchair psychoanalysis of people, but this identification of Obama's leadership style with Japanese management techniques -- seeking consensus and stability -- is kind of interesting.
5. Aldrin Slams SF's Effect On Space - I think Aldrin is way offbase. How many folks even in Aldrin's era of NASA credited pulp SF and movies as an inspiration for getting into space science? Instead, I suggest that it's more of a prosperous instant gratification society that has had an effect on people being willing to put up with a slow, careful space exploration program.
6. "I am Not Paid Enough to Deal with This Lying Bullshit" - Ah, yelling punditry, is there anyone whom you cannot disgust with the whole system?
7. Battlestar Galactica DVD news: Release Date for Battlestar... - I really, really, really wish the 4.0 season was going to be out before December, if only because I am tired of having to stick my fingers in my ears whenever anyone talks about it.

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You think you have it rough... I'm just now working through 2nd season Galactica. Fortunately I can deal with spoilers reasonably well; I get wrapped up enough that I am still shocked when something big happens. A good thing, because well-meaning people have already blabbed large parts of the 3d season to me.

Oh, so you haven't gotten to the point where fleet finds a cache of flying motorcycles and starts to use them to scout out new worlds? That part rocks ...

Darn, I was hoping for flying monkeys...

Re: Aldrin.
Didn't help that Kennedy decided to go for spectacle instead of meat. Direct to the Moon (beat the Russkies!) instead of building a space station first and gearing/learning up to do useful stuff in space. We could just barely go direct and didn't have any leftover capacity in the landers (or the budget) to do much beyond plant flags. Did it! Next --- Go again! Again! More rocks! A few experiments coming and going!

Then the USSR broke up.

No surprise people lost interest.