Rules of Engagement
John Laurence spent a year embedded with the 101st Airborne. He respected and liked the guys he was reporting on, but what happened when his duty conflicted with the culture of loyalty?
Rules of Thumb
I love rules of thumb, deep wisdom that can be sketched in verbal shorthand. The website Painter Creativity offers 10 rules for naive artists and designers, but they could very easily apply to any freelancer. Most of these are pretty obvious, but when you're hustling for work and worried about that monthly rent bill, you can panic sometimes and fall for the old "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday" line.
Rumors, Hope and Hype
Nope, not politics—physics.
Rumpletummy
Bed head? Huckleberry has bed everything.
Russia Bans the Term "Dollar"
As a writer, I agree wholeheartedly. It's the word that causes all the trouble, not that, as a writer, I know much about dollars.
SACD Petition
Kal Rubinson passes this link along. I don't hold out much hope, but it couldn't hurt to remind folks that some of us buy these things.
Salem Witchcraft Trials Tercentenary Memorial
Salem is full of New Age and Wyccan shoppes and it has an overabundance of "museums" that are more wax museum than serious repositories of history—heck, the place even has a statue of Elizabeth Montgomery in her role as Samantha on Bewitched. But it also has the Salem Witchcraft Trials Tercentenary Memorial.
Salt'n'Pepper
A close up view. Not what I expected.
San Bartolo Video
If you're at all interested in archeology, you've probably read about the San Bartolo Mayan mural, which dates back to about 100 B.C.—about 700 years earlier than the Bonanpak murals, previously considered the oldest yet discovered.
Sandbox Soldiers
I've written before about my immense regard for Garry Trudeau's The Sandbox milblog. Today, Owen Powell (aka SGT Roy Batty) posts about his experiences in DC promoting the book Dunesbury.com's The Sandbox, visiting the Pentagon, the Vietnam memorial, and Walter Reed Hospital.