A few random off-topic links I’ve meaning to post for a while, but didn’t get around to until now…the perfect way to end an Easter weekend since, quite frankly, who wants to talk politics?<\/p>\n
1. This walk score<\/a> site is pretty neat – just type in an address and it tells you how walking-friendly the place is (based on proximity to stores, restaurants, etc).<\/p>\n It turns out 24 Sussex<\/a> isn’t the best place to live if you don’t have a chauffeur…it scores a lowly 29 out of 100. However, before the Harpers<\/span> consider a move, the alternative<\/a> isn’t any better.<\/p>\n 2. The off-kilter F-U Penguin<\/a> blog is quite a riot. “A blog where I tell cute animals what’s what<\/em>” (hat tip – CW)<\/p>\n 3. Via the Onion, Obama Depressed, Distant Since ‘Battlestar<\/span> Galactica<\/span>‘ Series Finale<\/a>. As for my thoughts, the finale was beautifully executed and provided closure – an “A” episode right up to the discovery of old earth. However, I had a major problem with the take-home message which was, in effect, that it was better to wipe the slate clean and to commit civilizational<\/span> suicide. To me, that said they could not learn from what they’d been through and added an element of pointlessness to the entire struggle – as a society, they just gave up…at a time when giving up was irrational.<\/p>\n