Researchers explore whether parrot has concept of zero
Researchers explore whether parrot has concept of zero
Archive for July, 2005
Bob Dylan Concerts
Bob has announced concert dates for the UK later this year.
I have booked tickets for all of the London shows. I saw him at Brixton in 2003 and it was one of the best concerts I’ve attended, so thought it sagacious to attend all three. This will take my tally of Bob concerts to 22. Woot!
However, we don’t have to wait until November to see him live and in person. He is playing the Amazon 10th Anniversary concert on Saturday 16 July. This will be streamed live on amazon.com.
The show begins at 5pm PT, so 1am on Sunday for us in the UK. Set your alarm!
Mercury Rev
Official site, with news, tour details, discography, gigography, sound clips, photos and chat areas
The Harry Potter Lexicon
The Most Complete and Amazing Reference to the Wonderful World of Harry Potter
Books on my bedside table
The following books are currently on my bedside table:
- The Case Of The General’s Thumb - Andrey Kurkov
- The Hundred And Ninety-Nine Steps - Michel Faber
- Short Stories - W. Somerset Maugham
- Fup - Jim Dodge
- The Virago Book Of Twins And Doubles - Penelope Farmer
- The Penguin Dictionary Of Curious And Interesting Numbers - David Wells
- Complete Prose - Woody Allen
- Pun Fun - Paul Jennings
- Foucault’s Pendulum - Umberto Eco
- Limericks For All Occasions - Linda Marsh
- Forgotten Voices Of The Great War - Max Arthur
Number 7 is quoted in number 9. I can’t recall any other relationships at the moment.
Can you guess which books the following come from?
To the delight of numerologists, the primitive Pythagorean triangle whose sides are 693, 1924 and 2045 has area 666, 666.
Sticks float, but then, they wood.
Elvis
I am listening to Elvis Presley. He is way cool.
Bob Dylan, who is also way cool, had this to say:
When I first heard Elvis’ voice, I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody, and nobody was going to be my boss. He is the deity supreme of rock and roll religion as it exists in today’s form. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.—I thank God for Elvis Presley.
Too right. I think I might go and make me a Post-It Note Elvis.
Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
The Cowbell Project
when a song needs that extra oomph, that extra push over the top, there’s only one thing that will satisfy: The Cowbell
