Assorted Stuff and Sense

From Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" to Mike and the Mechanics' "Silent Running"...that where my heart is tonight.

Moving on...

Strange Maps launches its first posting from its new home with some thoughts on Swiss counter-proposals in the face of a suggestion from Moammar Gadhafi that the Helvetian Confederacy be disbanded. Amusing thought.

The Pen and Paper workshop where themoo37, ms_danson, myself and numerous others have been honing our writing skills these many moons is soon to be in need of a new home. The NiHao Tea House at Gloucester Centre Mall, which has been hosting us for a couple of years now, is due to shut down due to lack of clientele effective this September 1st. We're not hurting for potential successor venues, 'tis true, but I like this place. I like it a lot. It's convenient to job-hunting and shopping resources for me, transit as well, and it's a calm place when I need it to be. I'll miss it when it's gone.

In a good news vein, here's something re: extra-solar planets and the Kepler probe. Thanks to james_nicoll for the link! Looking forward to seeing how this plays out in the months to come.

More as we jointly think of it...