brainrow :: 2011

The beast has a high type of courage -- he isn't afraid to do things he's afraid to do. In an early 1930s story in the Buck Rogers comic strip, Buck goes to Jupiter and befriends a tribe of giant wolves who live there. (Comic strip readers of the thirties must have been really good at suspending disbelief.)

The comic strip is interesting, if you’re a student of the early history of adventure comic strips or popular science fiction. If you’re looking for good art, intriguing plots, or engaging characters, you may be disappointed.

Nevertheless, here’s a pretty decent description of courage:

He isn’t afraid to do things he’s afraid to do!

It’s not courage if you’re not afraid.

2011 03 06

Music
Politics

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You Can’t Scare Me

For some mysterious reason, this song has been going through my mind for the past couple weeks.

2011 03 06

Science

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Shuttle Launch from Airliner

I guess if you can’t be there in person, you can watch the video. If you have a fast connection, you might want to view this full-screen, with “720p” selected.

There’s a low rumble that starts about a minute into this video. Maybe it doesn’t mean anything, but I wonder whether that’s the sound of the shuttle.

2011 03 05

Politics
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A Dozen Cookies

Rachel Maddow mentioned this brilliant explanation of the current situation:

Jennifer Brunner, a lawyer and former Ohio secretary of state, said a post on her Facebook page this week nicely summed up what she believed was happening. “A dozen cookies are put down in front of a C.E.O., a union member and a Tea Partier,” she said. “The C.E.O. takes 11. Then he says to the Tea Partier, ‘That union guy wants yours.’ ”

Well said.