This is going to be a new, hopefully daily feature, wherein I write down the articles that nabbed my attention from the morning’s news, as well as some other items of interest.
The Addie Update:
Still thinks that the middle of the night is the time when she ought to be awake, observant, and almost playful. It’s like she’s mocking me — I take her out to let Kim sleep, I feed her, change her diaper, swaddle her, and she just stares at me. I kill the lights, and she fusses. I pull out my computer, she fusses. I finally give up, and just hold her. I love her. She’s the greatest thing in the world. I’m going to die from sleep deprivation.
But that’s okay!
Starred articles from my RSS feed:
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Americana (The Onion A.V. Club)
“Equal parts stopgap, warm-up, and crusty homage, Americana doesn’t take its subject matter, or itself, too seriously. The pre-fame Young served his time as a coffee-shop folkie, but he mangles whatever memories he has of that time with a blistering rendition of “Oh Susannah,” which kicks open the album irreverently, choosing to retool the entire song rather than pay tribute to it. “It sounds funky,” Young tells the rest of the band at song’s end, as the distortion pools around his feet—and he means it in the good way.” - Jason Heller
Splish Splat? Why Raindrops Don’t Kill Mosquitoes - NPR
So the team took the experiment inside. They fired jets of water drops at the mosquitoes and recorded the results with a super-high-speed video camera. They found that mosquitoes don’t actually dodge raindrops — they hitch a ride.
“As the raindrop falls, rather than resisting the raindrop, they basically join together kind of like a stowaway on this comet,” Hu says. “So as a result they get very, very little force.”
Watch Paul McCartney Play the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee - Stereogum
As a part of the proceeds, an extended bank holiday ran from 6/2-6/5, and that program consisted of a huge Diamond Jubilee Concert on the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Paul McCartney was one of the biggest names on the bill, performing “All My Loving,” “Let It Be,” “Live And Let Die” and “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” Footage has surfaced of his performance which you can watch below.
The E3 2012 Murder Count: Microsoft - The Gameological Society
In celebration of the expo’s kill-riffic qualities, we’re crunching the numbers this week on the Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo press conferences. Who racks up the highest body count? And what about the stories behind the deaths?
87 human deaths + 49 non-human deaths = 136 total deaths!
Obama - 46% (-1)
Romney - 45%
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