Jan. 10th, 2016

Meme

Jan. 10th, 2016 05:56 pm
redfiona99: (Thinking)
Pinched from [livejournal.com profile] clo

Rules: go to page 7 of your WIP, skip to the 7th line and share 7 sentences.

Unfortunately, the first WIP I have that has more than 7 pages I can't use because it's a gift.

Slightly more than 7 lines of a WIP follow:

>>Peter didn't like lying to his mother, but it had to be done.

It was a good life, make no mistake. A bit of heavy work, a bit of driving. Enough time left over to go out at the weekends.

Those weekends were epic. They'd got enough money to get trolleyed, and to pay for the taxi home. Even back then, Alex's appetite for booze and pills was ridiculous. It was like there was some hole he was trying to fill, but nothing ever seemed to make a dent in it. Monday mornings were hellish though. Alex with a hangover was a mean bugger.<<

Links

Jan. 10th, 2016 06:41 pm
redfiona99: (Thinking)
Cartography:

A 2016 version of the 1914 Isochronic London/World travel times map - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3ztqqr/a_2016_version_of_the_1914_isochronic_londonworld/

History:

Gary Powers: The U-2 spy pilot the US did not love - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35064221

Shostakovich's symphony played by a starving orchestra - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34292312

How Did They Make Ice Cream in the 17th Century? - http://gizmodo.com/how-did-they-make-ice-cream-in-the-17th-century-1749823474 Parts of this give me GCSE chemistry flashbacks. Guess what part of my coursework was.

Miscellaneous:

Brotherly love: Colombian switched twins pull together - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35220779

How Germany's love of silence led to the first earplug - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35122755

Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners - http://jonmillward.com/blog/psychological-subtleties/death-in-texas-analyzing-the-last-words-of-478-death-row-prisoners/

News:

THE YEAR IN PICTURES 2015 - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/27/sunday-review/2015-year-in-pictures.html?_r=1

Politics:

Racial Dot-Density Map of District 5 in Florida, one of the most gerrymandered Congressional Districts in America - https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3z401v/racial_dotdensity_map_of_district_5_in_florida/

Where new dads are encouraged to take months off work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35225982 I'm just amused that the Swedish government have done the thing that I keep wanting the UK government to do.

Science:

Who saved Fabrice Muamba's life? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zc2fg82 Actually about the inventor of the defibrillator.

Monitor lizards trained not to eat toxic cane toads - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35235518

A Reprieve for Fungus-Battered Frogs - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/science/a-reprieve-for-fungus-battered-frogs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2

Sport:

F1's Tyre Rules (2016) Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgERH1gWF1s (Video)

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