I'm such a geek sometimes. Or maybe just pathetic.

So, once again, I missed BSG because we were at the drums. No big deal, I can always get it from another source, right? IT JUST TOOK A FRAKKIN' DAY TO DOWNLOAD - nevermind.

Anyway, here I am, scrolling down my friends page while listening to the opening credits (and I'm not so fond of the Brit version of the music, but that's a different complaint.)

Now, those of you who know about this show know about the drumming that used to be on the credits, the drums that were cruelly taken away to satisfy some whiners. I'm quite upset about that. QUITE UPSET, I SAY.

In fact, I'm so disgruntled that I mostly leave the room when the opening credits are on - that's why I was Friends Page Reading.

And then I had to scream, because EEEEEEEE, DRUMS.

That's louder than I screamed because EEEE, NEW BABY (apparently, his other middle name is Paul, not sure what they're actually calling him), but not as loud as I screamed because EEEEE, NEW BOOK!

Just to give you a baseline.

Edit: Now that I've seen it....

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Some NYTimes articles, none of which deal with Israel (that's the next batch)

First, two sets of pictures:

One dealing with young, gay, homeless people in New York
And another dealing with the recent powwow, also in New York.

On the Jacob Riis Bathhouse's renovations

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On Muslims in Europe

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A "Lives" article on a man who is no longer a Jehovah's Witness. With a useful bit of advice for what to say when they come a-knockin'.

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On Eco-friendly burial sites

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"The Wrong Way Out of a Housing Project"

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On Chickens in the suburbs

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Essays in Search of Happy Endings

And related entry at languagelog

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And a set of articles on the situation now in Israel

Tightened security for the withdrawal

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After Decades of Disapponitment, Gazans are Preparing to Rejoice

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Why Greater Israel Never Came to Be

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Leaving Gaza: Lives Unsettled by the Pullout

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As Families Move Out, Resisters Move In

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Settlers Mark Sabbath in Gaza

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American Jews feel Pain of Withdrawal from Gaza Strip

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Doing some reading....

First, we have Kanner's follow-up study of eleven autistic children, some 30 years later. Interestingly, he comes to the same conclusion I did - that the nine kids who didn't turn out so well might have come to better ends if, like the two who were conventionally successful, they hadn't been isolated in hospitals soon after the original study. Or, to sum it up, that the instituionalization caused the problems, not the other way around.

I looked that up because of this article, which talkes about treatment to help kids "control behaviour". I'd quote it, but I'm lazy today. It's too hot to do much. Yesterday, I went to the bookstore, and I honestly thought I couldn't find a seat, because it was full of people doing what I was doing, namely going to the bookstore to avoid the heat and mugginess.

Finally, we've got an article on our so-called epidemic. Friend of mine linked to it when it came out, but I had to go searching to actually find the text of it.

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Make with these links what you will. I'm taking another shower.