Jan. 13th, 2008

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northeast wind between 5 and 9 mph.

Tonight: Periods of snow, mainly after 3am. Low around 28. Blustery, with a east wind 10 to 13 mph increasing to between 20 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday: Periods of snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 31. Blustery, with a north wind between 17 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind between 9 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northeast wind between 5 and 9 mph.

Tonight: Periods of snow, mainly after 3am. Low around 28. Blustery, with a east wind 10 to 13 mph increasing to between 20 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday: Periods of snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 31. Blustery, with a north wind between 17 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind between 9 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
New range is installed, old range is out on curb. Elizabear says Goldsquare rocks, which in my estimation makes him... a mountain.
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
New range is installed, old range is out on curb. Elizabear says Goldsquare rocks, which in my estimation makes him... a mountain.

Books

Jan. 13th, 2008 09:46 pm
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_Gray Matters_, William Hjortsberg

It's akin to Robert Silverberg's _The World Inside_, in that the focus is on population and sex. It's not as well written. This is precyberpunk dystopia/utopia, precursor to the Matrix movies. Everyone save a few thousand reincarnated neoBuddhists is a brain in a vat. The world government is largely dedicated to maintaining a ladder of enlightenment, theoretically open for all to ascend. This acts as social stratification, but the nonultimate rewards are not explained, and everyone appears to be engaged in various forms of forced psychotherapy, meditation exercises, E-meter runs...

Not worth rereading. Probably not worth reading, as everything it seems to have to say has been said before and afterwards with better prose.

Books

Jan. 13th, 2008 09:46 pm
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_Gray Matters_, William Hjortsberg

It's akin to Robert Silverberg's _The World Inside_, in that the focus is on population and sex. It's not as well written. This is precyberpunk dystopia/utopia, precursor to the Matrix movies. Everyone save a few thousand reincarnated neoBuddhists is a brain in a vat. The world government is largely dedicated to maintaining a ladder of enlightenment, theoretically open for all to ascend. This acts as social stratification, but the nonultimate rewards are not explained, and everyone appears to be engaged in various forms of forced psychotherapy, meditation exercises, E-meter runs...

Not worth rereading. Probably not worth reading, as everything it seems to have to say has been said before and afterwards with better prose.
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