January 2011
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Fact Check: A rocket-propelled economy →
CNN used my Dad’s research to fact-check the State of the Union!
“At a 2009 conference in Washington, George Washington University space policy researcher Henry Hertzfeld estimated the space economy at $250 billion, roughly half of which was commercial. But he said the true size was difficult to calculate.”
Google leases office complex in Venice →
uh oh, the riff raff are moving in!
DC has crawfish! →
via @wonkette: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The restaurant does not serve PBR. It’s not in an up and coming neighborhood. There are no lobster rolls on the menu, and the fish were probably harmed when they were killed. The cups are styrofoam, the tables are covered in plastic and we do not know if they recycle. (They probably don’t). Your dinner will be served in a plastic bag, you will get messy...
Via @NPR
The Club From Nowhere: Cooking for Civil...
amazing
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KCET: Angelino, Angeleno, and Angeleño →
“The Oxford English Dictionary notes that the first use in print of a word denoting a resident of Los Angeles appears in California of the South, published in English in 1888. The authors ofCalifornia of the South (Walter Lindley and Joseph. P. Widney) were Anglo residents of early Los Angeles writing for readers in the East. They assumed that Angeleño was the common name for Los Angeles...
LEH4 recommended a blog post : Questions for... →
Here’s your chance to pose questions to a president about global issues.
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LA Times: 37 literary resolutions for 2011. What's... →