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To slowly wind into the Tuesday... How about the female cast of the new Hercules?

Since we're trying to get the week started in some order.. And to leave it on a certain note..

After an uncomfortable night with a lower back that's stiff and throbbing dullly I think I'll take some ibuprofen and skip the planned morning attempt on the local police assault course. I think the core work on Thursday might have pushed it.

For the amusement value.. io9 - Creationists help Climate Change Deniers attack US Science Education And, Luskin characterizes this as "propagandizing kids," comparing the new education standards to racist beliefs: And, he explains, the National Center for Science Education is part of an elitist, scientific cabal: Indeed, NCSE has been collaboratively envisioned, created, and supported financially by elite establishment groups, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Science Foundation, and many other national educational and scientific (or scientist-activist) organizations. All of this is in keeping with the long-term strategy of the Heartland Institute. Two years ago, leaked documents revealed its plans to promote a science curriculum for schools that would raise doubts about human-caused climate change. They even discussed strategies for "dissuading teachers from teaching science." I'll be looking forward to seeing what Luskin has to say in the second part of his column.

Printed out a whole batch of documents and related matter, which are now spread around on my desk , attempting to organise and figure out what I need to do and where I have to go with it all.. and trying to avoid going "Bibble!?!?"

Oh, or you could go with things like.. What lessons did he take away from Alpha Protocol when all was said and done?

Heh, frankly, just for the pictures with the article.. io9 - Hair as exposition : The best and worst of flashback hair on tv and film

io9 - This rule about Drone Surveillance is absurd

Did I not edit all of that out? I thought I'd caught the main one.. Ah well. Moving on.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4US0Fjr4Rb8&list=PL86F4D497FD3CACCE&feature=share

Image removed. Sorry.

http://youtu.be/cbLwmUdee64

A whole flurry of stuff. Internet banking, picking up airline tickets, organising other stuff, buying a desk to put up, pulling various paperwork together, setting up some research/reading material, plotting out work to be done on said desk when it arrives and is built, sorting out a weeks pharmaceutical supplies for my mother... I might even get some time to shave a few days stubble away in there..

Okay, this one amused me.. http://youtu.be/16rA54Erswo

A Long Way Down. Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Aaron Paul as four strangers who all meet each other on New Years Eve as they plan to commit suicide jumping from the top of a London tower block, and end up forming a pact to not kill themselves until Valentines Day. As the story moves along it cycles from each one's perspective in a way. A bit of wry and black humour, along with a certain dose of sentimentality and drama. Manages to pull of that strange mix of light-hearted but sombre atmosphere along the way.

Mind Hacks - A Spooks Guide to the Psychology of Deception The full article expands on it all, for those with an interest...

Hm, since the training has been going.. .relatively well, I thought I'd look at properly registering for Tough Mudder. Although now seeing that the registration fee for the event is £109 then a further £10 insurance cover, and another £10 handling fee.. I'm having to ponder on whether that's actually worth it for my budget.... Hmm. Now I've got to figure out if with everything else going on and planned for the next few months I've actually got the money to spend that just for a few hours of slogging my way through and helping the charity.

For just a little bit of that boogie-woogie.. http://youtu.be/m9RpxjI3AtM

http://youtu.be/uXOdL7YJRNs

Oh, and just to round out the 4th of July Weekend some fun trivia...

Taking the slow weekend to marathon my way through Continuum season 3...

So to help restore some equilibrium..

Finished off the Arson Desk on LA Noire and wrapped up the game.. Hm., yeah, I really can't see what the fuss was about this game. Well, apart from the gimmick of the facial expressions and such. Constantly going "oh, I sort of recognise that actor". The story was base pulp noir which I guess was to be expected, but something just felt off about it. Maybe not so much character agency to it, more just going through the motions. Ah well, I guess it worked out for the few pound it cost on the steam sale but I would have been heartily disappointed if I'd picked it up for closer to full price when it first came out.

To be fair, it was a lot more then that. For example, the founding fathers didn't like that the British intended to keep the treaties we made with the locals and weren't taking their land..