links for 2008-01-30
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008-
something for a rainy day…
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thank goodness we have a lot of rainy days…
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Just before Xmas I went to Bollington, a small town near Macclesfield, not too far from here. Its notable landmark is White Nancy, a small, sealed, slightly lopsided folly, perched like a Pope’s hat on a hillside above the town. Here is some history.