Several Hobbies in One

Here's several hobbies rolled into one.  This guy in Colorado enjoys hiking.  And ham radio.  And goats.  So, he pushes all three together, using his goats as pack animals to haul his gear up various peaks and get on the air at high altitudes.
Here's his ham biography page at QRZ.
Here's his youtube channel.  It's pretty funny.
Here's a recent interview at a ham-focused podcast.

Not completely my cup of coffee, but I can think of worse ways to spend the days.

Yes, More Coffee Please

From over at The Atlantic we have The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like.  In Yet Another study, the only downside was a slight tendency toward higher glaucoma rates.  Apart from that, cancer suppression, increased lifespan,  the well-known fatigue fighting properties, pain relief, antidepressant properties, the list of plusses goes on.

Nothing like a little bit of good news to go with a fresh cup of coffee.

Pretty Good.

From over at NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day site:

Very nice.  You can read more on Orion, Delta IV Heavy, the Common Booster Core (not to be confused with a Common Core booster), and yesterday's successful test flight over at Wikipedia.  Go, edjumacate yourselves.

December 4th Ward Cleaver's Up

And you can read it here.

Hmmm, it is starting to look all Christmasy, now that you mention it.

Malcolm Gladwell Interviewed over at Slashdot

As usual, insightful and slightly off-kilter views of the world.  Link here.
I'm not entirely sure that this quite warrants the "big ideas" tag, but I'm feeling generous.

15,000 Bottles of Jameson Irish Whiskey Stolen

Be on the look out.  Let me know if you find any.  Details over at Fox.

Happy First Day of Not Hurricane Season