taken with my Pixel 4 Well, here in lovely Austin, Texas, we were on the edge of the total solar eclipse.  Around 1:36 PM Central, we experi...

Item #1: Randy sent this item: Apparently somebody (possibly the California Dairy Council?) put together a Rock Opera about... a sci-fi...

Apparently, CNN is endorsing the "fist bump" as a means of preventing us from spreading H1N1. Intriguingly, they point out that ...

A while back, I ordered the mid-00's HBO series, "From the Earth to the Moon". ( Only $13 at Amazon ) The series leapfrogs th...

Shoemaker just posted this elsewhere . I am going to go to bed and hide beneath the covers now. Added Shoemaker found item bonus!!! Collinsw...

Firstly, its mind-boggling to me that the moon-landing has become a pet conspiracy of people who cannot fathom achievement. Your belief tha...

Not just because its Ryan Choi, The Atom. But because he's got a weapon that hits people with PROTONS. I like my Atom with more scienc...

Sigh. I'm not going to say this right, and I'm going to be taken the wrong way, but here we go. I am aware that the flu/ Spanish Inf...

Sweeeeeet. Sure, financial news is dire... but just as the Depression brought us aerial circuses and barn stormers, so should be turn our e...

This kid William Yuan, has invented an all-new solar cell. Something PhD's and eggheads are no doubt working on. Read the article here....

Here's the article. But we already knew that. More on LHC. Once again, in song.

Tonight Jamie and I were discussing CERN's Large Hadron Collider, and it's possibilities for accidentally ending life, the universe ...

Cousin Jim (he of the Rocket Racing League ) has written to inform me of his pal, Astronaut John B. Herrington, who is about to begin a 4000...

Randy sent me this link . It's worth reading. ( editor's note: the link is now fixed. Don't try to watch daytime TV and blog...

If you're planning on watching some good TV in, oh, 2030 or so, I suggest you prepare yourself for the future endeavors of young Dr. Ard...

Why not just paint a big, red target on humanity and put a countdown clock on every desktop? Here . Of course, as I often say, I welcome our...

It seems science has now given us glow-in-the-dark cats. here Honestly, as often as I trip over Jeff at night on my way to bed, which is, li...

In the wee hours of Saturday's festivities, I made a passing remark that my high school hadn't done much to teach evolution and that...

Every once in a while, you come across a bit of media that so accurately reflects your view of the world, it's a bit startling. The med...

Hey, Leaguers. Sorry about the sad lack of posting. I've just had some busy days, and then, when I wasn't busy last night, I chose t...