Here’s another post in my continuing rant on why the space shuttle is pointless. Astronauts might have to make repairs on Discovery’s heat shield.
A couple of short strips of material dangling from Discovery’s belly may require an unprecedented repair by spacewalking astronauts, if engineers determine there’s even a possibility that the problem could endanger the […]
The company behind the low-carb Atkins died filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today.
Atkins Nutritionals Inc., the company that promoted low-carb eating into a national diet craze, filed for bankruptcy court protection Sunday, a company spokesman said.
Atkins has been hurt by waning popularity of its namesake diet, which focuses on eliminating carbohydrates such as bread […]
This is a post to my friends who have challenged me the past few year in fantasy football. Again I’ve started up the Webloggers League to see who can lay claim to being the greatest fantasy football mind in the blogosphere. While the league name will be the same the place we will do battle […]
Organized crime has gone domestic. Gangs and crime rings now shoplift razors, prescription drugs, CDs, DVDs, and my favorite, hair-growth products. Yes, there’s an black market to help balding men. The Washington Post reports:
Retailers and theft experts say criminals have discovered that large profits can be made relatively easily, and without much risk, by […]
My grandfather’s funeral is on Tuesday. He wrote out his funeral preparations before he died. One of the requirements was he only wanted a 15-minute service. That sounds like my grandfather. He wasn’t the type to want to drown in sorrow. My grandmother thinks 15 minutes is just a tad short. Since my grandfather knew […]
Hewlett-Packard selling iPods didn’t make sense to me. They didn’t add any technological innovations and they didn’t take on Apple on price. I have an HP iPod but I don’t ever think about that company when I use it. iPod=Apple, just as Steve Jobs wants it to be. Apple didn’t care since the deal put […]
Augustine at Redstate.org lashes out at Sen. Frist calling him a “traitor” and more:
Bill Frist is a man without principles. He does not deserve polite acceptance of his treachery by any Republican. And any party that truly believes in a culture of life does not tolerate such men in positions of leadership. It should not […]
Writing has taking my mind off current, personal events. I think of weblogging as comfort food for my mind. I’m going to pound on that dying horse that is the space shuttle program.
Today, NASA chief Michael Griffin said he really, really wanted to have another launch in 2005. That will depend on getting the foam […]
My sister and I are handling my grandfather’s death differently. She went to work. I called the bookstore to tell them I wasn’t coming in. Nothing would have gotten done, too much inside my head, and I would have been asked all night by my co-workers how I was feeling. My sis is going to […]
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist now supports federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. By “growing in office” (a euphamism for a Republican becoming more liberal) Frist now conflicts with his pro-life stance. He can also kiss goodbye to his chance of becoming the GOP Presidential nominee in 2008.
“Frist Breaks With Bush on Stem-Cell […]
My grandfather passed away last night in his sleep. This wasn’t unexpected. He has been going in and out of the hospital for years. His mind always remained sharp; it’s just his body that left him down. More later.
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Let me be very clear: I don’t want Helen Thomas dead. But whenever I hear someone make an outrageous threat I want to see if they’ll actually do it. Helen Thomas as threatened to kill herself if Dick Cheney runs for President. As Vice President he has never said he’d run to be Bush’s successor, […]
The shuttle fleet–all three of them–have been grounded because foam flew off the main fuel tank. Continuing the shuttle program is pointless. NASA must cut its losses and move on. The shuttle had its time. Its now the past. Time to look to the future.
“NASA Grounds Shuttle Fleet”
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When you combine a slow, summer news cycle with an election next year you get a crazy stunt like sending an opponent 1400 hyperdermic needles. Elizabeth Kastner was a moron for keep them for the sole purpose of sending them to Assembly Speaker John Gard, but Gov. Jim Doyle’s office was even more moronic to […]
The Bush Administration is starting to use a new phrase in their battle against Islamist terrorists. The “global war on terror” has been replaced with “global struggle against violent extremism.” Not only is this even less elegant than the GWoT it’s also less meaningful. On Sep. 11, 2001 the U.S. was attacked by terrorists followers […]
