Ok, this is a ‘tongue in cheek entry’, but it does have value for those who might be reading. While we all see from reading the nutty ‘Tell It to…
Pickup trucks – a major cause of roadside trash?
Ok this is probably going to make some truck owners mad, but its the truth as I see it. The other day I was driving on 99 south and watched…
Setec Astronomy
The title is an anagram that seemed appropriate for this entry. Dan NT’s Bullfight blog always has a Scrabble word, so here’s mine. At midnight on Dec. 31, hundreds of…
Ford Introduces Ethanol Powered Sports Car
In a nod to alternate energy, Ford annouced a new sports sedan with roots in the Mustang design that will run on E85 ethanol fuel. It’s called the Ford Interceptor.…
Revolutionary Flu Vaccine May Be At Hand
From the “us” against “phlegm” department: There’s a DailyMail article about the possibility of a revolutionary flu vaccine that could work against all strains of the Influenza A disease. This…
Updated Google Earth Spies on City Plaza
The image above is from Google Earth, which had its photography for Chico updated just within the last two weeks. The picture is the closest zoom available and shows the…
Corporate Scrooge Contest
Have you ever worked for an employer that was cheap to the point of making you want to find another job? So miserly and humiliating at Christmas that you had…
Scientists Predict Large Solar Cycle Coming
An erupting solar prominence photographed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). [More] In a post a few days ago I mentioned scientists discovering that global warming appears to be…
The Christmas Star
Sky of Jerusalem at 7BC-11-12 at about 7:30PM local time – Click to View Larger image With all the hullabaloo about politically correct “Happy Holidays” greetings, as done up in…
Global Warming on Mars?
Global Warming is a hot topic here on Earth, but it may be the issue will be settled not here on Earth, but on Mars. A study of the ice…
You'll pry my laptop from my cold, dead, hands…
Anybody who wonders what we are fighting for in the middle east should read the article below in today’s Boston Globe. In case you didn’t know, there are places where…
Bombers away, the end of an era.
It was with sadness and surprise that I learned today that Bombers Baja Grill off East Avenue has closed their doors forever. They served their last Mexican food ordnance today,…
3rd Annual Red, White, & Blue Christmas
Irregardless of our political situation at home, our troops overseas and their families, always deserve the best support we can provide. For the past two years, this event gave comfort…
"This is like Deja Vu all over again" – Yogi Berra
“Cosmos magazine is reporting that even the blind experience deja vu — backing the idea that it is caused by misfires in the brain’s temporal lobe. They quote a British…
Perspective
Fact: Sunspot 930 on the sun right now is three times as wide as the earth. This picture of the sun was taken today from the SOHO satellite and I…
The Doomsday Bomb: Bacteria or Nuclear?
I’ve been thinking a lot about bacteria lately. With a stepdaughter in the hospital with a limb threatening Staph infection, and the latest E.Coli outbreak from scallions in Taco Bell,…
Escherichia coli
The latest food poisoning of E.Coli makes one wonder: Just how safe is our food supply? Are the increased frequency of incidents an indicator of sloppy food handling, processing, and…
Yottawatts
Ok the first thing that went through my mind when I saw the word Yottawatts was that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine uses the phrase…yadda, yadda, yadda… But its actually…
New satellite service captures Mt. Etna in action
This Envisat MERIS image acquired on 25 November 2006 captures smoke spewing from Europe’s largest active volcano, Mt. Etna. The 3 350 metre-high volcano resumed eruptions in early September this…
Solar Cells hit 40%!!!
Solar power has held out a promise of energy independence for a very long time. Unfortunately, its taken a very long time to become a significant part of the energy…
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