Part 1 of 3 parts on this subject that I’ll post over the next few days. The National Atmosphereic and Oceanic Atmospheric Administration released their report on the weather records…
The plastic bucket of doom
I was is COSTCO Saturday and something odd caught my eye. Something I never saw before and was totally unexpected. There on an endcap, was a pallette of 5 gallon…
Researchers apply for patent on a simple 'Cancer Cure'
Let’s all hope this isn’t just another excercise in “Cold Fusion breaktrough”. It may mean that you’ll be able to take an injection or pill(s) to cure cancer in the…
Who Killed the Electric Car? Nobody!
Last week I mentioned that Ford was introducing a new alternate fuel sports car that runs on E85 ethanol. This week, GM announced the new Chevy “Volt” Sunday at the…
Wal-Mart now 25% less "evil"
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,…
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