Daily Archives: January 20, 2006

Stand back, folks. Genius at work. Tweet

Wow I did not know this. The Pluto mission has a passenger. New Horizons also contained some of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930. His widow, Patricia Tombaugh, was in tears as she watched … Continue reading →

I have had several run-ins in comment sections about the whole NSA flap. For some reason, just because I won’t take the word of a discredited source like the NYT, they assume I am a right-winger. Frankly, the media is … Continue reading →

It looks like some people will be going to jail over this fiasco. Good. Having worked in this field, I deplore any falsification of records. I have even fired someone for doing so on a much less critical thing. I … Continue reading →

I have noticed a marked decline in the number of people able to read critically and comprehend complex thinking. You can see it every day in comment sections of various blogs. There are a lot of people who appear to … Continue reading →

Ok, So there was a whale story yesterday, another one today. Seems to be a big week for whales. Tweet

But it seems this woman just doesn’t grasp the concept of restitution… One does not steal to repay stolen money. Unless you’re a politician, of course. Tweet