I’m catching up with last week’s photos, so I’m afraid I don’t have time for individual entries this time around. However, I wised up just a bit and I’m now using Flickr. Let’s see how that goes… (stuff happens) …ok, … Continue reading
The ratio of days we remember the camera to days that are rainy have not been in favor of puppy snapshots in Jenkintown. Still, the sun must come out eventually, even during monsoon season. And when it does, we are … Continue reading
With the transition from the shuttle to the allegedly shaky Constellation program, manned-flight at NASA is particularly vulnerable right now. So, it should disturb you to hear folks are looking at NASA’s comparatively small budget as a place to trim … Continue reading
I could not be in the same ocean as this creature and not be gripped by paralyzing fear (not to mention paralyzing tentacles!). Behold, a great big jelly, the likes of which are not meant to be seen. As the … Continue reading
The Star-Ledger reports that 95% of NJ bats died off this winter from a fungal infection known as “white-nose syndrome.” That sounds pretty damned scary, until you read the article and find that the headline was taken from a single … Continue reading
Personally, I abhor top 10 lists as gimmicky click bait (for shame Newsweek, that trick works for Cracked, but it is unseemly for you), but I’ll forgive IEEE Spectrum for this list of Kim Stanley Robinson favorite Mars-related SF novels. … Continue reading
There’s a petition online in support of Simon Singh, the UK science writer being sued by the British Chiropractic Association for, essentially, using the word “bogus” in the same article as “chiropractic.” You can get the full scoop at Jack … Continue reading
Through a combination of illness (Julia’s, better now, thanks) and forgetfulness (you need the camera to take pictures) we missed a week or two in our quest to document the puppies of Jenkintown. Last night we made it out with … Continue reading
The Telegraph reports finding a 600ft jellyfish crop circle found in an Oxfordshire field. Kill it!!! Oh, wait… At the end of the article, the writer oddly refers to an entirely different crop circle from last year, and reuses the … Continue reading