This is interesting food for thought.   I never really considered the fact that the earth's axis moves around (in tiny amounts) all the time.   But it certainly makes sense now that I've read about it.

Chile quake may have changed Earth's axis
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/02/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T2

As a result of the quake, ( Read more... )

Still blogging? FYI: It's old news 
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/C3BB2969FC0EEC48862576D70012374B?OpenDocument

You don't say?   Lol.   It was old news a couple years ago, about the time I started.   I hopped on the LJ bandwagon well after it had peaked.   But I dig it here, so I'm staying.   There is no keyboard ( Read more... )

The needle on my blah meter is pegged at "100% blah" today.
It's Monday, it's close week, skies are grey, weather is cold, etc, etc, and so forth, and so on.   In a word, blah.

It's difficult even to muster the energy required to inhale and exhale.   Too much paxilon hydrochlorate, I guess.

I wanna go back to bed and just ignore this entire day in the ( Read more... )

I {heart} Bill McClellan.

Before I go breaking into a chorus of "Those Where The Days", and thinking fondly back to the days of rotary dial telephones, I will simply give you his column from today.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/billmcclellan/story/31F6DA8B24689E1F862576D600072CE9?OpenDocument

He's discussing various theories ( Read more... )

So... Day 2 starts with Michelle heading off to her conference again (booooo!  Hisssss!), and me heading to Tybee Island to go kayaking.

( Savannah Trip - Day 2 - AM )

I'll try to post a summary of our Savannah trip here today... but I may not get to it.  First day back from a few days off means I'll be time challenged.  The short, short, short version is:  It was a really great little vacay.  Lots of fun and it really sucks to be back to the grind.
 C'est la Vie. 

The 12-year-old in me rejoices at this.  :-)

From the Huffington Post:
The joke's been done to death, but when it comes out of the mouth of a middle schooler and he gets detention for it, we can't help but applaud. Sure detention sucks, but it was totally worth it. Well done, Dalton, well done.

The reason for detention reads, "another student made ( Read more... )

From CNN:

$60,000 a year can make you happy.  Well, happier.

Psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman says millions of dollars won't buy you happiness, but a job that pays $60,000 a year might help.   According to his studies, happiness levels in the US population increase with income up to the $60k mark.   But, "above that, it's a flat line ( Read more... )

Commence with the cutting of the stuff for the sparing of the people and so forth...

( ANDY v3.0 - Progress Report )

Capt. Phil Harris of TV's 'Deadliest Catch' dies after stroke
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/10/obit.captain.phil.deadliest.catch/index.html

Dude was only 53.   Of course his three-pack-a-day nicotine habit, the sheer volume of caffeine the man ingested on a regular basis, and the stress level of his chosen profession may have contributed to ( Read more... )