I just read this. It's worth sharing. And it's why we can't be stingy where it comes to public education- and why we need to be more wise about how and where the money is spent (quite frankly, why does the administration have 1.5 to 3x the salaries of the educators?) Any way, seems to me that based on this, we should be putting just a little ( Read more... )

It's still a bit hot out there - in the 80s - but it was almost 100 today. Busy weekend ( Read more... )

Well, I started testing and adjusting water. Several of the water channels were off at the valves, one was disconnected from the electrical ground. I fixed all of those and adjusted pressures to where almost everything is working well. Except ( Read more... )

Space Weather News for Sept. 1, 2012 ( Read more... )

Power went out a while ago. Some of the power backups have already failed. The rest probably have another hour.
Other than my backups all I hear is crickets.
All is well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19353304

The top US cardinal is to give a blessing at the Republican National Convention, amid a healthcare row between the Catholic Church and the president.

In Mexico there's a sect that was started by a defrocked priest after he complained about the catholic church started giving masses in the local languages instead of Latin. This is a perfect example of how nuttery can sprout from religion ( Read more... )

News release: 2012-247a Aug. 19, 2012 ( Read more... )

One more example of why I say Religions Are Bad. This is religious fervor as opposed to thoughtful spiritual feeling that is causing this.

Trogloraptor marchingtoni
boy.. nasty looking critter! I wonder if they would eat back widows...?