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Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design Is that a sucking sound I hear as scientists and researchers leave the great state Kansas?

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Violence exposes France’s weaknesses There is of course a huge well of fury and resentment among the children of North African and African immigrants in the suburbs of French cities. The suburbs have been woefully ignored for 30 years. Violence there is regular and unexceptionable. Even on a … Continue reading »

Schwarzenegger Street This is hilarious. Whatever happened to Richard Chavez from Predator and the War of the Worlds TV Series? I mention this since that War of the Worlds series was seriously scary and the 1st season DVD just came out. I mean, dead Martians coming back to life from sealed drums stored throughout the … Continue reading »

Fantasy Bedtime Hour Two girls in bed reading Stephen Donaldson’s Lord Foul’s Bane. I could never get through that turgid mass of a book, so it’s funny to see these two actually read it, and others re-enact scenes from the book in this low-budget public access cable show from San Francisco. It’s interesting to see … Continue reading »

Gianduja The history of the Gianduja confection is not well documented and in fact contains some contradictions. Some sources claim that the idea of mixing chocolate and hazelnuts came during Napoleon’s reign (early 1800s) when the Mediterranean was blockaded and left Turin’s chocolate industry short of cacao beans. Hazelnuts were plentiful in the Piedmont region … Continue reading »

I voted for Arnold in the recall election although I’m a registered Democrat (Gray seemed so weak – especially with his proposal just before he left office to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, and Arnold seemed like he would stir up things), but after his veto of AB 748, no more support for Arnie: … Continue reading »

Jen picked out a Specialized Tarmac Expert in the Team Gerolsteiner colors at Mike’s Bikes. I had them upgrade the wheels to Easton Ascent IIs. Checking the weight of the wheels, she’s saving almost a pound of weight over the Ksyrium Equipes. I wanted her to have a nice bike since she’s riding on the … Continue reading »

I tried to play the Imperial Guard again last night. It takes so long to level up to the powerful armored vehicles with the Imperial Guard, that by the time you’ve produced the first flamethrower or artillery tanks, the opposition has very powerful infantry to overrun both your defenses and vehicles. I was playing Hard … Continue reading »

Played over two hours of skirmish with the Imperial Guard forces against the Chaos forces in the Winter Assault add-on to Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, and the Imperial Guard just gets shredded too easily. Even with powerups, they’re still just fodder for the opposing forces. Maybe I just have to make a lot more … Continue reading »

The Grip of Gas – Why you’ll pay through the nose to keep driving. By Austan Goolsbee Great article on why the price of gas will have to be $5 for 5 years to make any difference. People are locked in to using gas and there aren’t any alternatives. It would take at least 5 … Continue reading »