TLP stuck under the bridge on Mobile river., originally uploaded by xjbei. I think someone lost an oil rig…. Maybe it was that crazy guy down the beach?
New Orleans Evacuation, originally uploaded by sbove. Ugh. So little movement people got out to sit on the median.
I am a major skeptic. However, the idea of dragons and alien visitors existing are the only things that I hope could actually exist despite the lack of data to the contrary. I am not a big believer in astrology, magic, and other stuff. I do think there are some things ancient civilizations may have…
Mental Note: Avoid all stores until Monday. The last time I attempted to go shopping during such a weekend, it was worse than Christmas Eve. Stores were in such a sorry state of disarray. Stuff was thrown everywhere. The store floors looked like they had not been cleaned in days. The employees appeared as though…
Bloggers Need Not Apply delves into a search committee’s use of personal web sites and blogs to scare them away from hiring candidates.
Several magazine companies have used North Shore to attempt to scare me into renewing their product. This method of strong arming customers gave me a bad taste for the company. Now I definitely am relieved.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian astrologist who says NASA has altered her horoscope by crashing a spacecraft into a comet is suing the U.S. space agency for damages of $300 million, local media reported on Monday. NASA deliberately crashed its probe, named Deep Impact, into the Tempel 1 comet to unleash a spray of material…
The BBC has a news article on the UN release of an atlas which highlights how humans have changed the Earth. Cities are larger than ever. Whole mountains have been leveled. Swamps have been drained. Stronger storms have altered coastlines.
. The first grand democratic experiment in Athens was drivem by a movement of the demos–citizen-peasants–organizing to make the Greek oligarchs who were abusing their power accountable. Democracy is always a movement of an energized public to make elites responsible–it is at its core and most basic foundation the taking back of one’s powers in…