Alan Parsons

Now listening to Alan Parsons Project, The Ace of Swords

Sun blows up

Watch the video, think about how big the Sun is (about 860,000 miles across, more than 100 times the size of Earth), and think about how big that explosion is.

Antimatter containment

Last year, CERN announced that they'd captured 38 antimatter atoms for 172 milliseconds. They've just announced that they have now captured and kept antimatter for 1000 seconds.

June 6

On this day, 155,000 Allied soldiers--primarily Canadian, American, English--landed on the Normandy beaches in 1944.

Also, in 1674, Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, was crowned. And in 2002, an asteroid entered the atmosphere over the eastern Mediterranean, and exploded with force similar to a small nuclear weapon.

Australia's a Good Role Model

One advantage of not having a One World Government is that different countries can try different things and see what actually works, as opposed to what ivory tower academics and inexperienced community organizers say will work.

Casa de la Garza

I spent a couple of hours in the kayak a little bit upstream from our house, harassing herons.

Arizona

Bought a ticket today for my vacation to Arizona, scheduled for the end of August.
"Arizona in August? Won't that be hot?"
Yes....that's the point.