Thought of the day

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Michael

Scrabble > Words With Friends

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Perseid meteor shower this weekend

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Michael

The Perseids have actually been active for several weeks now, but whereas it’s a cloudy weekend where I am, they are naturally at their peak over the next few days:

Experts predict this year’s Perseid meteor shower will be an impressive sky show, with a waning crescent moon expected to interfere only slightly with the night sky display. During the meteor shower’s peak this weekend (late Saturday night and into early Sunday morning), many fireballs may also visible in the night sky, NASA officials said.

“We expect to see meteor rates as high as a hundred per hour,” Cooke said in a statement. “The Perseids always put on a good show.”

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Romney picks Ryan

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Michael

I’m happy with this:

Against the flag-draped backdrop of the USS Wisconsin, Mitt Romney formally introduced Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman from Wisconsin, as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday. Ryan’s budget-cutting ideas have the potential to transform the presidential race. Support for his proposed mix of spending cuts and tax cuts has become a litmus test on the right–and opposing them has become a rallying cry on the left.

Instead of going with the only guy who could help him with the Latino vote in a crucial swing state – Marco Rubio – Romney picked the guy who wants to slash and cut and change everything that impacts the lives of seniors, women, minorities, and poor people.

Perfect.

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Thoughts of a lifetime

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Michael

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Fun fact of the day

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Michael

Ants don’t have lungs. They take in O2 and expel CO2 through pores in their bodies. This, as it happens, also enables them to live up to 14 days under water.

Some ants also have within them antibiotics. In some cultures it has been practiced that a rag would be thrown on an ant nest, allowing the ants to crawl all over it. The rag would then be shaken free of the little bastards and then wrapped around a wound, bringing about virtually immediate healing.

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Thought of the day

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Michael

Whenever I need to use a bogus, overly broad definition of a word, I close out of dictionary.com and head on over to merriam-webster.com.

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Not once

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Michael

Where are all the pre-Cambrian primates anyway?

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Thought of the day

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Michael

I think Yellowstone is one of the greatest national parks, but there’s something to be said of Acadia in summer.

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UC Davis cop off the force

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Michael

The cop who used excessive force on peaceful UC Davis students no longer works for the force:

A UC Davis official confirmed Tuesday night to KOVR-TV that Lt. John Pike separated from the university’s police force Tuesday. The university declined to comment further, citing privacy concerns.

When reached by The Sacramento Bee, Pike declined to comment.

The 39-year-old Pike had been on paid leave since the incident last November when video images showed him and another officer spraying demonstrators who were seated on a sidewalk and refused police orders to disperse during an Occupy protest.

It looks like everyone took a step back, let things calm down, and cool heads prevailed.

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