Thoughts for 2009-11-08

• Anybody else notice that Alabama beat LSU yesterday and both teams moved up a spot in the BCS? #
• Number Four in the BCS are the ... Horned Frogs? Followed by the ... Binturongs? #
• Lieberman calls Hasan a "terrorist" http://bit.ly/42Iq9k Can it be that the only politician with guts ... and a brain ... is Lieberman? #
• China bans physical punishment for Internet addicts http://bit.ly/1kd8gV It's now safe for me to travel to China. #
• Another vampire movie opens this month http://bit.ly/45FNyg Just when you though it was safe to go back into the theatres... #
• Reuters: Space trash is a problem http://bit.ly/oNSN2 Send Fred Sanford into space! He will collect all the junk ... and make us laugh. #
• Pelosi's health bill passes 220-215 http://bit.ly/38OQuW Lap Dogs outnumber Blue Dogs #
• I like the fact that the BBC Website has a listing called Science & Environment http://bit.ly/wKjUi Like they are two different things #
• Monkeys are scared of robots http://bit.ly/UO2sd Good news! We can use robots to fight the apes when they try to take over. #
• China plans a robot Olympics http://bit.ly/1V342L Will scaring monkeys be an Olympic sport? #
• Dodgers' owner divorce could get messy http://bit.ly/4BeaEz I just want to know who gets custody of Joe Torre? #
• Obama talks about "teabag, anti-government people" http://bit.ly/2dkkij #
• Army: Shooting suspect is critical, but stable http://bit.ly/2YoFO3 See? Government health care can work. #
• Taxes and fees are always spent as they're supposed to be spent, right? Wrong. http://bit.ly/28MVvb #
• There's a virus that causes pedophilia http://bit.ly/1abl0z One more reason to protect your Windows PC with Norton, AVG, or ... something. #
• Jimmie Johnson crashes at Texas Motor Speedway http://bit.ly/336rAW Turning left is hard #

Thoughts for 2009-11-07

• Holy crap! Tech went for it on 4th down! And got it! And won the game! #

Thoughts for 2009-11-06

• Now they're saying Hasan is still alive http://bit.ly/3YDLZx #
• Ft Hood lockdown is relaxed. Daughter reports son-in-law on the way home #

Thoughts for 2009-11-05

• Today is the first anniversary of 52% of America beginning to realize their mistake. #
• Hardee's spicy chicken sandwich and a vanilla shake for lunch. Mouth burn and a brain freeze all at once. Ow. #
• Daughter at Ft Hood says family okay. Says everyone "in disbelief." #
• Rough time for families at Ft Hood. Soldiers on lockdown for who knows how long. That's standard procedure. #

Sound familiar?

"We won last night"


"We're now in full control of the situation"

Thoughts for 2009-11-04

• Obama "not watching returns" http://bit.ly/3d6HjL Obama's policy: if you ignore it, it's not a problem. Elections, Afghanistan, Iran... #
• Dudley, MA votes to require a license to have more than three cats http://bit.ly/2Clxs4 When cats are outlawed, only outlaws will have cats #
• Obama gives Karzai 6 months to stop Afghan corruption http://bit.ly/1HAMV In other news, pot demands kettle stop being black #
• Scientists try elevator to space http://bit.ly/2aW91g Too lazy to take the stairs #
• Fiddler crabs is sluts! http://bit.ly/4rlP02 #
• Sandra Bullock vs Porn Star http://bit.ly/EhDQ Where do I order that Pay-Per-View event? #
• The internets fill up next year http://bit.ly/Q67Pz Better download that porn now, while you still can! #

Beer, the final frontier

Young Einstein was right: e=mc2 is the formula for splitting beer atoms

I'm a big fan of space exploration. Whether it's because I truly believe that it's to the benefit of all mankind that we push the boundaries of exploration, or if it's just because it reminds me of Star Trek, I don't know. Probably the latter. Anyway, I'm a big fan of space exploration.

A lot of Americans used to be that way, too.

However, ever since the summer of 1969, space exploration hasn't seemed to have the country's attention like it used to. What happened in the summer of '69? The Apollo 11 landing. And the last first-run episode of Star Trek. Not sure which caused the drop in interest in space.

Science! has another way to blind us

We need something to get people's attention. And our good friend, Science!, has supplied it.

Beer.

In case you missed it -- and I did until I was it on History Channel's The Universe -- there are clouds of beer in space.

Okay, it's not exactly beer. But it's alcohol, similar in structure to the alcohol in beer.

Geoff Macdonald, who has a keen interest in such matters, calculated that there is enough for 300,000 pints of beer for every person on Earth every day for the next billion years

Space has beer for the taking. That ought to get people's attention. And it ought to increase the interest in space exploration.

Now, me? I don't drink beer. I don't drink any alcoholic beverages at all. I'm that much of a Baptist.

But you know what that means? When we all go to space after the space beer, I'm the designated driver.