Lavinia Smith, the noted virologist and the aunt of well-known journalist Sarah Jane Smith, has died. She was 81.
Well, actually, Mary Wimbush — the actress who played that part — has died. She was on BBC Radio’s The Archers for 13 years, but was a familiar voice to British listeners for sixty years, appeared in Oh What a Lovely War! and played Aunt Agatha in Jeeves and Wooster.
The other day, once I emerged from the bathroom all showered, shaved, and with waxed hair, I decided that I looked somewhat cute — this is unusual, so I figured that I should document it, and whipped out the [more...]
Wash your car, and it’s certain to rain. Talk about sun, and the clouds will roll in. Just yesterday I was complaining — as I am wont to do — about the constant cloudless blue sky and bright, bright [more...]
This is such sad news; I can’t help but anthropomorphize these robots. NASA’s Opportunity rover has been crippled and blinded by problems with two of its most important instruments. The agency has suspended [more...]
