Maybe she should do her husband’s speeches

David Brinkley died last night due to complications from a fall at his home in Houston. Brinkley was one of my favorite journalists, with the ability to spin a yarn about mundane and amusing events that made them as  [more...]

I’m incredibly squeamish and upset when it comes to hurting animals, as you may have surmised from my post about the ants. Yesterday, the ants were still swarming around my kitchen, so I finally had to take  [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...]