2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster

Wow – this has been a sad few days:
Elia Kazan
Donald O’Connor
Robert Palmer
Stanley Fafara (“Whitey” on Leave It to Beaver)
George Plimpton

James Doohan, the versatile actor who portrayed Star Trek’s “Scotty,” died this morning at 85. I wish the CNN story hadn’t run a photo of him from just recently. I’m sure that most people  [more...]

What’s your carbon footprint? The average is 15,000 pounds per year of carbon dioxide, the main contributor to global warming. Mine turns out to be 9,500, smaller than average — but still, larger than  [more...]