Now I know why Fry’s has all the snacks in the checkout line: sustenance for the wait.

As we await the launch of Discovery, I can’t help but wonder: what is the point of the shuttle program? Does it contribute anything, really, to space exploration? To scientific discovery? It’s an orbiter  [more...]

Are you listening to my pal Sara Hickman, live, RIGHT THIS MINUTE? Just askin’.

Here’s the third bizarre occurrence that greeted me on my return home: ants. I found a line of them marching across the countertop in the kitchen. I tried desperately to trace where they were coming from —  [more...]