Not that Chris will take time to look at global spin any time soon (how’s that for a useless link?), but I thought I’d just announce that our dear boy (and new dad!) is 30 today!
I bet he’s enjoying today immensely.
We love you, Chris! Happy birthday (and a big hi to the family, too)!
Um… welcome colymbosathon ecplecticos to the world. But don’t stand too close. You know, I used to be intimidated by the Latin and/or Greek names scientists give to things. But after this, maybe the naming of things should be more closely regulated….
Mars is so popular – so fetching in red. Here’s a really interesting link to a NASA site on Mars in Popular Culture. It’s actually got some real history and educational stuff worked in, but doesn’t skimp on the bad Mars movies…. I snagged this link from the most recent edition of Natural History.
No link, sorry. But I’m re-reading Friday by Robert Heinlein and our heroine has just arrived in the Confederacy of California:
“But only in California will you find the clear-quill, raw-gum, two-hundred-proof, undiluted democracy…They elect everybody, from precinct parasite to the Chief Confederate (“The Chief”). But they unelect them almost as fast. For example the Chief is supposed to serve one six-year term. But, of the last nine chiefs, only two served a full six years; the others were recalled except that one who was lynched. In many cases an official has not yet been sworn in when the first recall petition is being circulated.”
Creepy, eh?
Say it ain’t so…. Our fun little Segway is now being considered as a tool in “a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops.” Does every toy have to turn into a war toy?