I am not kidding. William “Kirk” Shatner is back in the music (?) business in an album with Ben Folds (famous from Karen’s shirt, at least in my world) called Has Been. The link is to a site that has mp3s and reviews, but I actually heard about it on NPR this evening….
Meanwhile, back in Iraq…
In case you’re still keeping score:
* Weapons of Mass Destruction found before invasion: “0″:http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/07/sprj.irq.un.transcript.blix/
* Weapons of Mass Destruction declared by US before invasion: “LOTS”:http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/sotu.transcript/
* US Cost in dollars: “150,000,000,000″:http://costofwar.com/
* US military deaths: “1,357″:http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html
* Iraqi civilians killed: “15,289″:http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
* Weapons of Mass Destruction found after invasion: “0″:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/international/middleeast/12cnd-wmd.html
Freeway swimming
While the Sparrow reminded me of a gigantic shnoz, this one reminds me of a fish (one of those tall, skinny ones, not a blowfish).
Would you want to do 150 MPH (top speed) in this thing? Or 0 to 60 in 4 seconds?
Amazingly, it is not easy to tip.
I Found Polar Express Kind of Creepy
first extrasolar planet photograph
“Whoa”:http://space.com/scienceastronomy/aas_exoplanet_050110.html. (OK, it’s not as visually impressive as “that Topanga boulder”:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/popup.asp?SubID=458&pubdate=1/10/05, but stunning nonetheless.)