It’s Not To Late

Way cool! Brian May of Queen is finishing his doctorate.
Brian May is completing his doctorate in astrophysics, more than 30 years after he abandoned his studies to form the rock group Queen.
The 60-year-old guitarist and songwriter said he plans to submit his thesis, “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud,” to supervisors at Imperial College [...]

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Invasion by Jumbo Squid

Sounds like a B-horror movie, or was that already done? However, jumbo squid are really “invading” California.
Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds are invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday.
An [...]

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Registered Sex-Offenders and Social Networking

Over the past few months, NC has been going after sex offenders that have pages at MySpace.  Today, McClatchy papers notes that MySpace has found 29,000 registered sex offenders that had profiles on the site.
MySpace.com has found thousands more registered sex offenders with profiles on the Web site than had been previously disclosed, N.C. [...]

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GOP Hates Our Children

Actually, I think that statement should be amended just a bit. I don’t think the GOP actually hates all children, just the children of the poor or those that fell on hard times and need a helping hand. Otherwise, why would they be fighting so hard to block expansion of SCHIP?
Republican leaders of the House [...]

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Housing Bubble Part 2,849,371

Well, finally a mortgage lender that’s saying what I’ve suspected all along, and have tried to say.
 Countrywide Financial, the nation’s largest mortgage lender, said yesterday that more borrowers with good credit were falling behind on their loans and that the housing market might not begin recovering until 2009 because of a decline in house prices [...]

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