Sagittarius Horoscope for week of February 4, 2016
Richard P. Feynman was a brilliant physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 1965 for his pioneering work in quantum electrodynamics. He also played the bongo drums and was a competent artist. But excessive pride was not a problem for him. "I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb," he testified. "The ( Read more... )

In the forty seasons that I've been a fan of auto racing, there have only been twelve American drivers in Formula One.
From 1974 to today ('74 was the first year that Drivers were matched with Race Numbers throughout the whole season):
* Eddie Cheever, # 3 Tyrell
* Danny Sullivan, # 4 Benetton
* Mario Andretti, # 5 Lotus (the year he won the season)
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March of The MachinesThere was a part that meshed directly with the "firmware" portion of POI's Machine. Law offices, prosecutor and defender divisions are now commonly using analytical computers to research cases and collect evidence in the "discovery" phase. How much you want to bet that The Machine already is looking in on every single one of ( Read more... )

A sidebar advert on Facebook today claimed that the average person has been to 17 cities. So I took that as a challenge, got a very small scale map of the U.S. out of a date book, and will check off from my travel experiences ( Read more... )

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I probably liked this song better than it deserved when it was a hit.

Tennessee passed a law a couple years ago to extortcollect use taxes from Amazon.com due to sales to Tennessee residents. I got my statement for 2011 the other day, and thus was pointed to the state website to settle the matter.

https://apps.tn.gov/usetax

How much do I owe? 8¢. And I ( Read more... )

Team America lost against Canada and Fiji earlier, but beat Argentina overnight. If they win the next two games today, they'll get the third-level trophy for the Tourney. Unfortunately, if they lose the first one--against the powerhouse Australian team, it's over.

And the game will be too early for TV coverage. Nuts.

The IRB Rugby Sevens series is in Las Vegas this weekend. Sixteen of the World's best teams. (And I hope at least some of it will be televised ( Read more... )

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