• Those who marveled at the quirky motion of the Big Dog quadripedal robot should not miss the (inevitable) video parody.
• And while we're watching videos, make sure you watch this one, starring a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead identical to the one on my bookshelf ( Read more... )

• I've had a difficult week here; new dental problems have arisen, culminating in an unplanned root canal this past Thursday, followed almost immediately by a much-delayed flight from Denver to Chicago for an Easter visit, where they happened to be having a blizzard. (The ( Read more... )

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The story was everywhere on Monday that today (Thursday) Pope Benedict XVI will be holding a meeting with the Curia to discuss the future of the thousand-year-old Roman Catholic tradition of mandatory celibacy for priests and bishops. The immediate trigger was another outburst from one of Rome ( Read more... )

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