I was in DTW between legs 2 and 3 of my voyage home, when I saw on the TV that CNN was going to be broadcasting the Endeavor launch live. I thought it odd that CNN would interrupt its 24 hour coverage on the War on Terror, effects of Terror, &c (with a dash of politics) coverage for something as uplifting as a Shuttle launch. I probably sold CNN ( Read more... )

1. the world is losing its bees. and we don't know why. ecological havoc to ensue. not to mention a decline in the quality of my honey. i blame chemicals (so does the New York Times). do much fake stuff out there in the world. it ain't natural.

2.
prince charles has his own line of organic products. he looks good on a farm. i wonder if ( Read more... )

I was reading The Economist Online (instead of working) and stumbled across this section of a travelogue of their Moscow correspondent's travels through the former Soviet Union

It was a strange interview, which began with an urgent summons and a limousine ride across Baku at lunatic speed. Oddly, the flunkies left the president and me alone in a ( Read more... )