Today it's a buckyball you can rotate, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the discovery of this awesome molecule. Here is a short article about why C60 is significant.

Not being a dedicated researcher in this field, I don't know if there's an extra-special meaning to the word "buckminsterfullerene", but from where I'm sitting, C60 is not the ( Read more... )

Apparently Pooky and Penny actually managed to stand there and sniff at each other for a few seconds without either one of them losing it. Maybe there is hope after all!

Dear 7TH-TOY:

After your pointless and uncalled-for tailgating the other day, I really don't wonder what happened to your first six Toyotas. The real question is: Do youActual ( Read more... )

Put in a good, productive, canny, even competent morning ( Read more... )

I can't imagine that a joint concert involving a band called "The Eagles" and a band called "The Dixie Chicks" could not end bloodily, can you?

*wonders how many first pick up on the "bird of prey" connotations vs. how many first pick up on the Civil War connotations vs how many just scratch their heads and move on*

Saw a brand of cat litter named "Lasting Pride" in the dollar store. What is that supposed to mean? Do they expect your cat to make trophies out of it, or something?

We subscribe to the Sunday Post-Dispatch. They send out the comics, coupons, and other non-time-sensitive sections on Saturday and the rest on Sunday. They also have the puzzles and a few columns (read: Joe Holleman) in with the comics ( Read more... )

50 years from now:

"You know what your grandparents did for fun? They played the PlayStation 3!"

"But--"

"PlayStation 3!"

"But--"

"Number three!"

"*sigh*"

We've taken Pooky to a park several times over the past few weeks. Both times, she's quickly headed for the fences separating park from people's backyards. Evidently she's not happy being out in the open in a strange place. (She actually managed to squirt through a gate the first time, in fact, and almost got her leash and collar all the way off ( Read more... )

KJ's got a video of chirping birds running on her laptop. Pookie, after staring at the speakers for a minute or two, has started batting her paw underneath the computer, evidently trying to grab the birds ( Read more... )

. . . Okay, you got me. The cereal box isn't explosive. (That would be just silly.)

But the battleship inside the cereal box is!