I just noticed that one of the best "reality" shows I have ever seen (with a not-so-great title) will be shown three times in the next 24 hours, starting tonight at 9 pm. If you get the chance, check out "Blood Sweat and Takeaways" on Planet Green.  If you like it, also look for "Blood Sweat and T-Shirts".

Before I go to bed, I just want to say: Congratulations to everyone!

For the first time in a long time I feel like America has done something to be proud of. Hurrah!

In smaller news: We also got a compost bin at our building yesterday, so I now can feel a bit better about my trash too.

I haven't posted for ages. I don't have anything earth shaking to report; it just seems like it must be time to say something ( Read more... )

Here are clips from the only two movies that I remember being really frightened and haunted by as a child.

The first was The Incredible Melting Man. I was probably about 6 years old when we saw it as part of a double feature at the drive-in.

Later that week I was having trouble sleeping because I was afraid that the Incredible Melting Man was going ( Read more... )

from the underground scene in Iran.

Thanks delta_S!

I  watched a news story tonight about a company, BioEnergy Solutions, in Fresno CA, which is now producing power from cow manure. Great!! I have been wanting to see this kind of technology put to use in the US for a long time! The news story showed a whole lot of cow poop being piled up mechanically by a conveyor thing into a gigantic pile, while ( Read more... )

What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Science/Math Nerd

(Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death ( Read more... )

What is it called when a group agrees on something by consensus, but then someone in a position of power does something else? Like, years ago, when Seattle voted against a new expensive sports stadium and we got it anyway. Or when we voted for a mass-transit rail system and they did not build it. (Although it looks like they are finally building ( Read more... )

The research group that I was with last year has just submitted a paper to the journal, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACPD). I am listed as one of the authors! I am so proud! Now I feel like a real scientist, still unemployed, but real nonetheless. Wooo!

I went to my first caucus the other day, and I was surprised by how disorganized and chaotic the whole thing was. I wondered why they had all of us crowded into to one location, since we were split up into our individual precincts anyway. But, I suppose that having us all together makes for a much faster tally and a sense of camaraderie, to go with ( Read more... )