Plead the First

I finally got to see An Inconvenient Truth this weekend. One of the most striking parts was when Gore addresssed the common argument that we’re simply experiencing nothing more than cyclical variations in temperature and CO2 levels. He displayed a series of charts showing data taken from ice core samples which did indeed reveal cyclical […]

Around the beginning of this year, the office where I work purchased a new hardware/software package designed to have an impact on workplace productivity. Throughout the year we’ve been hard at work mastering the machine’s protocols and entering data into the system for dozens of projects. Earlier this week, we found that our data for […]

The Dixie Chicks’ new album is doing pretty well: As Taking The Long Way debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart this week, with first week’s sales of 525,829, the Dixie Chicks have become the first female group in chart history to have three albums debut at #1, breaking the record […]

Mr. Sun is live-blogging the National Spelling Bee again this year, and asked me to create a cartoon in honor of the Bee and contestant Saryn “The Hook” Hooks from North Carolina. The cartoon, and other Bee related coverage may be found here. Go Saryn! PS: Mr. Sun, there’s been some sort of mix up […]

I went to see The DaVinci Code on Sunday afternoon. Beforehand they had a preview for an upcoming Nicholas Cage movie called “World Trade Center”. I found it unbelieveable that they would create a trailer like that. They actually showed firemen and policemen buried in rubble beneath the crumbled buildings. If one goes to see […]

The May 16 edition of the show with zefrank included a challenge to viewers to create an Earth Sandwich by placing a slice of bread on the ground, and having someone on the exact opposite side of the Earth do the same. The cool part about this is the “Find the opposite tool” provided to […]

First things first: If you’re planning on eating anytime in the near future, I suggest you make Laurie’s Creamy Garlicky Tomato Soup. We tried it tonight. Very easy to make. Looks yummy. Tastes even better. Next: Has anyone noticed that the soundtrack to Fox’s 24 seems particularly good this season? I never really paid attention […]

Backwards City links to an interview with Katee Sackhoff, the actress who plays Starbuck on SciFi’s Battlestar Galactica. At the end of the Backwards City post, there’s this quote from Gravity Lens: I need someone to explain to me how a show about humanity, slaughtered and driven from the twelve worlds they occupy by technology […]