Archive for November, 2008

WOW-PALINOMICS-SARAH PALINS PLAN!

WOW-PALINOMICS-SARAH PALINS PLAN!

SARAH PALIN HAD A PLAN TO GET THE U. S. A. MOVING AGAIN!…

WOW-PALINOMICS-SARAH PALINS PLAN!

On race and the presidency

On race and the presidency

The USA is moving steadily toward a place where the color of your skin will be less and less of a liability….

On race and the presidency

For a We species, a We president: Yes we can

For a We species, a We president: Yes we can

Well that is about to change now with Barack H Obama, shortly to become the 44th President of the USA….

For a We species, a We president: Yes we can

Peaches

Peaches

After trying my best, but eventually failing, to stay awake until a new President of The USA (moving to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches)…

Peaches

Election

Election

I think the USA will be moving in a new and better direction in 77 days….

Election

Too Soon

Too Soon

30 weeks gestation seems too soon to be born. Too soon to meet chicken legged, ruddy, scrunched up beings. Too soon to be thrust into the NICU after our last baby died. In the NICU. Too soon to gaze upon tiny fingers and toes, bruised hands and feet from too many needles and blood tests. Too soon to take any of it in. I don’t think about that time very often. The whole nine weeks went in a blur of premature experiences. Tubes and wires and alarms beeping in some machinery induced cha

Too Soon

Two Planet Discoveries

Two Planet Discoveries

With the publication of Science today, we get two announcements of the discovery of exoplanets. Hubble has announced the discovery of a planet around the star Fomalhaut (suspected in 2005 but now confirmed) and a team using the Gemini and Keck telescopes have found three planets around the star HR8799. Go over to Sarah for more details. Funnily enough I was looking at a picture of Fomalhaut’s dust disc at Halloween a couple of weeks ago. I suggest the new planet orbiting Fomalhaut be named Plan

Two Planet Discoveries

Blade of Glory: Top-ranked Christine Toledo to go up against Muay Thai fighter in China

Blade of Glory: Top-ranked Christine Toledo to go up against Muay Thai fighter in China

Women fight with emotion and attitude, and men fight with ego — often leaving technique out the window,” said Muay Thai fighter Christine Toledo. She should know. Her fierce powerhouse punches won her acclaim in 2007 as she became ranked number one in the United States and number three internationally by the Women’s International Kickboxing Association. She earned her nickname, Blade, after fights often ended in blood from cuts inflicted on her opponents. On Nov. 15, the flyweight champion wi

Blade of Glory: Top-ranked Christine Toledo to go up against Muay Thai fighter in China

Nate Marquardt added to the list

Nate Marquardt added to the list

We’ve been wondering for a while who the fuck is gonna get tapped to coach the US team for next season’s TUF: UK vs USA show. Originally Dana White implied that the winner of Hendo vs Franklin would get the nod, but thus far it doesn’t look like Rich is all that interested in the role. So perhaps as a backup measure, the UFC is adding Nate Marquardt into the list of potential candidates. We’ve mentioned in the past that Nate Marquardt has the personality of a cardboard cutout, but we also pr

Nate Marquardt added to the list

Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of Catalysts at Work

Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of Catalysts at Work

Chemists at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) have developed a new method using X-ray microscopy to observe catalysts in action. A report on their work is published in the 13 November edition of the journal Nature. Gaining insight into the mechanisms of heterogeneous catalysts could lead to improved or novel catalysts. So far, scanning probe microscopy methods have been used to study inorganic catalyst phases at sub-nanometer resolution, but detailed chemical information of the materials in

Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of Catalysts at Work