A Rose by any other name…
Billie Piper is to leave Doctor Who in the nail-biting series two finale.
Ancient life is a big pile…
Odd-shaped mounds of dirt in Australia turn out to be fossils of the oldest life on Earth, created by billions of microbes more than 3 billion years ago, scientists say in a new report.
Nuke ‘Em From Orbit, it’s the only way.
As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima.
Ancient Crocs
=> news @ nature.com – Slouching out of Gondwana – The ancestor of today’s crocodiles was probably Australian.
Spiders
BBC News => Early web-spinner found in amberTrue orb weaving spiders found trapped in amber from 121-115 million years ago are the oldest of their type yet found.Now, if only the can find some good, dinosaur blood-engorged mosquitoes so they can create Jurassic Park.
First Day of School
Monday was Michelle’s first day of “real” school, sort of.The school year technically starts in August, but they also hold summer school, so we decided to get her a head start (and, for my wife’s sake, get her out of the house) early.It’s an all-day school, so by the time she got home on her first day, she was out for the count. The family had a quiet day and a quiet evening, how refreshing!We think she likes school.
Ick
In 2001 when we went to Taiwan they had a new novelty food item, street vendors were selling hot dogs and sausages with handles, rather like a corn dog. The novelty that made it uniquely Taiwanese (and probably proves Taiwan has no board of health) was that the “handle” was…
Doctor Who – The Satan Pit – Review
Let’s face it, last week on the Impossible Planet the Doctor was left in a pretty precarious position…
Fusion Patrol: 1999, Part 1
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been going through my old material and adding into YouTube. Here then, is the first installment of the pilot for Fusion Patrol: 1999 Technorati Tags: Blog, Space, Video
My Heros at The Tiki Bar, Say It Ain’t So, Doctor Tiki!
In the world of video podcasting, one podcast stands head and shoulders above all the rest: Tiki Bar TV.Even if you aren’t an alcoholic, it’s funny, irreverent and extremely well put together.(And, if that’s not enough, Lala is extremely well put together, too.)