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they're fighting the wrong "war on drugs"
...and they're worried about people smoking weed??? $228.5 Billion = amount of sales of brand name pharmaceuticals in the U.S. in 2008, according to the Generic Pharmaceutical Association's industry ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 07:55:00 GMT
How would you feel?
This ariticle was posted on Space.com by Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute. It poses a valid question in these days where space research is providing a greater understanding of th...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:51:00 GMT
The Rise of Slime
More than 1/2 the fish that people hunt in the sea are gone, more than 1/2 the corals are gone too, and pollution is strangling vast stretches of seafloor. Writing in the Proceedings of the National A...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:23:00 GMT
George will be missed...
It was with sadness that I read the news of George Carlin's passing the other day. To say that he was a funny man seems a bit obvious - he was one of our most popular comedians so, of course, he...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:14:00 GMT
ode to Johnny
I don't know how many people actually saw the MTV Movie Awards last week...I myself, dvr'd them so as not to be inundated with all the commercials and the presenters that I don't care t...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:09:00 GMT
July 4th Island Adventure
So, we had a great time this July 4th! Our friends, Bucky and Melanie, were kind enough to transport a group of us in their boat to our own little island getaway right off Honeymoon Island over ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:40:00 GMT
pics from Mofro show!
Here are some shots from last Monday's Mofro show at Skipper's Smokehouse. Even the frigid temps didn't keep fans away - both nights brought a packed house. JJ Grey (lead singer) is a good...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:36:00 GMT
goodbye, Jen
An friend, from my days at the zoo, lost her battle with breast cancer and passed away last Friday morning. Her name was Jennifer. She left behind a husband and two beautiful children...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:33:00 GMT
to boldly go where no one has gone before....
Here are some amazing photos captured by the Hubble Telescope...they are colorized (obviously) to define the different layers or gases, various densities, etc... Its unbelievable that these syst...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:14:00 GMT
there's a storm coming...
Here are some documented results from a number of studies done in 2006 attempting to measure the effects of global warming - current environmental consequences and their predicted future impact o...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:54:00 GMT
