My mom often uses the expression “the day just got away from me.” Although I don’t chase my day in hopes of catching it (it’s late in the evening and I’ve had a full day so my humor is a bit goofy right now), I do tend to use this expression. In fact, it’s often […]

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My mom often uses the expression “the day just got away from me.” Although I don’t chase my day in hopes of catching it (it’s late in the evening and I’ve had a full day so my humor is a bit goofy right now), I do tend to use this expression. In fact, it’s often […]

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Our Japanese activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were charged with theft and trespass today by the prosecutor in Aomori after they exposed a major scandal around the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme.
Junichi and Toru continue to be held in detention in Aomori, where they have been […]

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“If I drive between 30 and 40, I’ll get 120 mpg. If I drive between 40 and 50, I’ll get 80-90 mpg.” This guy is owning a three wheeled scooter that has a semi-enclosed cabin. The scooter is made by a Chinese company, Xingyue. The video shows the scooter tilting during turns and […]

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The other day, I sarcastically “thanked” Andrew Wakefield for his role in making sure that measles is again endemic in the U.K. At the same time I wondered whether in 5 to 10 years I’d be similarly “thanking” Jenny McCarthy for her role in doing the same thing here in the United States.
It looks as […]

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One of the things I find fascinating about the Weather Channel is that after watching it for a while, you actually start to worry about that cold front moving through some other part of the country. You become quite paranoid about things that won’t affect you. Well, I’ve got an even better way to drive […]

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