Bill Nye strokes out on stage

Via the Dori monson show - this sounds bad!. Nye was funny on Loveline and I guess he was Almost live though I never liked that show.

Russia bans smoking

Wouldn't it be nice to live in a country with a government that takes its role of public steward seriously?

Rockstars of science

In an effort to make sciencists appear kool, various Nobel laureates and the like are posing for photos with famous rock stars. I'm pretty sure the people who would be attracted to one group would be repelled by the other...but point for trying right ? 

Leonid Meteor shower 2morrow morning

Dont miss it! Early morning Wednesday and Thursday.

4yo left alone calls 911

When florida parents arnt letting their children drowned in the pool (which happens every week it seems) they are leaving them home alone to go on beer runs.

Going out of business

The other day I drove all over town trying to find a store that sold incense supplies. My first stop was the Juno beach surf shop "lazydayz" which apparently is/was "authentic" as opposed to the numerous mass market swimming/beach supply stores. I was told after 30+ years lazydayz threw in the towel and went out of business. Bummer. I was advised to check out the local skate board shop "Modern culture", in Jupiter. Out of business as well. Juno/Jupiter isnt exactly a bastion of counter-culture so I'm not really surprised, but apparently Whole Foods is now the only supplier of incense supplies in the area. Damn giant corporate box stores killing local business.

Today I drove down to Boarders books in Boca to see if the next book in a series was cheaper there than the bit of literary greed that is Barnes and Noble.Boarders books - specifically the ONLY large sized Boarders store in the Miami area - is going out of business. They are apparently keeping their mall based waldenbooks stores but ditching the large scale stores. Damn shame. But I got a 20% close out discount.

Cops hate donuts

At least donuts sold by kids. Yet another case where the government shut down young people doing something valuable with their time because the state wasnt getting its cut.