News Item –  The BBC reported that nuclear physicists in the search for antimatter have had a major breakthrough.
Scientists at the Switzerland/France CERN particle collider announced the successful capture of an anti-hydrogen atom for almost 16 minutes. Dr. Skeinman: Well, we’ve come close a few times before.  Once we thought we’d captured one, but it […]

Well, well, well.  You’re feeling pret-ty smug, aren’t you?  I’ll be honest – so was I.  “Rapture,” I said.  “Feh.  Wrong again!  What a kook!”  I was actually looking forward to hearing how Harold Camping, the religious bookmaker who predicted the end this last Saturday, would explain the failure to rapt.  I had pretty even […]

Every year there is a UFO festival in McMinnville, Oregon.  McMinnville is the site of one of the only as yet non-debunked UFO photos (which makes it “bunked”?) taken by farmers Paul & Evelyn Trent in 1950, as well as being considered a cross-center for psychic activity… or something.  So this year M and I […]

It will be a great day when schools have all the funding they need, and the military has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber. – popular bumper sticker. Excuse me, sir?  Sir?  Would you be interested in some shortbread?  Lemon bar?  The lemon bars are fresh, sir; why, private Doorn here […]

Some years ago when I was living in Portland, there was a series of storms that led to flooding and a lot of property damage.  In fact, the ceiling of my apartment collapsed. (conversation between my landlord and I at 2:30am – “There’s water coming through the ceiling!”  “Can’t you put a bucket under it […]

Went to the dentist yesterday for a check up.  No cavities!  *ting!*  Going to the dentist is always a mixed bag for me because – as I’ve talked about before – I’m just a skosh freaky about my teeth, but as a result I take good care of them.  So there’s the standard dread, because… […]

How come people who “dress up 80’s” never look like anyone looked in the 80’s? “Safety Dance” may be the most joyous, happy-inducing song ever. Footloose is a movie about dancing, but the theme song is not very good to dance to.  Ironic?  Yes. People have bad taste.  The VJ opened up to requests, and […]

So, from the “Sure, that’s pretty much how it goes” file… About a year ago I did this modeling job for Hewlitt-Packard (I know.  I’m just so glamorous).  They were working on a digital image library, and needed a broad range of shots for ads, catalogues, print tests, whatever.  Just to have it all available. […]