Biggest polluter in Hawaii? SUVs? Nah, shut down them big ol Volcano thingies.

May 18th: Today in 1268 Baibars, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria captured the city of Antioch effectively ending the Crusader Kingdoms. Following his capture the inhabitants were slain or enslaved and the city was razed. The Crusaders held fortresses and coastal castles for many more years after this, but this was the end [...]

May 17th: Today in 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of the most important decisions of the 20th century, Brown Vs. The Board of Education which ended legal racial segragation in public education. When I am optimistic I view US racial history as a slow, step by step line of improvement and this [...]

May 16th: Today in 1990 Jim Henson died from Group A streptococcus. Henson was a remarkable man with powerful ability to tell stories with puppets that were loved by people of all ages. I find it sad that the brilliant Muppet show isn’t on T.V. today so that I can share it with my son. [...]

May 15th: Today in 1928 the silent version of “Plane Crazy” is shown as a sneak preview at a theatre in Los Angeles. This is Mickey’s first real public showing. “Plane Crazy” is later released with sound as the third Mickey Mouse cartoon.

First we had a baby girl named after their parents favorite Everquest non-player character, Firiona Vie, now we have a baby boy named after a Final Fantasy character, Sephiroth. I give up, I have added Crash Bandicot to my name list if we have any more kids. How about you? Who should be ‘honored’ next?

Being run over once is bad, four times is pretty obscene.

If you use Firefox, and you should be, there is a new version out that patches a security hole.

These robots that can build copies of themselves are pretty sharp, but I will shake the hand of the man who can build socks that copy themselves when their partner disappears. That will be true genius.

I haven’t really been a Star Wars fan since the third movie. It was so obvious that it was made to sell teddy bears and other dross that I had to laugh recently when reading that George Lucas really wants to be an avant garde film maker. Really, really he does! Well, this movie is [...]