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In 1945, Dr. Percy Spencer, a self-taught engineer with the Raytheon Corporation, was touring a company laboratory that was involved in a radar-related research project . . . and noticed something very unusual when he stopped in front of a magnetron. The chocolate bar in his pocket had begun to melt.
Read moreIt appears the FCC has fined CBS $550,000 for the shot of Janet Jackson’s boob during the Super Bowl. That’s an awfully expensive boob job.
Read moreI had an interesting beginning to the week. Apparently I was the victim of a spider bite Sunday. I had gathered up a load of laundry to put in the washing machine. I felt a prickly sensation like one gets when messing around with fiberglass.
Read moreHaving sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Read moreAs you may have noted, I have not posted on the blog in a while. This is because I was cleaning up from Frances and preparing for Ivan, and dealing with some (probably) unrelated problems around the house over the previous week.
Read moreJournalist Josh Marshall points out how quick the Bush administration was in trying to squelch media coverage of the fact that 1,000 Americans have now been killed in Iraq. At 4:27 eastern time, AP put a story on its wire with the headline, “U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000 mark.” Just 13 minutes later, a new AP headline read “Ridge: Terrorists hope to disrupt election” after a press conference by the Homeland Security secretary.
Read moreThe hurricanes seem to keep coming, friends needed a place to stay, and my vacation has now been officially ruined in its entirety thanks to Ivan.
Read moreA recap of what I did for the weekend Aug. 28 and 29, 2004.
Read moreThe Firestone garage at Westshore Plaza tries to take me for a ride on a brake job.
Read moreAll is well after Charley bypasses Tampa.
Read moreWhen does Guaranteed in stock not “guaranteed in stock.”
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