Thursday, March 09, 2000

Mike the Headless Chicken: "A True Story Of One Bird's Will To Live" Watch the SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, with SetiCam (live images from the Arecibo control room). Dolphins trained to kill for the Soviet navy have been sold to Iran - but what they will do in the Persian Gulf is a mystery Last chapter of "Eating Brasil" [Powell's] by Wim Nijenhuis Today's Google Search for Angie: "suicide after accounting tests". Results: some x-files fan fiction, and Stetson University's bulletin of graduate and professional programs. None of these truly answer her question: How many students commit suicide after bad accounting tests? Reading this week: "The Guns of the South" [Powell's] by Harry Turtledove [fan site] [usenet: alt.books.harry-turtledove]. After learning of Turtledove from soc.history.what-if, I ventured to the library to find some of his works. Not knowing what I was looking for, I picked up one of his books at random. The cover of "The Guns of the South" displays Confederate General Robert E. Lee posing with an AK-47. I read three chapters standing there in the library. It's been an interesting and fun read so far, and I will post a review when I'm done. Five seconds of my girlfriend Angie's churning stomach. Vegetable chow mein can wreak havoc on an empty stomach. This was recorded with her strewn across the desk, belly pressed to the monitor's built-in microphone. Sorry for the bad quality, you may have to turn the volume up. [audio] 861k