I went out to Phoenix last weekend to visit with Mike and Dan. It was a good time. We tubed down the Salt River and managed to not kill ourselves on the rocks. Though Mikey got a lesson in kinetic energy. The fireworks show was quite impressive. It was probably 30 minutes long, with a huge finale.
I am looking forward to the Annual U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition in Imperial Beach. I will be working for part of the weekend though. Bah.
Israel finally starts to acknowledge that they have nuclear power.
It’s a strange dichotomy: Most Americans claim they don’t believe what they read in newspapers or see on TV — only a third say news organizations generally get the facts straight — yet their opinions continue to be influenced by the media. Wired brings us New Media’s Age of Anxiety
HIV infection at record high. But there is good news as well: Many countries, including Brazil, Uganda and Thailand, have reduced HIV infection.
Hah: Night-time cough and sleep quality were no better with cough mixtures than with a simple, non-medicated syrup. Cough medicines ‘have no benefit’