Wow, this is pretty amazing stuff: Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world… The 18,000-year-old specimen, known as Liang Bua 1 or LB1, has been assigned to a new species called Homo floresiensis. It was about one …
Yearly Archives: 2004
Horrible taste
Uhg. I forgot to mention one of the worst parts about the whole LASIK deal. The drops for your eyes eventually work their way down the back of your throat (eyes -> sinus -> throat). And the meds taste really, really bad.
Ahh! The laser is in my eyes!
I had wavefront LASIK done on Friday morning. It was an interesting experience. They gave me one last check out, then I got to wear a fancy hair net and take a valium and a vicodin. My metabolism is painfully slow, that turned out to be a literally true. When I went into surgery the …
Narco Corridos
From BBC: Narco Corridos. An interesting article on the music aspect of the smuggler/drug/gang culture of Mexico and the US. It has been a bit of a culture shock down here for me in this aspect. You see guys drive by in pimped out cars with big stereos blasting music. But the music is not …
Dirty water
Wow, I’ve never seen rain or wind in SD like today. You know what that means, boys and girls… Sewage for everyone! All you CA voters out there, yes on 72. Heard an interesting story coming into work today about how a similar law has been in Hawaii for 20 years.