Thunderstorm vs. Volcanic Plume

Coolest thing I've seen this week. It's a series of photos so be sure to click the right arrow to see the rest of them.

I used to find Ben Stein amusing

Check out what Ben Stein says about science in this excerpt from interview. I know I've said it before but I love how people like Stein pick and choose their science. Microphones, tv cameras and broadcast towers? Created by God. Evolution? Voodoo and god killing mumbo jumbo. It would be funny if so many people didn't believe he was right.

Original Spiderman

Looks like someone donated the original drawings of Spiderman's first appearance. You can read about it on the Library of Congress' blog here.

By popular request

It seems McCoy had to remind us he was a doctor about as frequently as George W. Bush as to remind us he's the commander in chief and protecting Americans is his job.

He's dead, Jim

How many times can one man declare someone dead in a TV series?

It's the blimp!

This weekend there is a PGA tournament taking place here in Charlotte. It's the Wachovia Championship. On the way to work today I saw the Metlife blimp on its way to cover the tournament. I had some time to spare and chased it around Freedom Park and took a few pictures which you can see here.

Do people really still watch Fox "News?"

Fox News mixes up it historical figures. Watch it here here.

Another wall smashed down

I am sitting in the Panera Bread down the street from where I work and I am hooked into their wireless network. Blogging on a public connection. I feel like I should be living on the moon. All I can say is that I am glad I have lived to see the day that Man can blog while at lunch.

Another sports heartbreaker

That story I linked to the other day about the softball player being helped around the bases by her opponents reminded me of the video I once saw of an Olympic runner named Derek Redmond that pops a hamstring while running a sprint in the 1992 Barcelona summer games. He's in a lot of pain but decides that he's in the dadgum Olympics so he's going to finish the race. His father can't take watching his son struggle alone and runs out and helps him finish. Amazing. You can view it below.

Gas prices adjusted for inflation

I can't say for sure how accurate the chart it but you can view it here. I guess one reason that gas prices feel so high right now is that for a good while there we weren't paying all that much for gasoline. We didn't know how good we had it.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Lincoln

Holy cow.