The View From Mars
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August 29, 2009 07:28AM - Sadness at a Giant's Passing:
Sen. Kennedy died today
August 26, 2009 04:15AM - I'll Miss You, Josie - With
Music
May 23, 2009 08:26PM - Don't stop 'til you get
enough!
April 27, 2009 05:56PM - Look Quick,the Green Comet Is
Leaving The Neighborhood Fast
February 27, 2009 12:29AM
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- “Yo Bob - good cartoon,
as always, you
smart-ass!”
June 15, 2011 05:39PM - “Even more interesting,
to me at least, is that a
single
particle of matter can
in…”
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style, Bob. It sort of brings
"American
Pickers"
to…”
July 23, 2010 03:40AM - “100!”
February 08, 2010 08:32PM - “Good read. Agreed with
your analysis and list, so
thanks for
saving me the
troubl…”
December 29, 2009 03:13AM
Comet? GREEN Comet? As in Josephine the Plumber's best buddy?
No!
This comet!!

©Prestige Brands … Read full post »
Here is something that excites me about horizon-event on the green revolution: production of synthetic diesel fuel in small chemical factories at about $1.00 per gallon.
This is not bio-diesel -- it is digested scrap material and waste cellulose from crops and trash that would oth… Read full post »

I used to read a lot of sci-fi, much of it from the so-called "Golden Age of Science Fiction" in the 1940's and 50's. In those books, there was rarely a problem with power. It was there, generated by "atomics" or other technology that the authors were confident would… Read full post »
This post is about a week late, but there is that pesky delay between the 2 planets. And the celebration has been really big around here.

Not too far from my own little piece of Terra Firma, a new Korean (KIA) automobile production plant is being built. You can read an LA Times article about the local take on the Big 3 car makers bail-out here.
Old postcard of downtown West Point, GA. Doesn't look a… Read full post »
What in the world was this all about?
Well that's just a rhetorical question. We know the press will jump all over it as evidence of the racial tension that exists between John McCain and Barack Obama. And it apparently does exist in the mind of John McCain anyway. … Read full post »
If you were to travel to the Moon, or to, say, Mars, this is how you might see the Earth at night:

Given that this is a bit hard to view at this limited scale, take a look at the web page view of the composite picture over here.… Read full post »

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