NASA’s Cassini space probe flew by the Saturn moon Enceladus and sent back some pretty cool images. Enceladus is one of Saturn’s 61 moons — 23 if you count only those that have regular orbits — and is pretty interesting. It is the sixth largest moon of Saturn, and its fissured, ice-covered surface spews vast [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Cool Stuff From Cassini
Posted in Science, tagged Cassini, NASA, Saturn, Science on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Advice From Ben
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I went to an OSU – Michigan party at a friend’s house over the weekend and typically what I always try to do is carry on a conversation with someone I don’t know or hardly know. When doing so I tried to recall the item’s on Ben Franklin’s list of things to do and not to do when talking with others shown [...]
Schadenfreude
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Buckeye football, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Michigan-Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan, Schadenfreude, sports on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Schadenfreude is a useful word that describes a common, albeit not very atttractive, emotion. Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language defines schadenfreude as “satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune.” Schadenfreude is an emotion that is well known to any fan of a sports team that has a bitter rival. When you [...]
A Hot Topic
Posted in America, Environment, Politics, Science, World, tagged America, climate change, Environment, global warming, Politics, Science, World on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Climate change and the science of climate change are hot topics these days, for several reasons. First, it is now conceded by most in the scientific community that the continuing increases in global temperatures predicted by the most touted computer models have not occurred. Instead, the global temperature trend lines are flat for the past [...]
Any Win Over Michigan Is A Good Win
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, sports, tagged Big Ten, Buckeye football, Jim Tressel, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Michigan-Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan, Terrelle Pryor on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Buckeyes pulled out another win over Michigan today, topping the Wolverines 21-10 at the Big House in Ann Arbor. It really is an amazing time for Ohio State fans . Under Coach Jim Tressel, Ohio State now has won 3 straight times in Ann Arbor, 6 in a row overall, and 8 out of [...]
Editorializing On The Failed Stimulus
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, John Murtha Airport, Politics, President Obama, Recovery.gov, stimulus, stimulus bill, stimulus package, stimulus spending on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Detroit News editorializes on the failure of the “stimulus bill” to create jobs and on the credibility gap created by the phony recovery.gov website reports on jobs “created or saved.” The box to the right of the editorial shows the fake Michigan congressional districts which supposedly saw the creation of jobs as a result [...]
Sarah Palin In Columbus (Cont.)
Posted in America, Books, Politics, tagged America, Books, Columbus, Politics, Sarah Palin on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the Columbus Dispatch story on Sarah Palin’s book-signing visit to a local Borders bookstore yesterday, complete with video footage and interviews of some of those who waited in line. Whatever you might say about Palin, like any good politician she knows her audience. Appearing in Columbus, Ohio on the eve of the Michigan game, [...]
Sarah Palin In Columbus
Posted in America, Books, Columbus, Politics, tagged America, Books, Columbus, Politics, Sarah Palin on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah Palin is in Columbus today on her book tour, signing books at a local Borders bookstore. According to a local radio broadcast this morning, people started lining up at the bookstore before noon yesterday. The bookstore announced that only 1,000 people will be admitted to see the ex-Governor of Alaska, and people lined up [...]
The Mirror Lake Jump
Posted in College, sports, tagged College, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Michigan-Ohio State, Mirror Lake, Mirror Lake Jump, Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan, sports, The Ohio State University on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Thursday night before the Michigan game — rain or shine, cold or warm — Ohio State students leap into Mirror Lake, which is really a small, shallow pond. The Lantern tells the story of how the tradition purportedly came to be. I think it is of much more recent vintage — but who am [...]
To Your Health
Posted in Science, tagged Alcohol, Health, Heart disease, Science on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Spanish study has found that drinking alcohol lowers the risk of heart disease among men, and by significant percentages. Not surprisingly, its findings are controversial, and experts caution that drinking too much alcohol obviously raises the risk of other, non-heart-related health problems. The study also was based on self-reporting, which may not be an [...]
Eat Like An Egyptian
Posted in Food, Science, tagged Egypt, Food, Heart disease, Public Health, Science on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scientists have performed x-rays and other scans on Egyptian mummies and have determined that ancient Egyptians experienced clogged arteries and heart disease, just like modern Americans do. The mummies that were examined as part of the study were of upper-class social status, which meant they ate meat and had richer than normal diets that were [...]
Botched Bailout
Posted in America, Politics, tagged AIG, America, bailouts, Politics, President Bush on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Special Inspector General’s report on the bailout of AIG is pretty damning. It concludes that the bailout — which was engineered by the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve and occurred on the Bush Administration’s watch — involved some gross overpayments on certain credit default swap transactions. In many instances the Federal Reserve “made whole” [...]
Timing The “Tribute”
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Buckeye football, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Michigan-Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan, sports, Throwback Uniforms, Tribute Uniforms on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Ohio State Buckeyes will wear special “tribute” uniforms for Saturday’s game against Michigan. The uniforms are not replicas of the uniforms of the 1954 Buckeyes — which was Woody Hayes’ first squad to win the national championship — but instead are supposed to reflect the styling and color of the 1954 uniforms. The tribute [...]
The Video Game Revolution
Posted in America, Technology, tagged America, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, modern culture, Technology, Video games on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Those of us who are old enough to have grown up with a black and white television sets often struggle to keep up with the latest cultural and social developments in the modern world. Particularly when the kids move out, and we aren’t given daily exposure to the latest fad or entertainment device, we tend [...]
