I'm still muzzy from the migraine, but this will have to do (typos will be corrected as I find them):
Thanks to Pacific Views, I got to see this picture of Mount St. Helens from space:
It's been 24 years now.
In other news, The New York Times reports that New York City is in the running to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, along with London, Madrid, Moscow and Paris. I'm curious as to which one hubby-Eric thinks would be best, as he's the Olympics junkie in the family.
In case you didn't notice, Doonesbury this week has gone back to BD's leg. I also saw a bit of press about last Sunday's Doonesbury being inappropriate, but it would appear that all my sources managed to get the replacement strip in, so I never saw the one that was inappropriate.
The tent city has moved into my neighborhood. Hubby-Eric says it's just where I thought it would be, on a vacant lot just North of the church. It's less than two blocks from our home. He said the homeless weren't causing any problems, but he was almost run down by two newsvans when he came home from work yesterday.
KOMO TV reports that one of the three schools in the area was in lockdown as the homeless moved in. I guess they are worried about their students' fingers, too. KING5 (registration required) has a video report.
I've been trying to walk to the fruit stand down the street every day. On my second day here, I discovered that they carry Nehi Sodas, including Radar's favorite: Grape Nehi! Having never tasted it before, to the best of my knowledge, I had to buy one and give it a shot. It wasn't bad. No overwhelming grape flavor, like modern grape drinks. I guess I'd call it mild. Fits the character of Radar, doesn't it?
From Boing Boing, the X-Prize isn't in the bag yet. Another group has made news by actually reaching space with their rocket, which was unmanned.
Slashdot is reporting that Enterprise has been renewed.
Kevin Drum covers a report about inactive reservists being called up. I can't really follow the jargon, so I'm not entirely sure what this report is about. What, exactly, is an "inactive Army reservist"? Is it somebody who did their jaunt and is out of the service, or something else? (Um, big bro, this doesn't include you, does it? You served already, didn't you?)
From Metafilter, here's a neat page of unsolved Codes and Ciphers. I like the link to the Voynich Manuscript, which is a very cool mystery, and the Kryptos Sculpture at CIA headquarters.
