August 29, 2005
"New Orleans is Sinking"
Jon Donley blogs from the "hurricane bunker" inside the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Somehow, he is still updating at the time of this posting. As reports of breached levys start coming in, all of us in the Bluff City hope this National Weather Service bulletin from Sunday afternoon doesn't come to pass.
Sammy, are you out there? What's your status?
August 24, 2005
New attention for a Mid-South artist
The New York Times recently wrote about renewed interest in the work of Mike Disfarmer, a 20th century Heber Springs, AR photographer whose studio portraits reveal an uncanny ability to capture human personality in all its aspects.
August 23, 2005
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come...
Dr. Cynthia Marshall.
August 19, 2005
August 17, 2005
Return of the WEVL
Good news, everyone! WEVL is webcasting again!
Meanwhile, in Space...
The universe got a little weirder yesterday. Astronomers at the University of Wisconson in Madison, using a metric shitload of data gathered by the Spitzer Space Telescope, determined that our home galaxy, the Milky Way is not a garden-variety spiral galaxy but instead is of a more exotic breed called a barred spiral. The bar at the center of the galaxy, where presumably one can grab a drink while waiting for a table at Milliways, is about 27,000 light years long and contains approximately three zillion metric assloads of stars. The dramatic discovery puts everyone trying to figure out how our galaxy formed back to the drawing board. "I don't think anybody really fully understands how bars are formed," says astronomer Ed Churchwell. "What we do know is that it appears there are so many barred galaxies they must be rather stable. Astronomers have to come up with some kind of model that can explain the stability of these structures."
A little closer to home, ISS commander Sergei Krikalev is the new owner of the space endurance record, racking up 748 days (and counting) over a twenty-year career.
3. Prophet!
This article in Spiegel outlines one researcher's conclusions as to what al Qaida's long plan is. via the invaluable Agonist.
August 12, 2005
The Globe really is warming!
No shit
August 09, 2005
It Didn't Happen in Memphis
Marc Cohn, the guy who shat out the song "Walking in Memphis", was shot in the head (CA reg req) last night during an attempted carjacking.
August 08, 2005
From the battlefield...
A graphic timeline of U.S. casualties in Iraq (via salon).
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