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Watch, Tremble and Learn

Far be it for me, Mr. No Watcha Theteevee, to ever recommend a television show to my meager audience, especially one that I've never even seen. (Not that I'm calling my readers meager, mind you, but rather that there aren't a whole lot of them) I mean, I almost never flick on the television any more, so I'm sure it sounds presumptuous for me to tell any of you what to watch. Yet in this one case, I'm going to do just that.

Make sure tonight (November 7th) to catch Phil Plait's 'Bad Universe' on Discovery Canada. The pilot airs at 8:00 p.m. ET, followed by the second episode at 9:00pm. Take my advice. Flick on the boob-tube, settle back, and allow yourself to be frightened into enlightenment.

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Tagged Asteroid Astronomer Astronomy Bad Astronomy Bad Universe Disaster Discovery Explosions Impact Phil Plait Science Series Show Skepticism Television

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Time to Stop Calling it Alternative Energy

You know what? This whole thing just pisses me off.

If people can't motivate our governments to rapidly make a transition to alternative sources of 'go', then we deserve to be extinct.

Thanks to my 'researcher', Steve Blacker, for the share. Text from the article below.

In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. Oil dispersants are being sprayed, containment booms erected, protective barriers built, controlled burns undertaken, and devices are being lowered to the sea floor to try and cap the leaks, with little success to date. While tracking the volume of the continued flow of oil is difficult, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil (possibly much more) continues to pour into the gulf every day. While visible damage to shorelines has been minimal to date as the oil has spread slowly, the scene remains, in the words of President Obama, a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster."

Tagged Crisis Disaster Environment Mankind Obama Ocean Oil Spill Stupidity

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Eyjafjallajökull is My Overlord - The Second Coming

Thanks again to Stephen Blacker for sending these my way... every good blog needs a researcher, so now after sending me two batches of these pics, I guess he's it!

I have this weird thing, ever since I saw the movie 'The Player', that I want to go to Iceland. It looks like it would be naturally beautiful without the volcano, if maybe a little slow on Saturday night.