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Ah, Wednesday: the bane of my existence. Anyhow, here’s the strange crap that’s infesting the world this week.

Nature’s Little Oddities

Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina: Dolphins with guns. Sounds like something that will come back to bite us in some dystopian future time.
Dog Flu Jumped From Horses: The flu [...]

Okay, so I took a couple of weeks off to visit the family, but it’s time to get back into the weird and strange things than have happened while I was goofing off.

Odd Astronomy and Space News

Supermassive Black Hole Confirmed: Man, that really sucks. Okay, easy joke.
Mars getting warmer, orbiter data suggests: Mars Republicans [...]

Yep, it’s Talk Like A Pirate Day!

I’m finally back from a couple of weeks in New Mexico, visiting family and friends. Always amusing to be in an area where people think that 30% humidity is bad. My first day back in New Jersey, the humidity was something like 70%. Whee. Gas was a little cheaper in NM from what I’ve [...]