Bu, thanks for the memories
Bu, the 39-year old Rhino at the Houston Zoo, died of old age yesterday. My family and I have seen a lot of Bu over the years, through many trips to the Houston Zoo,...
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Congrats and best of luck to Wushu Kung-Fu Fed team
The team from the school where I take Taichi, Wushu Kung-Fu Federation, won the team trophy at the recent combined Houston International Martial Arts Championship and USAWKF National Championships. I’ve seen the trophy, but...
bookrev: The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson
Volume Two of the Liberation Trilogy (from the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 to the fall of Rome just before D-Day, June 1944) (review of Advanced Reader Copy) Another triumphant book from the...
Nanotechnology and Harry Potter
An excellent letter from Dr. Andrew D. Maynard, Chief Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies to Mr. Arthur Weasley of Harry Potter fame: Nanotechnology is not magic, but it sometimes looks like magic. For...
movrev: The Marine
3 stars: The worst action movie with a collection of sci-fi movie extras It looked like a good formula: fight scenes, good sci-fi film extras moving over into a semi-martial movies (WWE?), gorgeous blonde...
movrev: MON MEILLEUR AMI (My Best Friend)
4 stars: the best non-martial arts sub-titled movie I’ve seen Hey, I’m just being honest! Most of the subtitled movies I see (Fearless, Hero, Crouching Tiger, District B13) are martial arts movies. And my...
Drinking at Nasa, Ted Kennedy, blogging 79-year-olds and our future in space
I live near Houston, and anything to do with NASA makes the headlines here (when there are no hurricanes or Enrons to distract us). My father used to chase Apollo rocket stages down in...
bookrev: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Ulitmate Kudos: An exciting ending to a classic series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an excellent end to an extraordinary series. Picking up with the search for the Horcruxes that Voldemort locked...
bookrev: The Takers by R.W. Ridley
5 stars: Fast-paced ride in a new YA Horror series; winner of the 2006 IPPY for Horror We killed the retarded boy. He took his own life, but we killed him just the same....
bookrev: Dragons of the Highlord Skies by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Lost Chronicles, Volume II Great fantasy, great continuation after reading the first volume Dragons of the Highlord Skies is a great fantasy novel; as my friend Jen commented on my review of the...