Archive for February, 2008

Ironing Out the Wrinkles

It’s late, and I’m sitting here at squinting at my computer screen most likely because I’ve positioned it too far away from my eyes. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself to make myself feel better.
I believe at some point in my life I will need glasses. I’ve been lucky so far, [...]


Super Blog

This week seems to be a week for supers. The Superbowl was on Sunday, with the New York Giants defeating the near-perfect New England Patriots in a stunning upset and deserved victory. Today is Super Tuesday, and Democrats and Republicans are vying for the top candidacy spot in their respective parties. And [...]


Gone to the Birds

In the throes of a bad cold/flu season for me (I’ve been sick three times this winter, possibly a new record), I was reminded today of the media attention a couple of years ago that surrounded the avian bird flu, also known as H5N1, when it promised to be the new flu pandemic [...]