] Wild Oats Markets Inc. became the first grocery store in
] the United States to roll out a new type of "green"
] packaging which looks like plastic but turns into compost
] after disposal.
]
] Unofficially called the "Corntainer" in the natural food
] chain's 11 Pacific Northwest stores where it is being
] tested, the clear packaging is made from corn rather than
] petroleum.

This reminds me of those biodegradable packing peanuts. I worked for a company that made those things (along with bubble wrap and the regular styrofoam peanuts) and did you know how they make them? They put the "un-puffed" corn pellets (i'm not sure how those were made) into a machine that actually made cheese puffs! Isn't that cool?! Anyway that whole area smelled like cereal and we had a SERIOUS bird problem back there.
I like the idea of biodegradable packaging, and I'm glad they are putting the idea to other uses.

CNN.com - 'Corntainer' plastic hits the market - Jun. 13, 2003

This is a day to not go to the beach.

Be the first on your block to start hoarding supplies. There are only 300k shopping days left.

March 16, 2880 Massive asteroid impact on earth.

] Handsome men produce the best quality semen and beautiful
] women seem to have good voices, according to two
] different scientific studies.

It's true.

Study: Handsome men produce best sperm

] Even as an endangered species, with protections afforded
] only a handful of other creatures on Earth, the Florida
] manatee loses up to 10 percent of its number every year,
] many crushed or slashed by boats.

Poor sea cows!!!!!!

Florida grapples with plight of manatees

] We make stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes...
] Now available: The Common Cold, The Flu, Sore Throat, and
] Stomach Ache.

"This guy may not look too tough, but don't let his cute looks fool you! Once he and his friends show up you're in for a pretty lousy time. Learn about his weaknesses so you can avoid unwanted encounters.

The Flu Plush Doll: $5.95"

Welcome to GIANTmicrobes!

Total lunar eclipses happen when the earth gets between the sun and the moon. Because of the relatively low amount of particulates in the air it should look chocolate and brown.

MMmmm.... chocolate.

The eclipse starts tomorrow (thursday the 15th) at 10pm EDT and ends around 1am.

TOO BAD IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i've been looking forward to this all year! :(!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update:WOOHOO!!!!!! Not a cloud in the sky, I watched the whole thing, it was incredible!! :) As soon as I get pics back, I'll post them somewhere... Woo!!!!

Total Lunar Eclipse: May 15-16, 2003

] 2MASS All-Sky Data Release
]
] (Released 2003 Mar 25)
]
] This is the All-Sky Data Release from the Two Micron All
] Sky Survey, covering 99.998% of the sky observed from
] both the northern 2MASS facility at Mt. Hopkins, AZ, and
] the southern 2MASS facility at Cerro Tololo, Chile. The
] release data products include 4,121,439 Atlas Images
] (compressed, 512 × 1024 pixel2, 1"/pixel) in the three
] survey bands, derived from the 59,731 scans of the 8.5´ ×
] 6° Survey Tiles, and Catalogs containing positional and
] photometric information for 470,992,970 Point sources and
] 1,647,599 Extended sources.

2MASS All-Sky Data Release

] LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Pioneer 10, the first
] spacecraft to venture out of the solar system, has fallen
] silent after traveling billions of miles from Earth on a
] mission that has lasted nearly 31 years, NASA said
] Tuesday.
]
] What was apparently the spacecraft's last signal was
] received January 22 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
] Deep Space Network. At the time, Pioneer 10 was 7.6
] billion miles from Earth; the signal, traveling at the
] speed of light, took 11 hours and 20 minutes to arrive.

CNN.com - Pioneer 10 falls silent after nearly 31 years - Feb. 25, 2003

] Top investigators of the Columbia space shuttle disaster
] are analyzing a startling photograph -- snapped by an
] amateur astronomer from a San Francisco hillside -- that
] appears to show a purplish electrical bolt striking the
] craft as it streaked across the California sky.

I personally think it's just a camera problem.

S.F. man's astounding photo / Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia 7 minutes before it disintegrated

] A few days before the Columbia shuttle disaster, NASA
] noted that debris that hit the left wing during takeoff
] created "the potential for a large damage area to the
] tile."

NASA seriously needs to get their shit together. I am sure that if they had gotten their act together, the astronauts could have done -something-, at least made a spacewalk to survey the damage. NASA and their damn memos.

NASA memo warned of 'potential for large damage'