Moments of Awareness

Too Many Stuffed Animals? See: The Lisa Project

Wired News: Jell-O Fix for Spinal Cords  [updated link (February 1, 2014): Jell-O Fix for Spinal Cords /Originally posted on Wired.com]

LiveScience.com - Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chip  [updated link (February 1, 2014): Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chip ]

If you're missing the daily horoscope, please let me know. Your responses will help me determine with what frequency I bring it back once I'm done with the larger update I'm working on at MOA. Meantime, go see Marsala's site  [link no longer Melissa's, now blocked as malware, updated links (February 1, 2014): Melissa Armstrong Art and Art in the Fast Lane ]. It's chock full of cool stuff. (Support the arts; buy something!) Or go visit HouseOfStrauss  [updated link (February 1, 2014): My Zero Waste ] and learn all kinds of hints, tips, and tricks for making life greener. Lookin' forward to hearing from you. Love, Peace

SPACE.com -- Broken Comet On Its Way

In the summer of 2000, before Bush was even elected, Dude and I lived in Jacksonville, NC, a Marine Corps town from top to bottom. Our neighbors ran a tailoring/dry-cleaning business on the main strip out of Camp LeJeune. They wondered aloud to us several times that summer why, when there was no significant military action taking place in a desert area and no sign that one would be upcoming, nearly all the uniforms coming in were desert warfare camos. At the time, Dude and I said, "Apparently someone's planning a desert action." The really disturbing thing about it is that, if this was related to Bush's plans, not only was he sure he'd win the Presidency (to a greater degree than should be possible pre-election), but he had some power to influence military prep activities. This isn't surprising considering his pedigree, but should be a cause for a great deal of alarm in a country founded on principles of freedom from tyranny. Love, Peace Bush Was Set on ...

A Poverty of the Mind - New York Times