Very Local News

• Pakistan is falling apart. The bad guys are 100 miles from the capital's gates. The end is nigh. I wonder if the government of Pakistan will use nuclear weapons against someone before it goes down. I wonder if the Taliban, who is the umbrella name over the 'bad guys', will get the nukes.
• Someone in one of the podcasts said shoulder pads are on the way back in. "Women will be waring armor again, circa the 1980's."
• The same protein that is implicated in Mad Cow disease may have something to do with Alzheimer's.
  
• Kirkwood Gaps:
• If you live in Houston, Kirkwood gaps are the detours you have to take around apartment complexes and empty lots while driving down the road called Kirkwood. This was caused by lack of planning.
  
• If you are anywhere else, a Kirkwood gap is a gap in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These were caused by the gas giants of our soler system moving around 4 billion years ago.
  
• If AIG goes belly up, it may bring down ... Europe. The EU is an ever crumbling agreement between a bunch of countries and cultures of people who have hated each other and are really only all in cahoots because they thought they could make a buck. The walls of Europe are creaking under the weight of false hope, false smiles and out write lies. The marriage is on the ropes. What will happen to the kids?
•  Mobile phone jammers are illegal in the U. S.. They are legal to own in the U. K. but illegal to use. They are routine in the middle east in cafes and theaters. I want one mounted on the roof of my car that jams every phone for five miles .. .except mine. =]