THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

Divide and Conquer The cells divide. The cells that will not die divide too well and so they multiply. They kill the host to keep themselves alive. The blood goes bad. In vain physicians try to purge the veins with drugs the cells defy. The cells divide. The cells that will not die mutate anew. [...]

For some time now, the health of Alan Sullivan, the Seablogger, has been sinking. It seems that he is near death: “Steve and Tim have conferred with Dr. D. this morning. He told them that there is little hope of Alan ever communicating again. Accordingly, they directed Dr. D. to discontinue ‘heroic measures.’ Father Tom [...]

I’m trying to ignore our ignoble politics, wishing a pox on both parties. So I think the best way to deal with this weekend’s takeover of the health-care system is to ignore it. But the Seablogger’s take is just too good to miss (including the title above): “I am a cancer patient, and I would [...]

The anthropogenic global warming guys have been whacked again and again and, now, again. But these scientific fraudsters (in it to keep their research funding and salaries healthy) keep rolling on. Barry may be sliding on Cap & Trade, but the EPA still is penalizing emitters of carbon dioxide and trying to put the coal [...]

Where to, oh storms? To Texas, hence, to shed a little rain upon our cracking, dusty drouth? As the Seablogger notes, none can say: "We cannot model and hope for more than partial accuracy ten days out, yet politicians profess to be panicked about models of the climate a century hence. Some of them are [...]

Watch the STS 125 Atlantis astronauts make the final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope live on NASA TV. It’s hard to overstate the beauty and scientific value of the Hubble’s nineteen years of discoveries. Enjoy it while you can. As the Seablogger puts it "The remaining shuttles are soon to be retired, and no [...]

Watch the STS 125 Atlantis astronauts make the final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope live on NASA TV. It’s hard to overstate the beauty and scientific value of the Hubble’s nineteen years of discoveries. Enjoy it while you can. As the Seablogger puts it "The remaining shuttles are soon to be retired, and no [...]

This is an idea I got today from the Seablogger, who is usually a good read. A thoughtful, lately-become-religious fellow. I share his belief in G-d, if not his particular creed. The expression refers to people who are able to go to their own death without continuing to blame others for perceived or actual wrongs. [...]

This is an idea I got today from the Seablogger, who is usually a good read. A thoughtful, lately-become-religious fellow. I share his belief in G-d, if not his particular creed. The expression refers to people who are able to go to their own death without continuing to blame others for perceived or actual wrongs. [...]

His Holland America cruise ship has "a nice deep sea heave," Alan Sullivan reports, as he sails into hurricane weather out of Miami. The water in the upper deck swimming pools is "jumping and sliding like limbo dancers." He had to pay one hundred dollars for two hundred fifty minutes of Web connection time via [...]