- Politics! Politics! Politics! Despite the increased (and necessary) military action in Iraq, the 9/11 hearings, and the Richard Clarke book, GWB's polling numbers have gone up. I have found three websites that try to predict the current electoral count. Here are the links:
http://home.comcast.net/~gerrydal/
http://www.electionprojection.com/
http://www.federalreview.com/compositepoll.htm

- Who says that conservatives arent funny? Most of my friends are Republicans, and they make me laugh more than anyone on television. A group of right-leaning comedy writers are setting out to prove that conservatives have a sense of humor too. Lord knows that madmen like John "ribbons are the same as medals" Kerry gives them enough comedic ammo. Lets hope this troupe somehow gets their own TV show in the future. Here is an article detailing their exploits:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-to.right28apr28,0,4956640.story?coll=bal-features-headlines

- "Your eyes can deceive you, dont trust them." - Obiwan Kenobi. Its amazing how our optical senses can play tricks on us. For example, look at the circles in the following webpage. I promise you, none of them are actually in motion, but they sure seem like they are:
http://www.snafu.com/Rotation.html

- The #1 reason why we dont have flying cars, robots who do our laundry, and colonies on Mars is energy. Humanity simply cannot generate enough energy to accomplish these innovations. Twenty years ago, the big push from scientists was cold-fusion. In 1989, a couple of jokers from the University of Utah got the scientific community in an uproar when they claimed to make cold-fusion in a bathtub. Alas, it was a hoax, and a cruel one at that. Scientists are still trying to create a reliable, efficient form of fusion. Here is a link that describes their latest progress:
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_hecht042304.asp?trk=nl