December 13, 2005 [LINK]
Totally awesome "galaxy quest"
My friend Rich Raab sent me this cool link to a Web page from Florida State University that shows a conjectural image of our Milky Way galaxy, then gradually zooms in to planet earth, the city of Tallahassee and the leaf of an oak tree on campus: micro.magnet.fsu.edu
Libel perpetrated on Wikipedia
I've had my doubts about Wikipedia, the open-source online encyclopedia that just about anyone can edit, subject to a theoretical oversight. Thanks to another friend, Phil Faranda, I've learned that someone posted on it a false assertion that John Siegenthaler Sr. (a Tennessee journalist who was a founding member of the Freedom Forum, along with USA Today's Allen Neuharth) was involved with both Kennedy assassinations, just as a "prank." Ho, ho, ho. I think 2-5 years in the penitentiary ought to wipe the smile off of that guy's face. See nytimes.com.