Mars One, a privately funded manned mission to send earthlings to live on the red planet by 2024 will need to sell a hell of a lot of T-shirts and coffee mugs to make their nut http://www.mars-one.com/merchandise or they’ll have to call it the ‘Wal-Mart Mission to Solar System Savings.’ The short list for participants […]
A Paean to Passover or what matzoh means to me
We know Passover approaches because we just about trip over the big matzoh and chocolate macaroons display near the front door of our local supermarket. It’s a Yiddish word meaning ‘I forgot to use the yeast’. Matzoh is to bread as wallpaper paste is to pate’. They are thin, bread like crackers and […]
Creatures from Hell breeding and feeding
The scariest threat to our way of life in South Florida is: A, Drivers on cellphones B, Rampant corruption and fraud C, Termites Answer: all three! But termites??? Hybrid termites are a threat to our way of life and you didn’t leave the State when you discovered our flying roaches? Despite a Florida ban in […]
Obama visits VA hospital to check ‘wait times’ leaves 2 days later
President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to a VA Hospital in Arizona to check on care given to vets. What was supposed to be a quick trip, turned into an all-day affair for the President. “I want to experience a typical visit” he said smiling for the cameras. After pulling number 135 from the […]