I tried to take a picture of tonight’s dinner, but the colors came out weird, and the photo seemed the opposite of appetizing. A pity, because it was one of those lingering-on-the-palate type dinners.In honor perhaps of Shah Akbar, I made Mughlai-style chicken, a dish that hails from Andhra Pradesh, renowned for spicy food. This […]

A gallery in the New Scientist of unsuccessful or canceled NASA programs. A continuing refrain:With work progressing and the factory mostly completed, Congress refused further funding due to spiralling costs and a slipping schedule.

Even the Weather Channel! (From Oz)

Another insane cartoon from the Fleischer Studios! Betty Boop kidnaped by cannibals! Bimbo sweats away! KoKo menaced by Giant Floating Louis Armstrong Head! Exploding volcanos! Inappropriate racial stereotypes! The question isn’t whether this sort of thing warped me for life. The question is: How did people grow up watching this kind of thing and turn […]