Mon Dec 26 2005
Hit count for 2005 has been 24-million-plus

added a day late
email cute singing Christmas card
Brad:
Can't help but share the good stuff:
http://www.reuters.hu/card_dom/index_content.html
George

BULLETIN, SORT OF...
Parker, Longoria stopped by police
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker was cited for impeding traffic and failing to produce a valid Texas driver's license during a traffic stop in which "Desperate Housewives" actress Eva Longoria was his passenger, police said.

'Not in my back yard' cry holding up FEMA trailers
In one of the post-Katrina era's ironic role reversals, the same local officials and residents who once screamed at FEMA to get trailers to New Orleans quickly are now fending off the 17,777 trailers that FEMA has on hand in Louisiana and says it can deliver immediately.

latimes.com
Thanking our soldiers
DOD PHOTO
In dramatic contrast to the Vietnam War era, U.S. service personnel now are being treated to strangers' spontaneous bursts of gratitude.
There's a diner called Peggy Sue's about eight miles outside of Barstow, and as hard as Lt. Col. Kenneth Parks tries, he can never seem to pay his bill.

South Texas county wants to take wildlife preserve
Nature Conservancy vows to fight forced sale of South Padre land
The Willacy County Navigation District may force the sale of a wildlife preserve on northern South Padre Island so it can run a tourist ferry there.

 

SOME DOWNRIGHT UPCLOSE PHOTOS

Physics News 2005
No Splash on the Moon
WITH SPLASH MOVIES. VERY SCIENTIFIC.
Under ordinary atmospheric conditions a liquid drop will flatten out on impact, splay sideways, and also raise a tiara-like crown of splash droplets. Remove some of the ambient atmosphere, and surprisingly the splash becomes less.
[This was one of the Top Physics Stories for 2005]