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Darkness approaches

Please read this...

Del Miller: One Dead Opossum, or, Why you should be Very Afraid of Microsoft.

Scientist Says Mind Continues After Brain Dies

Scientist Says Mind Continues After Brain Dies

A member of my family had a near-death experience. The description of the experience is very similar to what you've probably heard before -- bright light, peace, and so on. I think it's great they're studying this further.

Ivanisevic Advances to Quarterfinal

Goran! Goran! Goran! (phew, I got all three of them)

Ivanisevic Advances to Quarterfinal

Looks like Goran has publicly admitted he has split personalities. As if that wasn't obvious by watching him play tennis for the last 10 years.

San Francisco ZOO

We bought a membership to the San Francisco ZOO yesterday. We really love going, and the new Children's Zoo is just wonderful. Shane, Cyan and I spent over 4 hours there yesterday...

Personally, I could spend hours watching the gorillas. Yesterday two of the males were wrestling and teasing each other. One of them, swinging on a tree branch, flew past the other and smacked him in the back of the head as he went by. (!!)