Random Notes from the Week

As the title would suggest, this is not a well organized and cohesive posting. Rather, it is a smattering of comments on the week that has past...

A colleague ate some Pop-Rocks that expired six years ago! While it is quite an achievement to still own a packet of Pop-Rocks of that vintage, I do not see it as a good thing.

Republicans wear red ties, Democrats wear blue ties. Seriously, it's like a uniform.

Last night I saw an old Star Trek episode with Spock and Captain Kirk shackled in a dudgeon next to the skeleton of someone who apparently died and decomposed in situ. You could clearly see where the skull cap had been cut to remove the brain while the deceased was being prepared for life as a classroom skeleton. Instead, this skeleton became a Hollywood star...