With elections around the corner, the mass media once again is steered into the cloud of politics where rhetoric and emotions overpower logic and common sense. Yet, they do not fail, at least once, to report a big story: 5 Major US. Banks Commit Fraud and Are Forced to Pay Penalties. This story ran...
Today’s afternoon has been marked by a significant celestial event. Venus was crossing in front of our Sun for about 7 hours. And even though Venus appeared nothing more than a little black dot and could only be seen with special solar filters, it was a big deal in history! This event is not...
San Francisco Bay Area got a spectacular Solar Eclipse show today. This type of eclipse is called annular, which means, the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun, so the Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding...
It seems like everyone I know has complained about having an extra long, never-ending cold this year. The symptoms are nasal and chest congestion, cough, body aches, low grade fever that comes and goes, high fever, feeling better for a week and then a repeat of the above. It would be interesting to look...
The Descendants is one of the better George Clooney movies, where the story is interesting enough and Clooney doesn’t take off his shirt. It is sad in general, but does touch up on real human issues people and families have to deal with in life. All actors played very believable characters. Even Clooney. Although...
There is no business like health insurance business! Not since Obama passed his famous Health Reform. Whom did it benefit?? The insurance business, of course. Did you think it was you? A few years ago you used to be able to get an HMO plan with up to $100/month, a $20-dollar copayment and the...
