RESTAURANTS TO AVOID

Dear Madame Zoltar

Madame Zoltar is taking the week off.

She sends her greetings: "Hello, my ripe radishes! How are you?"

She gives her advice: "Hear everything, see everything, say nothing."

She solicits your input: "Send your tears and fears to: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com."

She bids her adieu: "See you next week, my dears. Valvoline!"

Quick Crescent Moon Pics

From a little star party on the west side tonight.

Lots of Earthshine on the crescent Moon. I flashed the foreground to illuminate it...only have a built in flash. Might be my next investment: external flash.

Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.

Hey Beejay! California Spider!

This is banana spider that is saw in Barbara's backyard. It's about two inches in diameter. Enough to give me the hebejebes....

Muppets Devil Went Down to Jamaica

Girl Scouts Motivational Poster

A cowboy

A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. '

Have you ever done anything of particular merit?' St. Peter asked..

'Well, I can think of one thing,' the cowboy offered. 'On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers, who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him in his face ... kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off!! Or I'll kick the s*** out of all of you!'

St. Peter was impressed, 'When did this happen?'

'Just a couple of minutes ago….....'

Equinoxes

Today is the Fall Equinox...and its finally in the 60's at night here! Just in time for our Equinox, Cassini has released a spectacular image of Saturn taken on its recent equinox.

This is not one picture, but a mosaic of 75 images taken by Cassini! Download the full 7227x3847 image if you dare!

Saturn takes a lot longer to go around the Sun, so it's equinoxes occur about every 15 years. The rings are almost edge on to the Sun, so they are not brightly illuminated. Cassini was out of the ring plane when it took this picture so we get a nice view looking "down" on the rings. They released some other images as well you can check out.

Just for good measure, the New York Times profiled the head of the Cassini Imaging Team, Carolyn Porco. I have met her a few times and she gives great Saturn talks.

Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.

"Beer for brain injury? Maybe"

"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer a traumatic brain injury from a car crash or other mishap are more apt to survive if they had been drinking at the time of the injury, according to a study published Monday.

"The finding 'raises the intriguing possibility' that giving alcohol to brain injured patients may improve outcome, the study team suggests in the Archives of Surgery.

"Alcohol and driving 'is and will always continue to be bad -- it contributes to over 40 percent of traffic-related fatalities,' first author Dr. Ali Salim of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles emphasized in an email to Reuters Health.

"'However, of those patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury who survive their initial insult, those with alcohol in their system seem to have a slight survival advantage compared to those without alcohol in their system,' Salim noted."

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58L2N820090922


Be sure to fasten your seatbelt and chug one before you drive off.

Money Problems? You May Be Senile

Money problems 'signal dementia'

"Declining financial skills are detectable in patients in the year before they develop Alzheimer's, according to US researchers.

"The researchers say this could be a useful indicator for doctors supporting people with memory problems."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8262388.stm


Well, that explains a few things in my life . . .

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THIS TIRED?