Apocalypse Watch

The Large Hadron Collider has officially set in motion the test that will recreate the conditions that existed just a few moments after the Big Bang.

Either that, or the folks at CERN have just set the planet in motion on a path towards total annihilation.

Either way, we'll learn more about our universe. Either it's birth, or what it's like to be sucked into a black hole. It's a win-win for science.

Read a BBC article about the LHC HERE.

Price check on reality, aisle 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Polls just released say that Bush's approval ratings are at an all time low - only 31 percent of the country approves of his job. In fact, this month marks the 38th consecutive month in which his approval rating has been below the halfway mark. Some back of the envelope math means that Bush has spent 97.4% of his second term with less than half of the country behind him. In other words he spent exactly one month of his second term enjoying an approval rating greater than 50 percent. And with the way things are headed, I can't quite imagine him getting another month with that high of an approval rating.

And still this man thinks he's the cat's pajamas.

Sometimes I just don't understand this country.

Saving Sinking Ships

THIS is a fantastic story of how a team saved a huge ship from sinking. The narrative is wonderfully written. Enjoy midday story time!