Author: KcM

What’s that, boy? Timmy got soaked in a rainstorm?

So Berk and I went to the dog park as usual this sweltering morning and, not five minutes after we get there, he starts whimpering and pawing at the gate – something I’ve never seen him do before. So we leave, and he basically drags me home at a full clip the whole ten minutes. Just as we get to the doorstep, the sky splits open and a wicked thunderstorm emerges right on top of us. Vast sheets of rain and thunder so nearby I’m expecting a power outage any minute. It’s nice sometimes to have a PreCog dog.

End of the Worldcom.

Joining Enron and Martha Stewart in infamy, Worldcom cooks the books for $3.8 billion. It’s not like either the telecom industry or the economy at large need another hit right now, and this one’s going to be a doozy. Good news for the Dems, at least, but I wonder what this’ll mean for UUNet. Update: Bush vows a probe into the situation. Hey, let’s not forget about Enron there, bud.

Schroedinger’s Universe.

Discover interviews physicist John Wheeler about the quantum nature of reality. “Wheeler conjectures we are part of a universe that is a work in progress; we are tiny patches of the universe looking at itself – and building itself. It’s not only the future that is still undetermined but the past as well. And by peering back into time, even all the way back to the Big Bang, our present observations select one out of many possible quantum histories for the universe.” (Via Anil Dash.)

Because I hate to miss a meme…

even if this particular blog meme is now being called into question by its creator, here’s my stab at everyone’s current favorite Google party game:

Kevin is:

* ready for the storm – in his survival suit.
* a great addition to an already star-studded cast.
* one strong guy!
* currently the manager of North American office for Accordions worldwide.
* free, although still facing a huge amount of restrictions.
* a true individual bringing the vocals and melodic harmonies of Crowded House and surrounding them with the style and musical panache of Ry Cooder at his very best.
* considered a spokesperson for the college demographic.
* your other closest friend living in Los Angeles.
* deeply troubled by Maine’s slow population growth and even decline in
some counties.
* the metal power man.
* the youngest member of his village council
and an active voice for manatee conservation in his village.
* a product of the drug-free movement.
* prone to crushes [and] boringly good-looking.

Well, you get the idea.