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It’s rare that I get excited about a news-ish event. China is announcing plans to build 30 Nuclear reactors in the next 15 years. This has got to be the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of China doing. Before you go crazy, check out this article. For a short summary: This isn’t your father’s nuclear reactor. This is what should have been built from the beginning, unfortunately there was too much greed. These reactors are meltdown-proof. The design is such that the laws of physics keep the reaction in check. It’s been demonstrated… They’ve cut the cooling system off, and…
Berck is flying tonight…and has been flying pretty much all day. His instructor is bound and determined that Berck will have his check ride on Monday. If he flies all day tomorrow, that might just happen. Zack let Berck come home for thirty minutes tonight to grab a bite to eat, and then he was out the door again. In the interest of true blogging, I thought I’d hand out some sites: Bubblewrap Politics And a picture that might make you smile.
In the interest of actual blogging, here are some websites I’ve found interesting lately. The new pics of Phoebe are spectacular. Amid the orgy of Reagan remembrances, this article stuck out to me as a lesson on the importance of sticking to one’s convictions. And for those of you who don’t /., here’s an amusing site of a guy who’s already used a third of his gmail storage.
Excerpts from email written in 1995 or 1996 by Joanna. Benjamin wanted to write a secret message in white icing between two of the layers, so I made him make some cream cheese icing. Someone just rapped at my window. I pulled back the partially closed curtain to reveal Nathan peering at me from the other side of the glass. This might not seem odd, except that my room is on the second floor. “You gonna elope with someone tonight?” he asked. I pulled back the curtain further. He was standing on a ladder leaning against the side of the…