About That Space Smash-up

( Schematics and other details )

WTF?! (Совсем охренели)

Elton John Introduces Jane Austen To Aliens In ‘Pride and Predator’

By now, you’ve probably heard that “Pride and Prejudice” heroine Elizabeth Bennet will be fighting off a zombie invasion in Seth Grahame-Smith’s upcoming novel, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” Hollywood studios are already reportedly already fighting for the rights to the book, but amazingly, “Zombies” will be beaten by another Jane Austen sci-fi adaptation — “Pride and Predator.”

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/02/17/elton-john-introduces-jane-austen-to-aliens-in-pride-and-predator/

(I do like the Thursday Next books, but this is ridiculous.)

Man Bites Dog

My wife just reported that the local price of halav Yisrael milk has declined by a staggering 30 cents per half-gallon.

This is the first time we can remember a kosher price cut.

(Двухсот)летие и (сто)пятидесятилетие

Mr. Darwin Regrets

Why the great English naturalist would be dismayed by the bicentenary hoopla

A geology enthusiast in his early life, Charles Darwin would have surely reached for the word "deluge" or "explosion" to describe the sheer amount of activity that we are all witnessing to celebrate his birth in 1809 and the 1859 publication of "The Origin of Species." Even as you read this, another 747 has flown overhead, crammed with historians, scientists and commentators, all en route to some exotic locale, all hoping that they have something new to say about Darwin and his work.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123457420622086637.html