Randomness

[Distracted]

I appreciate that, KTR. I'm glad you had a good time.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

I spent Thursday and Friday at one of Sweden's nuclear power plants, where I also saw the nuclear waste storage facilities and a huge experimental facility 450 meters underground. It was like being in a villain's lair from some Bond movie! Awesome!

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

21 cute and cuddly sci-fi plush toys that would make great gifts

I'm not ashamed to admit that I already own the Alien chestburster (plus a facehugger not listed), the Enterprise plush and the Yoda and Vader plushies. I think I need to get some Tribbles...

[Alelou]

And the real USS Enterprise is retired...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-5 ... s-retired/

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

^ But the legacy continues!

New aircraft carrier CVN-80 to be named USS Enterprise.

[Linda]

Another Enterprise, great! One step closer to the NX. Oh, and as for toys...I have a beanie Vulcan and Andorian. Then I have a whole series of those lighted Hallmark Star Trek ship ornaments. The grandchildren know not to touch Grandma's toys. So does the husband.

[Kotik]

Got them trained well, Linda

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Geocities-izer - Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996

[Kotik]

ouch

tried ff.net - it's hardcore

[Kotik]

May the farce be with you

So far over 13.000 people have signed a white house petition to build the death star by 2016

Oh the hilarity

[Linda]

As the ripples spread from the horror of the Sandy Hook school tragedy, there are parents who now deeply fear for their own children in their own schools. Right here in southern Wisconsin where recently a man targeted a racial minority and went on a killing spree in a religious temple, two parents went to their children's school yesterday (a school of an ethnic group that has been decimated in the past and even now suffers from a great deal of prejudice) and took their beloved children home before the school day was over. Ripples of fear - ripples of not unjustified fear. My daughter and son-in-law took my grandchildren home early and hugged them.

[Asso]

What happened at Sandy Hook school is something that goes beyond words, something on which the thought is not able to linger.

[Kotik]

As the ripples spread from the horror of the Sandy Hook school tragedy, there are parents who now deeply fear for their own children in their own schools. Right here in southern Wisconsin where recently a man targeted a racial minority and went on a killing spree in a religious temple, two parents went to their children's school yesterday (a school of an ethnic group that has been decimated in the past and even now suffers from a great deal of prejudice) and took their beloved children home before the school day was over. Ripples of fear - ripples of not unjustified fear. My daughter and son-in-law took my grandchildren home early and hugged them.

What i'm going to say might not be very popular, but maybe you guys 'n girls should re-evaluate the wisdom of allowing nutcases to acquire lethal weapons. Why the **** did a gun-crazed teacher have a semi-automatic assault rifle at home? The only people, who need semi-automatic weapons wear a uniform and call themselves 'The Army'. As long as civilians can legally buy Kalashnikovs, you better get used to your children being massacred by idiots.

[Linda]

I totally agree, Kotik. I was wondering why a mother with a son who had medical and psychological issues would teach her son how to shoot a gun? I am all for laws which require a psychological background check before any gun can be purchased, which may not have helped in this case since it was the mother who bought the guns. I see no reason to own assault weapons, only hunting weapons. I would not allow a gun in my house and don't understand this new law that allows concealed carry that we have here. The NRA (National Rifle Association) is very powerful and has a lot of influence over the passing or not passing of gun laws. They don't seem to want any restriction in gun ownership. There is a very dangerous motif in American culture about the individual's right to own guns that I just do not agree with. In my own family a few years ago there was a gun tragedy. My cousin's 21 year old son who was extremely learning disabled became depressed one day and took one of his father's guns out in the woods and shot himself. Guns are just to easy to commit suicide with when you have a family member who is depressed, let alone angry enough to take the lives of other people too. Why do these people feel they have a right to take the lives of others? Is that what they want people to remember them for? Of course with mental illness, the logical and ethical thought processes are not functioning well. Guns should not be available to them. I hope this tragedy and other recent tragedies help people see that stricter laws have to be in place and that families have to better supervise their troubled members.

[Kotik]

awfully quite in here lately Where is everybody?