The new liberal radio network Air America can be heard starting today in these cites on these stations:

New York - WLIB 1190 AM
Los Angeles - KBLA 1580 AM
Chicago - WNTD 950 AM
Portland, OR- KPOJ 620 AM
Inland Empire, CA- KCAA 1050 AM
Minneapolis MN - WMNN 1330AM

You can also listen live over the Internet or on XM Satellite Radio channel 167.

The O'Franken Factor, hosted by Al Franken, is on from 10 AM to 1 PM CT.

We watched American Splendor last night and really really enjoyed it. It is a biography of Harvey Pekar. He wrote a comic book series called "American Splendor" and had Robert Crumb illustrate it. He never got rich during his entire career and had to work in the records room of a V.A. Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Harvey is the stereotypical Clevelander.

The film won awards at Sundance and Cannes as well as these awards and nominations.

This is the official site for the movie.

Rent it! You will like it.

Harvey Pekar on the right, and the actor that played him on the left.


Robert Crumb


One of Robert Crumb's most famous cartoon characters, Mr. Natural.

I just heard on the BBC that a study of 2,000 men seems to indicate that circumcised men are 6 times LESS likely to contract AIDS than uncircumcised men!

I got my early birthday present from Sheri tonight: XM Satellite Radio! I love it.

I am listening to Louis L'Amour's "Case Closed" on the "books-on-tape" channel.

Lots of good music channels too. There are about 15 channels that I have spent about 10 – 15 minutes each on, and each one had one good song after another. I think all of the music channels are commercial free. The books-on-tape channel appears to have commercials.

I am looking forward to listening to the BBC while I fall asleep tonight.

Thanks Sheri!

A very rare red iceberg was spotted off the coast of Greenland yesterday.

I just did some calculations, and Kane County is 524.1 square miles.

If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1,024 chickens? --Seymour Cray

Explosive Found in French Railway Bed.

These cat circles are starting to freak me out. I don't think we are alone in this universe.

This is mostly for Dad. I was talking with a friend on campus today. One thing led to another, and it turns out that he is currently doing some research on the Cherry Coal Mine Disaster and was there over the weekend to pick up a book on it that he has not been able find anywhere else.

He just e-mailed this site to me that has a lot of photographs. Enjoy!

Sloss City furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama.



Casting pig iron.

Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company furnaces in Ensley, Alabama. Sheri's grandfather worked in the steel mills in Alababama.

Orton Hall taken between 1900 and 1906. Orton Hall has the bell tower that rings Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes and is on the south side of the Oval.

This is a picture of Page Hall on the Ohio State campus. The business library is in Page Hall. The picture was taken in 1904, two years after the building was finished in 1902. I found the picture on the Library of Congress web site. The current day picture is from the OSU web site.

I will be having lunch here at about 1:45 PM CST if anyone wants to meet me.

41° 56' 22.5" N
88° 28' 47.3" W

I glanced at a news story headline that said "Aretha Hospitalized", but I misread it as "Aretha Euthanized". Eeeeek

If your computer is running Windows XP you can use a feature called Remote Assistance that would let me take control of your computer over the Internet to fix a problem on your PC!

We use it at work. The technician is sitting in a different city, but he is moving my cursor and typing characters just like he was sitting in front of my PC. It is neat to watch it work. Like a ghost is running it.

If you are running Windows XP and ever need my help (printer settings, network connections, Word, Excel, Access, etc.), let me know and I would be glad to log-in to your computer and fix you up.

This is what the introductory help screen in Windows says about it:

Providing help using Remote Assistance
Sometimes the best way to help someone fix a problem is to demonstrate a solution. If you are invited, Remote Assistance is a convenient way for you to connect to a friend's computer from your computer running a compatible operating system, such as Microsoft Windows XP, in order to walk your friend through a solution.

After you are connected, you will be able to view your friend's computer screen and chat together in real time about what you both see. With your friend's permission, you can even use your mouse and keyboard to work with your friend on his or her computer.

Notes
• You and the person you are helping need to be connected to the Internet while using Remote Assistance.

• If you are working on a local area network, firewalls might stop you from using Remote Assistance. If you have not sent your invitation by using Windows Messenger, try that. If that doesn't work, ask your assistant or administrator to add port 3398 for you.

• You might want to let the person you're helping know that they can improve performance by using the Color Quality setting in Display options (in Control Panel) to reduce the number of colors his or her screen displays.

• To improve viewing, you can click the Actual Size or Scaled buttons. Viewing in scaled size shows more of the other user's screen but in a reduced view. Viewing in actual size shows less of the screen but in real size.

Well thank God they were able to finish the fight. *sarcasm*



Bullfighter Ivan Garcia looks down at he is caught by the bull's horn during a bullfight in Castellon, Spain, Monday March 22, 2004. Garcia was not hurt and finished the fight.
(AP Photo/EFE, Donenech Castello)

What a great idea. A colonoscopy party!