In Search of a Mug

Chief Justice Rehnquist was carried to his viewing in Washington D.C. today. The second person on the left side of the coffin (right side of the picture) is the nominee to replace him. The Washington Post wrote a touching article about this. (Subscription may be required.)

Nice ride this morning. Still a little saddle sore so took the direct route to work. Stopped by Kupps Coffee for some caffeine but they don't sell mugs for the bike, so went to Starbucks for some crap coffee that was way too sweet. I hate Starbucks.

Gilligan died this weekend. Someone on the Biking Forums web site pointed out all of the significant "Denvers" in the entertainment business are gone now: John Denver, Bob Denver and Denver Pyle.

Notes from the internet...

"The screwage of Nevada":

"Update: In July 2004, as News of the Weird mentioned, a federal appeals court ruled that the leak-safety standards for the long-awaited nuclear waste depository at Nevada's Yucca Mountain were too weak, in that the Environmental Protection Agency would only regard the facility as safe for 10,000 years (almost five times the length of time since the birth of Jesus). One National Academy of Sciences panel had recommended against the site unless leak-safety could be certified for at least 300,000 years. In August 2005, EPA issued a revised durability standard, now claiming the site would be free of unsafe leaks for a million years. (Context: 110 years ago, science had not even discovered radioactivity.) [New York Times, 8-10-05]" [From the September 4th "News of the Weird"]

"The Sunset Years":

"Senior Citizen Shoots Cheating Hubby - West Virginia woman claims paramour had venereal disease
SEPTEMBER 1--Meet Mollie Hardbarger. The 73-year-old West Virginia woman is sitting in a Mountain State lockup after pumping a .22-caliber slug into her 69-year-old husband's stomach earlier this week. According to a criminal complaint filed in Ritchie County Magistrate Court, Mollie told cops she shot her hubby Hallie "because he was having sex with a local female." And, as if it wasn't bad enough he was stepping out with someone from the 'hood, "this particular female had a venereal disease." Ouch. The septuagenarian, who has been charged with malicious wounding, faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty. Meanwhile, Hallie is in critical condition in a local hospital's intensive care unit." The Smoking Gun has a sad picture of the perp.

"Some working girls at the Moonlite BunnyRanch would like to become Red Cross volunteers."

Becca Brat, who is from Baton Rouge, La., Max and Air Force Amy plan to attend a Red Cross training class in Reno so that they can volunteer with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in the Gulf Coast. "We want to take the class and use whatever skills we have, even though we're not nurses," said brothel prostitute Air Force Amy, who doesn't give out her full name. "But I was in the military, so I should be able to help." Nevada Appeal (subscription may be required)

Edit:A lame hypochondriac test.

Distance: 2.90 miles
Time: 00:18:38 minutes
41 Days Until the USN