A Weber grill, a vacuum cleaner, a little sand...

It does look like fun.

However, as the feller sez: "Do not try this method of glassmaking at home. Wear a dust mask when handling silica sand." Don't try it. Be careful.

Here's the article.

Orson Scott Card on Ender in Exile

John J. Miller of National Review Online interviews Orson Scott Card on his sequel to Ender's Game, Enders in Exile.

Property Rights in Fish

"(T)he privatisation of commercial fisheries through what are known as catch shares or Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs)" can help protect the species..

Fancy that.

Here is another article from The Economist. Some of the comments on the latter are from nay-sayers worried that it didn't address "the human element." Well, I for one am opposed to buying, selling, processing, and eating the human element, property rights or not.

At least until the theory has more evidence for it.

The First Obama e-mail scam?

Who knows? Mebbe it is for real.

If you are concerned about your inappropriate euphoria...

...you might try this.

Just don't try it in Philadelphia.