During an episode of the TV series "Lost," one of the best television series, Hurley, the big guy in need of a diet, told Jack: "You know what's wrong? We're just not having fun," the best kick-in-the-ass comment made by any character in the series. Jack, the medical doctor, the guy who always needed to be in control, the leader whom everyone relied on finally "got it." In the midst of danger everywhere--from the jungle, the "others" on the Island, the lack of food, the over-extended plane … [Read more...]
Great White Sharks Return to Golden Gate Bridge
Great White Sharks Return to Bay Area Californian's are a strange lot, no doubt, but neither earthquakes nor floods nor swine flu nor collapsing bridges bring us to our knees. And that goes for sharks too. We're a hardy bunch here in the Bay Area and we treat recent reports of great whites poking around the Golden Gate Bridge like water off a duck's (shark's?) back. Stanford University Tags Great White Sharks Around ten years ago, researchers at Stanford University and UC Davis started … [Read more...]