By Restless
Overshoot: when a species reproduces to a number that its environment can not sustain.
In 1944, for example, 29 reindeer were introduced onto St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea. With few competitors, no predators and plenty to eat, the herd increased to about 6,000 by the summer of 1963, consuming almost all available food. […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Suspicious devices part of marketing plan
Promotion of ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ cartoon closes Boston bridges
BOSTON - At least nine electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what a cable network said was a marketing campaign for a late-night cartoon.
Highways, bridges and a section […]

By Restless
This June, Netflix will make 1,000 movies available for download rental and this is certainly the future of the vid rental industry (sorry, Blockbuster). I’ve just discovered an interesting archive site of films in the public domain, which is worth a look.
Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. […]

 
             CONDI          .VS.             JIM
Wow what a difference.
Isn’t it nice to see a Congress that actually DOES something?  
Not just with legislation, but with oversight.   Unlike the Rubber-Stamp / Do-Nothing Republican Senate, the new Senators are holding Bush Co. to the fire.
A few weeks ago, Senator Jim Webb, the newly elected Democrat from Virginia, asked Secretary […]

From YahooNews: 
Robot parking garage to open in New York
NEW YORK - Would you trust a robot to park your car? The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city’s first robotic parking opens in Chinatown.
The technology has had a good track record overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United […]

By Restless
Another great site with more vids and info from those who’ve seen what Iraq is about.  Check it out!

 
 
I’m writing you from a Starbucks in downtown Sacramento this afternoon,  a few more days and my nomadic ways shall come to an end when I move into my new apartment in San Francisco,  I’m also on the tail end of the nasty flu I had last week, with just the occasional lung butter episodes […]

Here’s a new one for you guys to ponder. 
Is anyone going to catch Graham and Restless?    Stay tuned.

By Restless
I went through the Pentagon a week after 9/11. One of the Generals…calls me after I’d seen Rumsfeld. He said, “Sir, come in here.” He said, “Sir, we’re going to invade Iraq.” I said, “We’re going to invade Iraq!?! Why?” And he said, “Because,” he says, “I don’t know why. Really,” he said, “It […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Naked, greased student interrupts lunch
Prank ‘went a little farther than he intended,’ police officer says
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - A high school lunch period was disrupted Monday by a greased, naked student who ran around screaming and flailing his arms until police twice used a stun gun on him, authorities said.
Taylor Killian, 18, had rubbed his […]

By Restless
Dangerous bacteria, resistant to all antibiotics, have benefited from our war adventure in Iraq. The Grand daddy of them all is something called Acinetobacter baumannii. It got its start (possibly) from some contaminated medical supplies shipped from Germany to a medical facility in Iraq, Ibn Sina Hospital, at the start of the war. Since […]

 
By Restless
Matt from Connecticut travelled the world and did his dance (more like a jig) in some amazing places.  It’s received over 4 million hits so far, for good reason. Check it out!
 

This has to be the best speech I’ve ever seen on C-SPAN.
The arrogance of the Republicans, on all topics; Iraq, tax breaks for the wealthy, runaway debt, corruption, ethics, and so on has led to their demise.
Thank you America for finally waking up.

If you used to play pole position, or frogger even, then you’ll love this new game from Bush Co. It’s called HUMMER RAMIN, Good Fun!
(Only available for the Nintendo Wii)