Sunday, February 20, 2005

Nen calls it quits after series of shoulder surgeries Nen calls it quits after series of shoulder surgeries: "Robb Nen tried as hard as anyone to extend his career as one of baseball's best closers, working countless hours to rehabilitate his troublesome shoulder after three operations. Following yet another setback, the former Giants pitcher has decided to retire." (Via USATODAY.com MLB NL - Top Stories.) Hats off to Robb. He gave a lot for the Giants, and my family all has great memories of hearing "Smoke on the Water" out at Pacbell Park as Nenn made the walk out. What a great arm, what a player. He may not make the Hall of Fame, but he wa a great one. 5:44:12 PM    comment []

Monty Python's Eric Idle Monty Python's Eric Idle: "His Beatles-parody mockumentary The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch comes out on DVD next month. He's also written the book for the Monty Python farce Spamalot on Broadway." (Via NPR's Fresh Air from WHYY.) 3:01:51 PM    comment []

Stunning Images From Saturn Stunning Images From Saturn: " Check out the latest spectacular images from Saturn at Saturn Today. " (Via NASA Watch.) 2:22:35 PM    comment []

ALL GANNON ALL THE TIME ALL GANNON ALL THE TIME: " WONKETTE: Covering Jeff Gannon, Henry the Intern takes a wander through the news network transcripts and comes back with the number of segments and mentions of Jeff Gannon in the last month: CNN: 18 MSNBC/NBC: 9 FNC/FOX: 2 PBS: 1 ABC: 0 CBS: 0 Some details: Fox didn't run a segment on Gannon until February 13th, and didn't touch Gannon again after the nudie pics came out. So it's official: CNN is the network of choice for White House Republican hustlers. Who'd have thunk it? " (Via UNDERNEWS.) 12:38:02 PM    comment []

'Where Are My Glasses?' -- Study Reveals Clues To The Mechanism Of Short-term Memory 'Where Are My Glasses?' -- Study Reveals Clues To The Mechanism Of Short-term Memory: "Understanding the biology of memory is a major goal of contemporary neuroscientists. Short-term or 'working' memory is an important process that enables us to interact in meaningful ways with others and to comprehend the world around us on a moment-to-moment basis. A study published this week in Science (February 18) presents a strikingly simple yet robust mathematical model of how short-term memory circuits in the brain are likely to store, process, and make rapid decisions about the information the brain receives from the world." (Via ScienceDaily Headlines: Mind & Brain.) 12:02:09 PM    comment []

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