http://www.amcgltd.com/ en-us scott@amcgltd.com 2009-01-06T16:07:05-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014031.html 14031@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Cats 2009-01-06T16:07:05-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014030.html Mark gets a coral-colored no-prize for bringing us news of new discoveries about the Galapagos iguanas: A spectacular pink type of Galapagos iguana promises to rewrite the family's evolutionary history in the islands. Rosada was missed by Charles Darwin... 14030@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Science 2009-01-06T13:38:47-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014029.html It would seem that dentists will be able to grow replacement teeth for patients in the next 1-5 years. See, Ellen! I told you holding out for a ridiculously long time between dentist visits would pay off!... 14029@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Science 2009-01-06T12:41:27-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014028.html Problem: smokers, having been banned from smoking in almost every place except perhaps the basements of their houses, still insist on smoking. Solution: Move the goalposts. Again: Third-hand smoke is what one smells when a smoker gets in an... 14028@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Weird_&_F-d_Up 2009-01-06T11:42:47-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014027.html On the last day of our vacation, I made hamburgers for lunch for myself and Olivia. Ever the curious one, Olivia bounced into the kitchen to take a look at what I was doing... Olivia, in a schoolmarm voice... 14027@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Olivia 2009-01-06T09:33:49-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014026.html Mark gets an eagle-shaped no-prize for bringing us news of the discovery of a major Roman-era battlefield in Germany. The kicker? According to the article, it's too late and too far north to agree with existing histories.... 14026@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Science 2009-01-05T15:49:41-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014025.html As with most apocalyptic predictions, the chicken-little forecast of arctic ice disappearing completely in 2008 ended up flat wrong. The stuff actually increased during the year, for reasons scientists only puzzled out after the fact. Now, tell me again,... 14025@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Science 2009-01-05T14:37:43-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014024.html Willie, the Bush's "first cat", was found dead at her home in the White House on Sunday. 18 is a pretty darned good run for a cat, but I'm sure it's still quite sad. On the other hand... more... 14024@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Cats 2009-01-05T13:28:50-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014023.html A new actor has been cast to be Dr. Who for the next set of new episodes of that series. The guy's name is Matt Smith, and no, I haven't heard of him either. The whole creative team will... 14023@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Science_Fiction 2009-01-05T12:32:05-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014022.html A British "expert in sound technology at Huddersfield University, West Yorks" is claiming Stonehenge was actually built as a sort of prehistoric disco. Hey, if that's what it takes to get your grant renewed, that's what it takes.... 14022@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Weird_&_F-d_Up 2009-01-05T11:32:58-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014021.html So, on the third of four trips to the downtown Air and Space museum with Olivia during the Christmas break, I made a "geeky snort" cool discovery. Somewhere, and I won't tell you exactly where, they're playing a Monty... 14021@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Announcements 2009-01-05T09:27:48-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014020.html Ron gets a no-prize with a hidden picture for bringing us the "top 10 cars and the type of women they attract". I guess you'd have to define "rare" to see if my Italian exotic qualifies, but I'm happy... 14020@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Funnies 2009-01-05T09:22:42-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014019.html Patricia Dare was charged Monday with the violations in a private complaint filed by a state dog warden who inspected Petz Unlimted's kennels in October. Because Dare pleaded guilty to summary charges of failing to maintain sanitary and humane conditions... 14019@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Cats 2009-01-04T20:46:58-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014018.html Nothing like a collection of "the sky from above" pictures to start your Sunday. What they can't show, and indeed what I've only seen a few times in IMAX movies, is how all that stuff visibly moves over time.... 14018@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Pictures 2009-01-04T07:56:30-05:00 http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/014017.html So, how old is your car? Or cars, as the case may be. Ours: '71 Alfa Romeo Spider: 51 "people years" old. '88 Alfa Romeo Milano: 27 '01 Chrysler PT Cruiser: 77 Not too shabby!... 14017@http://www.amcgltd.com/ Cool 2009-01-04T07:48:44-05:00