trivia: Mt. St. Helens STILL active - 09/29/07 02:20 PM
The lava-dome building eruption of Mount St. Helens continues, but at a slower rate than in previous years. The current eruption started October 2004, with a dump-truck load of lava (0.6 cubic yards) per second. The current level of lava is about a small pickup-truck load (0.35 cubic yard) every three seconds. (2 comments)
trivia: Did You Know... - 08/24/07 02:11 PM
While watching the space shuttle Endeavor land the other day, just prior to touchdown, the two news people (on CNN, Miles O'Brien and another astronaut) were discussing how astronauts re-adjust to gravity after being in a zero-gravity environment... they drink saltwater.... Apparently to INCREASE blood-pressure... during re-entry blood flows to the (2 comments)
trivia: Pineapples in Washington? - 08/09/07 01:37 PM
We've all heard the story of global warming... I thought I'd get a jump on a new career; Pineapple Farmer Last year we took a vacation to the wonderful island of Maui. While there, at a farmers market, a vendor was talking about how to start a pineapple. So, when we got home (5 comments)