So long, KTRU and “Blues in Hi-Fi”

Tonight, as I write this post, the radio program “Blues in Hi-Fi” is spinning its last tunes over the free airwaves on KTRU, the student-run station at Rice University.

Astrophysicist star Neil deGrasse Tyson calls for Mars mission

If there’s a rock star among astrophysicists today, his name is Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

A few of my favorite blogs

It’s a quiet, lazy Sunday morning and I’m going through my bookmarked pages on Microsoft Explorer, switching them over to Firefox. And I thought, hey, why don’t I share some my favorite blogs (especially since I still don’t know how to create my own blogroll on my site.) This is by no means a comprehensive list, and none of these blogs are from the (cue ominous music) mainstream media.

Guedry to get new trial, judge says

Former Beaumont police officer James Cody Guedry will get a retrial of his official oppression conviction, Jefferson County Criminal District Judge John B. Stevens Jr. said in a written ruling issued Friday, which began, “Sometimes we are faced with decisions between what is easy and what is right.”