A confluence of celebrations

Passover begins at sundown. Today is St. George's Day and is also generally recognized as Shakespeare's birthday. When Shakespeare was my age, he was dead. Other birthdays include Warren ("Spahn and Sain and two days of rain") Spahn, Shirley Temple, and Michael Moore.

And you thought sushi just happened?

Anyone have the number for the Nobel Prize committee? I think we've got next year's winner.

"If you are having a life-threatening emergency, press CTRL-ALT-DELETE."

A belated Earth Day news item. The EPA cancels a study of the effects of pesticides on children. The plan had called for the EPA to give some money, a camcorder, and some children's clothes to families in south Florida and then to see how the children were affected by exposure to various pesticides.