How nice to receive only the hors d’oeurvres of the great snow banquet!  Seems we have been spared the bulk once again.  Might be slippery still, cold and all.

HEROES FOR TODAY

COSMOS

Top 10 Pics of black holes . . . Mother Nature Network

Best places to be a recluse . . . .CNN

Government for the rich, by the rich . . . .The Economist

Cool lunar landscape shots . . . .Daily Mail

The highest church? . . . Daily Mail

EVERYBODY IS WATCHING

Will you watch the shuttle launch? . . . CNN

Fall fashion week . . . .Fox News

Jennifer Lopez’s idol stress . . . .Daily Mail

Bring Back Firefly! . . . .CNN

FAMILY BUSINESS

Where are the men? . . . .The Wall Street Journal

Breast feeding controversies . . . .Time

Social security facts . . . .The Los Angeles Times

Your zip code is private information . . . .Fox News

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Printing replacement skin for injuries in the field . . . CNN

Yo Yo dieting solved? . . . .Daily Mail

Spirituality at the Oscars . . . CNN

TV off = higher grades? . . . Daily Mail

11 things sports can teach us about sex . . . .Fox News

PMS warning system? . . . .Daily Mail

COMING UP NEXT

Heralds of spring . . . .Daily Mail

Planned Parenthood Fall pending? . . . .Fox News

The end of wikileaks? . . .CNN

No Fannie no Freddie. . . Los Angeles Times

Windsor Knot, the Royal wedding beer . . . .Daily Mail

Hang in there!  Weekend is all but here!

Looking white from my window.  A friend remarked that at least 15 cars had been rescued noon–one narrowly avoiding my dad’s fence.  I’ll be home all day. : )

Is it newsworthy?

IS IT ART?

Make an e-book reader case . . . PopSci

Will you miss the browser address bar?  . . . .TechCrunch

Census maps of your neighborhood . . .ReadWriteWeb

The threatening scent of a fertile woman . . . New York Times

Toys we want now . . .Popular Mechanics

Product placements and music videos . . . Rolling Stone

Trends in Toyland  . . . .BrandWeek

THE CLONE WARS

Vindication for Bush?! . . . The Atlantic

The upcoming $2 billion election . . . .BigThink

Russia blames Google . . .Reuters

TSA and AK Rep/Breast Cancer survivor Sharon Cissna. . . .Alaska TravelGram

Politics and unions in Wisconsin. . . .New York Times

Unions, Colorado and Wisconsin’s governor. . . Denver Post

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Cellphones and brain activity . . .USA Today

You can remember! . . . .New York Times

Illness is private . . . The Atlantic

Legislating away climate change . . . BigThink

COSMOS

Cosmic census. . . Salon

Stay warm.  Spring is imminent!