Incredible space photograph of volcanic ash plume. Glad you shared!

I found Dr. Nielsen's story to be incredibly moving and inspirational. It is amazing that she faced such incredible challenge in her life with such courage and fortitude and I feel so very fortunate that she shared so much of herself with the rest of us that we might learn from such a wonderful example of how to truly live. Thank you, Jerri, for allowing us to bear witness to your life.

And now this situation is in the news again today - http://www.techflash.com/venture/Terry_Drayton_pr...

As @havi and @pistachio said yesterday during their #notstrategy call, when things go wrong, think about the bullet you just dodged. I'm still thankful now that I dodged that one.

Another beautiful poem from Rosemerry! I love your writing

It's always humbling to see JUST how well my sister can kick butt!

And I'm of course wonderfully proud of my niece and nephew too. Very impressive accomplishments all the way around.

What a timely discussion. The very next day after this post from Art, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated a need for further debate on the topic of whether marijuana should be legalized.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/06/Schwarzene...

State of Play will have you thinking about plot developments as well as current and historical parallels long after the final credits roll.

Monsters vs. Aliens is just plain fun for the whole family of the kind that can hold up to repetition when the young ones love it as they're sure to do.

Actually, it was acute viral pneumonia brought on by the influenza that killed people during the 1918 pandemic, against which antibiotics are of minimal help.

I believe we have to be careful here - it is nonsense to get paranoid and freak out, but the sane response is not the just-as-damaging tendency to put our heads in the sand and claim all is fine when we don't yet know that.

The reason health officials are way out in front to the point of seeming like they're crying wolf is because to not do so is to risk getting so far behind as to not be able to contain the problem.

In 1918, one of the issues was the first wave was so mild as to pass mostly unnoticed. It was the second wave that proved to be so lethal. In Baltimore, they waited too long to close the schools and so that effort did no good.

Excellent information on real numbers and social impact of the 1918 influenza at www.pandemicflu.gov/general/workshop.pdf

Taking precautions now and taking it seriously without panicking is critical. Of course, if we do all that, it may well look afterward like no big deal - but that's what we want, right?

"Probable swine flu cases" isn't necessarily media hype. CDC has definitions for Confirmed, Probable, and Suspected.

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/casedef_swineflu.htm

Wow - sounds like getting out of T-Ride was quite the adventure!