Cousin Henry on trying to drill a relief well for the BP disaster

It’s tough!

Frankly, if he can no longer golf, and he’s a miserable husband and father, what’s left?

Tiger Woods shoots a 79.

Woods bogeyed six holes, double-bogeyed the fifth and managed a lone birdie on the 17th, tying for 48th. Jim Furyk, John Cook, Peter Hanson and Rory Sabbatini were tied for the lead at 71. The two-day event, featuring Hollywood celebrities, Irish billionaires and many of the world’s best golfers, is held every five years.

Our government not at work

Chinese shipping tycoon creates oil skimmer, sends it here – we’re “testing it”. Wouldn’t the best test be to set it loose and see if it works?

Am I (not) missing something here?

I’m getting emails from siblings and hearing stories on the radio about a heat wave here. Is Riverside exempt from this heat or am I just clueless? (Entirely likely). It doesn’t seemly unusually hot to me, but what do I know?

UPDATE: Maybe I spoke too soon – it seems that the heat wave arrives today. Ugh.

Works for me!

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GAIA’S REVENGE: SUV hits an eco-friendly mass transit bus, careens into a greenhouse. And, of course, there’s a huge heat wave in the Northeast. The Goddess is angry. Probably because of the Al Gore “sex poodle” incident. I guess we’d better push him into a volcano or something to appease her.