Saturday found me running along Big Muddy, also known as the Missouri River. This particular trail was up in Parkville, MO (home to Park University). The Burlington Northern/Santa Fe rail line goes right along the river here and I got a close look at the cargo on one particular train. Along with a lot of empty lumber cars, there were 4 Boeing 737 bodies. They are being shipped from  Wichita, KS to Renton, WA. This was quite a sight and brings home the point that while America may be behind in rail systems we still have the opportunity to catch up with the rest of the world.

Some may have known my blushing bride had a bit of a rough summer and spent a few weeks in the hospital. While the details are best left to the medicos, she is doing better and is home and well on her way to a full recovery.
When neighbors have commented that they want to bring food over, I have replied that I worked my way through college as a cook and that we were ok. When one suggested that I should invite THEM over for a meal, I asked him how he liked Tofu. In the mid-west of the US of A, I might as well have asked him if he liked to eat moldy peanut cakes.......

Michael Hynes wrote to say "The legendary book that Bill Timberlake has been writing in the wilds of New Mexico was published this year.... it is an excellent read as an airport/vacation book. As you might expect the science and sociology of science is so accurate compared to that of author's such as Michael Crichton." 

 Bill wrote the FGSC to say that it is available from Amazon.com

7/3/07

Yet again, I write to say that the FGSC is safe and dry. While areas to our south received over 10 cm of rain, the Kansas City airport just a few Kilometers to the North received only about 1/2 cm. We were just on the 'dry line' and received only about 3-4 cm of rain over several days. FGSC research assistant Matt Kinney had to cut short his weekend at the lake, however, as he wanted to get back before being stranded. Meanwhile, the rain has been good for my grass seed (grass, like fescue and ryegrass, not that other kind of grass).

The FGSC web-site includes descriptions of 'Evolution' and 'Evolutionary genetics' and for that reason,  we are deemed to be IN VIOLATION of the Internet Acceptable Use Policy of the self-appointed Net Authority
Keep your kiddies safe and pure and ignorant of testable and verifiable truths.