Sleepless in Rock Springs...Amy Kuney, Pet Health, Cancer Talk, and Geoscopes

Well, it's an early Saturday morning and I can't sleep.

Wind's a howling, and it's as cold as Absolute Zero meeting Absolut Vodka in my freezer.

Thought I'd use the quiet time to pass along a great song I found on podsafe music a while back.

When I was looking for intro music to use in my little blogcast, I thought, "Hey, I'm in WY, why not find a song about wind." Typed in "wind" in the podsafe search engine, and out popped Amy Kuney's song entitled, "How the Wind Must Feel" released last year. If you like crystal clear vocals and acoustic guitar then Amy's music might appeal to you. Hope you get a chance to check out her stuff. Been putting her as my first workout song for running the track at the 'ole Family Rec Center here in Rock Springs.

On another quick note, heard some great podcasts this week and wanted to share a few of them with you.

First, there was the NY Times Science Times podcast from this past Tuesday. David Corcoran does a brief interview with Denise Grady, a columnist with the NY Times, who's sister had two different kinds of cancer at the same time. Dad, I hope you can check this out. Click HERE to go to the podcast. It's the second story featured at 7 minutes and 12 seconds in. I wish all cancer patients could be treated like Grady's sister.

Second, on the same podcast a few weeks back, Corcoran interviewed a veterinarian based in Decatur, Georgia, Dr. Scott Line, on a new Merck Manual for animal health information. Made me think of my cousin, Dr. Candi Boyd, who has a great veterinary practice in South Carolina. Link to the article via clicking HERE. Candi, would love to hear your comments on this if you have a chance.

Third, in terms of a cool science story, The Economist magazine featured an article in its Science and Technology section dated November 15th, 2007 on geoscopes that have the potential to map the earth's interior using neutrinos.

Wait, come back, don't fall asleep just yet! It's actually quite interesting.

Link to the article by clicking HERE.

The gist is that the possibility of being able to map the entire interior of the earth exists by being able to detect how neutrinos from outer space bounce off various rocks within the earth's crust, mantle, and core.

Fascinating implications for soil mapping as well.

Would love to see this kind of technology work its way into the USDA and the soil survey. We desperately need smart technology like this to make our product better.

Any higher ups in Washington, D.C. with the power to effect positive change in the UDSA NRCS soil survey paying attention to this? Would love to hear from you.

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping in and have a great weekend.

Winds died down a bit.

Guess, it's time to go back to bed...

Drew