The World Without Us

A fabulously interested look at the future of the earth if humanity just up and disappeared.

Ectatic Vertebral Arteries and Speech Pathology

I recently became fascinated by brainstem compression by ectatic vertebral artery while looking for information on swallowing disorders.

I don't exactly understand why I get caught up in subjects of which I know absolutely nothing (don't get me wrong, I know quite a bit about swallowing disorders).

An ectatic vertebral artery is one that has become so long and tortuous that it compresses the brainstem and therefore effects the root entry and/or exit zones of cranial nerves. This compression then can cause all sorts of problems: gait disturbances, voice disorders, swallowing difficulties, facial spasms, facial pain, hypertension, obstructive hydrocephalus.

Surgery is the answer: microvascular decompression.

Cut a hole behind the ear, go into the brainstem, gently move the offending artery away from the brain.

Wow.

39 Ways to Live and Not Merely Exist

"The Host" Trailer

Watch this scary, funny monster movie if you haven't... pure bliss.

Carina Nebula

You can zoom in and explore all parts of the Carina Nebula photograph!

Location of 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake of July 16, 2007

Epicenter and extent of earthquake that hit Japan on Monday, July 16th, 2007. My daughter, Kim, felt the quake in Tokyo.

However, it is the nuclear waste and radioactive water leaks which are more alarming than the quake.

Evidence points to the fact that Japan is slow to report such accidents. Who knows what else it is covering up. Sounds sort of familiar, doesn't it?

Earthquakes in Japan

No End In Sight: Movie Trailer

Trailer for upcoming movie NO END IN SIGHT an expose of what went/is going terribly wrong in the Iraq War...

Mt. Fuji

My daughter, Kim took this photograph of Mt. Fuji and then climbed it! She expected the climb to be an easy one because, as she writes, "old people climb it!" However, the climb turned out to be a challenge. But, she made it to the highest point in Japan!

Ocean Animals in Full Swim Mode

Animated Tale of A Little Girl Forgotten by Absolutely Everyone

A scary little black and white tale of Emmeline, a little girl forgotten by absolutely everyone...

100 people as community ("The Minature Earth")

PLEASE take a moment to watch this incredible presentation... showing how you (by virtue of the fact that you own a computer or have access to one) are one of the luckiest people on this earth...

Tokyo Night

Taken by my daughter, Kim from the top of the Metropolitan Government Building.

Tokyo at Night

This photograph was taken by my daughter, Kim from the top of the Metropolitan Government Office Building on my last night in Japan.