Show Notes for TWS051: The Journey to 1000 Stars Begins With 1 Planet… And Our Pets

On the show this week:

• UFO, IFO, WeAllFO
• Holy Irony, Catman!
• Space Is All Up In The Air

As mentioned, I have a page on Facebook, where I will also be placing my Questions.

Speaking of that, this week’s Question:
What new device will be created into the future that initially will seem like a dumb idea yet turn into a widely used, must-have thing? Or what device will be just dumb?. Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to encaf1[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.

Full article listing after the break!

• Theme Song: Caffeine by Grubspoon from The Podsafe Music Network
• UFO, IFO, WeAllFO
  • Stanton Friedman finally gets his day. – The Chronicle Herald: Fredericton honours world-renowned flying saucer expert
  • 293 cases — and I haven’t seen anything? Drat! – The American Chronicle: Canadian UFO Sighting Reports – January – August 2007
  • EXTRA: If government won’t move on the “normal” stuff, what makes anyone think they’d move on this? – American Chronicle: An Open Letter to The Prime Minister of Canada Concerning the Extraterrestrial Presence
• SFX battle I: Marvin the Martian vs. Ash
• Holy Irony, Catman!
  • Apparently, howling at the moon wasn’t evidence enough.. – The Daily Galaxy: Full Moon Link to Animal Behavior Revealed
  • But how do they fit inside their skin? – The New Zealand Herald/Reuters: (O) Cat lovers take on feline roles to know their pets
  • Anti-bovine gestapo? – The Times UK: Holy cows get passports to defeat rustlers
  • Not even God can get exceptions from Security. – The Telegraph: ‘Vatican air’ passengers’ holy water confiscated
  • Amazingly, this intelligent woman had doubts.[/sarcasm] – CBS: Letters Reveal Mother Teresa’s Secret
  • They found nothing; many other magicians have already stolen all his secrets.. – Yahoo!/AP: Burglar can’t escape after Houdini heist
  • Ultimate revenge? A scarf of the hair of the dog that bit ya? – Ananova: Clothes made from dog hair
• SFX battle II: Cats vs. Dogs
• Space Is All Up In The Air
  • I know that planet like the back of my galaxy. *KLONG!* – SpaceDaily: Up Up And Away To Venus
  • What you might have seen when you couldn’t see the rest. – PhysOrg: Exploding Lunar Eclipse
  • Why do we always presume Mars is where the life come from? I vote Saturn! – Space.com: Mounting Mysteries at Saturn Keep Scientists Guessing
  • EXTRA: Scientists are like airheads; both commonly amazed by nothing at all. – New Scientist: ‘Swiss cheese’ universe challenges dark energy
• News From the Future 001
• Just like a packmule, judge us by our teeth and eating habits
  • It’s all done with incisors. – Ananova: ‘King Tooth’ creates record
  • If you are truly fat and lazy, this might be the diet for you! – New Scientist/Invention: The hibernation diet
  • Next: soap with scrubs *for* you! – Ananova: Toothbrush with ‘satnav’
• Leftovers
  • Half-caf double-foam non-fat vente ocean. – The Daily Mail: Cappuccino Coast: The day the Pacific was whipped up into an ocean of froth
  • Apparently, the Western world doesn’t hold a monopoly on the concept of a “sunken city”. – The Times of India: ‘Asian Atlantis’ discovered
  • It was a case of the “flat skulls” vs. the “tall skulls”, probably leading to war (or maybe love). – The UK Times: Mystery of the medieval skulls still has archaeologists scratching their heads
  • Did Vikings get *really* lost? – ABC Australia/The Lab: Pseudoarchaeology says Vikings came to Australia
  • Sunshakes? – Malaysian Sun: (O) Solar vibrations possibly ‘shake’ the Earth
  • Scientist, scientist — does whatever nature did! Look out! Here’s comes a Spidermaaaaaan! – BBC: ‘Spider-man’ suit secret revealed
  • Imagine that: decent PDAs or camera phones could help crime investigators. Um… D’UH! – New Scientist: CSI could benefit from computer sidekick
  • Maybe they took the spider-suit idea a little *too* far? – CNN/AP: Monster spider web spun in Texas
  • “Hello, who’s this?” “WHOOO” “That’s what I want to know!” – The UK Telegraph: Mobile phones used to call owls
  • The mounties: gettin’ rid of rebels since the US Civil war.. – Mail & Guardian/AFP: (O) Mounties chase rebel bees after hive coup
  • Like the Kokomo Hum, only with a sweater. – The Herald Bulletin: 11:13 p.m.: Mysterious noise annoys Anderson couple
  • A diamond so big, it’s practically worthless. – Ananova: Record diamond found
  • Ah, the information age; log on, surf over, drop out. – Ananova: A Chinese wife has cut her husband’s right hand off because of his internet addiction.

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