Good news, my father is improving. His heart rate is behaving and becoming slowly disconnected from the USB cables.

For those who read the posting about Volcano Redoubt doing its funky electrical storm thing. Hig who took the photos has posted up some of the science of why you get electrical storms during volcanic eruptions.

News is circulating that Obama has been depressed and distant after the finale of Battlestar Galactica. I understand his pain!