There is a lot of craziness going on and I haven't posted in days for NI, partly because I was working this past weekend and partly because of family commitments. First of all, thoughts go out to everyone at Virginia Tech.

New York is experiencing flooding this week, with a strong Nor'easter ravishing the state.

The Times' Thomas Friedman, the author of recent international non-fiction bestsellers, is now focusing on green energy. Friedman argues the US ought to take the lead in green business and politics.

My cousin alerted me to a Darfur campaign on Google Earth. It is not for the faint hearted. Download Google Earth and type in these coordinates for Darfur: latitude: 13° 0'23.97"N, longitude: 23°44'43.14"E.