16. October, 2002 - slow morning

In local news, one of the small grocery stores in my neighborhood was robbed last night. An ugly business that. Hopefully the surveillance tape and description by the clerk will give the MPD enough to catch the goblin.
Microwave melting of metals in a home microwave oven. Feel like making your own foundry?
Physicist says "demons" can explain UFO phenomena Secular society is gullible about the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists without having scientific evidence to prove it, says Physicist and Evangelist Hugh Ross appearing on the 700 Club. [Ross] explains that humans remain physically restricted to the dimensions of the cosmos and cannot account for the unexplained phenomena. Angels, or fallen angels, remain as possible links. [Reed, via Best of the Web]
What happens when it rains DEER. Ouch. [Reed]
The halfbakery has some product and business ideas you might be able to make some money on. Or perhaps not. [evhead]
Travel Brochure Graphics from the 1920s and 1930s. Pretty pictures. [lileks]