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By Charley Daniels

Heading back to jury selection in the morning. I won’t be Twittering this time, at least not regularly. Maybe an update here or there, but since I’ll mostly be in the courtroom tomorrow I don’t see there being much of a chance for me to post. Especially since I’ll be so busy catching up on my sleep.

Speaking of stinky pee, asparagus has been in the news a lot lately. Scientists recently announced that the soil on Mars is perfect for growing the vegetable:

Soil on Mars ‘good for asparagus’

There is still no answer to the old question of whether there has ever been life on Mars, but apparently there could be vegetable life.

Guess we know what we’ll be eating after we have to abandon earth in the next decade or so. Or maybe not:

Dodgy asparagus sauce killed restaurant diner

81-year-old William Hodgins died just hours after dining with his wife at the up market Tables restaurant in Pymble last year. An inquest has today found it was a pathogen in the asparagus sauce, served with his fish that killed him.

Well, back to the drawing board. Maybe the soil on Venus is perfect for growing some other vegetable?

By Charley Daniels

When Bush admitted the Iraq war isn’t really going well, I got a little worried because it was so out of character. Bush admits (sort of) that he effed up? What’s next? Armaggedon? And now, the Doomsday Clock moves forward two minutes. When it gets to midnight, it’s all over. Yep, armageddon. Professor Stephen Hawking — he of robo-voiced, smartest-human-being-on-earth fame — spoke at the ceremony:

As we stand at the brink of a second nuclear age and a period of unprecedented climate change, scientists have a special responsibility once again to inform the public and advise leaders about the perils that humanity faces.

Hey, don’t worry Stevie — we have a full five minutes left!

Oh, I almost forgot! If you’re interested in television, my friend James, senior reporter for TVWeek, is blogging live from the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour. It’s funny and informative! You know, since none of this Doomsday stuff is worrying most of us. Five minutes!

By Charley Daniels

I had a “holy shit” moment on my way to work this morning. It was fleeting.

NPR: The orbiter circling Mars has spotted the remains of …

Me: Holy shit!

NPR: … the Pathfinder probe that visited the planet in 1997.

Man, this is one news lede that really would have been better written in the passive voice. (The remains of the Pathfinder probe that visited Mars in 1997 were spotted …) If only to save me from jumping to conclusions.