Story from MSNBC. I wonder if it’s truly a “irreversible situation” as the article states.  You know, like that hole in the ozone layer that was never supposed to recover.

Amazing story about finding the remains of WWII-era US Army Air Corps airmen.  It makes you wonder what lies beneath the arctic glaciers and deserts of the Sahara.

Last year, seafood crazed Japan decided that whale meat should return to the dinner table. According to an article from MSNBC, Japanese consumers aren’t so eager for the stuff.

“To put it simply, whale meat tastes horrible,” said 30-year-old Kosuke Nakamura, one of the diners at a Hana No Mai restaurant in Tokyo who turned their noses up at whale meat.

Young people are put off by the tough, pungent meat, Nakamura said, while older Japanese are reminded of the lean years after the country’s defeat in World War II.

Commercial whaling has been banned since 1986 except for limited research. Using some ass-backwards logic, the Japanese government has called their whale hunting “a research program” and is “needed to establish reliable information on whale populations and habits [which] can only be obtained by killing the animals.”

The profits from hunting are put back into this “research program” as well promotion for the consumption of whale meat. This sounds like capitalism, not science.

The rest of the world doesn’t share the opinion that whale populations are so enormous that we should resume throwing spears into the back of Moby Dick.

I think the Japanese have lost their minds from eating too much fugu and mercury-laced tuna.

Scientists have found that sharks only exist in 30% of the world’s oceans. This may impact future populations since they tend to be found in waters near humans. In contrast, other marine species have the ability to live in deeper water, providing a “human-free” zone if endangered.

Most of this weekend has been spent gathering up tax documents for my accountant. The last time I did my own taxes was when I could still use the 1040EZ. Since then I’ve gone with H&R Block and during the last few years, a private CPA.

I’ve been trying to run the household like my business and keeping a chart of accounts and reconciling Quicken on a regular basis. I’ve spent far less time gathering documentation this year but I’ve found areas for improvement. Notably, reconciling against every retail receipt and tracking medical expenses including OTC purchases, parking fees, and mileage.

If all goes well I’ll be filing the business and personal taxes by March instead of August.