Awakening the Canadian space robot monster
Published 9:30 pm Saturday, March 15, 2008
Astronauts were poised to bring Dextre, Canada’s space robot, to life after overcoming some technical problems. Next time, the Americans will remember to pack their metric tools.
Once Dextre is awake, he’s expected to rise and walk around the international space station while astronauts pester him to say things such as, “My organ-eye-zay-shun is aboot a kilometer from Tronno.”
New on the bookshelves: “The Ball Is Round” looks at the history of soccer.
At 900 pages, the book is pretty hefty, but you still can breeze through it if you have a couple of hours to kill. Perfect for when you’re watching a soccer match and waiting for someone to score.
An analysis finds that Hillary Clinton owes her success to women’s votes, while Barack Obama owes his to blacks. Apparently a lot of people are only comfortable voting for people who look like them.
If only Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich hadn’t split the mystical woodland elf vote, one of them might still stand a chance.
