25 February 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 25 Feb 2009 It had all the trappings of a State of the Union address but since technically it was not, President Obama did not have to utter those traditional words: "The state of our union is strong." Replacing a $278 million climate change monitoring satellite could be quick--if the money is there. How to shoot down a helicopter with a handgun. Field research shows the economic downturn is cramping the sex lives of the once-successful. Tales of encounters gone wrong, wrong, wrong: I Bang the Worst Dudes (Sorry, Mom). How bottling and selling New York City tap water finally became a business. The New York City buildings that weren't--or weren't as tall as intended--because of the Great Depression. Procrastination reveals the things at which we are most gifted--the things we truly want to do. Lessons from da Vinci Movies and videogames in reverse. The fun is in considering how awesome people thought they were, despite all that was missing. How the web has changed since 1996. Three hundred years after he left the island, scientists are piecing together the life of the real Robinson Crusoe. In the race to preserve dying languages, studying outliers helps us preserve and give prestige to dying people. I used to manage a band called The Format. They ceased to exist one year ago today.
