Today's Jesuit related reference

In a correction dated March 29th, the New York Times apologises:

Correction: March 29, 2007

An essay in Science Times on Tuesday about the role eunuchs have played in history — a reflection prompted by the author’s prostate cancer treatment, which resulted in chemical castration — referred imprecisely to one person who was a eunuch. He was St. Ignatius of Constantinople. (Other SS. Ignatius were not known to be eunuchs.)

One would suppose that the Jebbies are now relieved that Ignatius Loyola has been redeemed of the accusation that he was eunuchoid.

Today's "Chemistry is Great!" URL

I am a regular receiver of emails from the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and have now discovered their blog. A recent entry seems to imply that I missed a trick in high school when I declined to take any science after I struggled (and nearly failed) physics.