Wes Phillips

Well, actually, it suggests that, by wearing a helmet when I cycle, I give motorists the feeling I'm invulnerable.

Perhaps not, but <I>PhysOrg.com</I> reports that two Italian physicists have written a paper suggesting that the concepts of dark energy and dark matter might be the result of "improper" gravitational theory.

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Yes, it's the fifth anniversary of 9/11 and the media coverage is relentless. However, despite all the hoopla, the solemnity of the day can still sneak up on you&mdash;it happened to Jeff Wong and me this morning as we completed out daily bike ride and came upon a memorial service for firemen and policemen from our neighborhood who died that day.

As Dave Barry points out, there apparently <I>is</I> something worse than driving while talking on a cellphone.

Even though the calendar year starts January 1 (or, if you're in the electronics industry, with the January CES), many of us still think of Labor Day as the beginning of the year. That's when school always started&mdash;or, again if you're in the electronics industry, the week after is when CEDIA's (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) Expo takes place. As the show has grown over the years, it has also become the kick-off to the important (and, hopefully, lucrative) end-of-the-year sales season, with many companies debuting significant products they hope will make <I>their</I> Q4 profitable.

The National Portrait Gallery does caricature. Its collection is incomplete though&mdash;no Jeff Wong. Yet.