Paul’s Blog

For those of you that think the temperature measurement data that is used to prove the planet is warming is irrefutable, please have a look at this site. Coupled with calculations errors like the one recently admitted to by NASA, this kind of stuff really has to throw the whole theory into doubt.

You can’t depend on temperature data from stations that are right next to air conditioning units — especially units that weren’t there ten or twenty years ago. No wonder the data shows the planet warming at an alarming rate.

I am convinced the planet is warming (we are between ice ages, after all), but maybe the amount of the warming is well within natural variation given the doubt cast on the numbers.

Well, it turns out that 1998 isn’t the hottest year on record. Neither is 2005, 2006. It’s 1934. That’s right. An error in calculating temperature data resulted in more recent years being hotter than they actually are. Six of the top ten hottest years now happen BEFORE the human generated CO2 supposedly altered our climate.

Read more about it here.

The Police put on a great show at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Playing all the old favorites, the band demonstrated an energy that belied their years. A few of the transitions were a bit awkward, but overall the performance was a blast. Sting was in fine vocal form, Stewart Copeland re-established himself as one of the best drummers ever, and Andy Summers vented 30 years of frustration with some great solos that are not present in the recorded versions of these tunes. The band was, for the most part, tight and flawless.

Setlist:

Message in a Bottle
Synchronicity II
Walking On The Moon
Voices Inside My Head
When The World Is Running Down
Don’t Stand So Close To Me
Driven To Tears
Truth Hits Everybody
Bed’s Too Big Without You
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can’t Stand Losing You
Roxanne
King Of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Next To You

More stuff can be seen in the gallery.

I am not a Cowboy fan, being a Steeler fan precludes me from cheering for “America’s Team”. However, it does not stop me from acknowledging one of the great backs in NFL history, Tony Dorsett. After winning the Heisman Trophy at Pitt in 1976, Tony joined the Cowboys in 1977 and promply proceeded to lead them to a Superbowl championship over the Denver Broncos. A terrific back with amazing vision and blinding speed, Tony set a record that will never be exceeded with a 99 yard touchdown run against the Vikings during the 1982 season. I met Tony and his son Anthony several years ago at the NCTA convention and he was gracious and affable man. Here is a sketch of Tony (click on the sketch for a larger version):