There is a very good chance that I might exceed my bandwidth limit for this site before the end of the month. If that happens, no big deal. I’ll be back up on Saturday. I probably won’t post much, if any, today and tomorrow. I’m thinking I might remove a bunch of photos from the [...]

Garden creatures. Very nice post about the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, with several links and photos. Almost invisible people. Interesting art. The political comments at the end of the article just made me roll my eyes. Not that I totally disagree; it’s just that I’m an art for art’s sake kind of art fan. (via Bifurcated [...]

Charles mentioned this Oklahoma weather record November 11, 1911. 11/11/11 is the only date left in the record books on which the existing record high and record low temperatures were recorded on the same day. An Arctic front, also known as a “Blue Norther,” roared into the state and plunged the temperature reading at Oklahoma [...]

. . I took this picture in my back yard yesterday. They first started blooming over a week ago.

An amusing collection of images. (via AMCGLTD) That knife holder is even funnier than this one.

Brian linked to this odd blog: Stuff White People Like. It’s actually more a list of what urban liberal yuppies like. There is very little there that is in any way related to my life or interests. It is sort of amusing. My guess is that the intention is to make a statement about stereotyping [...]

Message for the State of Oklahoma: Fix your damn computer network! Every other time I go to the tag agency I’m told that they can’t do whatever I went there for because, “The computers are down for the whole state.” I know people who work on computers so I fully realize that 100 percent up [...]

A commenter on this post posted a link to The Flo Control Project. That is very clever! To be honest though, I don’t think I like my cats enough to go to that much trouble. Actually, it’s not all that much of a hassle to let them in and out. Most of the time they’re [...]

This would be easier if I was as eloquent as Barack Obama or as experienced as Hillary Clinton. How does one begin when making a huge, highly important announcement? Oh well, I am who I am so out with it, I guess. I am running for President of the United States. That’s right. America’s first [...]

Quote found at Epeus’ Epigone “Newsreaders still feel it is worth a special and rather worrying mention if, for instance, a crime was planned by people ‘over the Internet.’ They don’t bother to mention when criminals use the telephone or the M4, or discuss their dastardly plans ‘over a cup of tea,’ though each of [...]

Author Name Pronunciation Guide. Recordings of authors saying their names. Unfortunately none of the authors I read are on the the list (I did read one book by Neil Gaiman) but it’s a good idea. Maybe they will add more authors in the future. Found here, which I think I found here but I can’t [...]

I mean, really, are we living through the Inquisition again, when scientists have to “dare” to explore a topic? — here But every once in a great while, when the time is right, two protoplanets who love each other very much can touch each other in a special way, and make life together. — there

I find this quite amusing. Apparently, it’s now okay for proper, fashionable people to wear polyester. Nature lovers, have no fear, there are still some natural fabrics that are fashionable. I’m very interested in seeing some bamboo fabric myself. I suppose it’s fashionably rare and expensive. Well, not too bad but there’s an extremely limited [...]

Wow, is it Friday already? Where did the week go? What did I do all week? Well, mostly I tried to stay warm. We had a couple of almost nice warm days but most of the week it’s been cold and cloudy. We have run out of dry firewood so it’s really hard to get [...]

Creationists support teaching “the scientific theory of evolution”. The Florida Board of Education officially upheld evolution yesterday. The board didn’t quite mean to do that, of course. In a 4-3 vote, the Board accepted a proposed curriculum that replaced all references to evolution with the phrase “the scientific theory of evolution.” In so doing, the [...]

Awwww. Science can be so… cute sometimes. Actually a little bit weird and creepy too. Weird, creepy, cute. Funny how things go together sometimes.

German treasure hunters believe that they have found The Amber Room. I’m not getting excited yet. We know how these great discoveries go. Until you actually see the treasure, there is no treasure. The article includes a nice little photo gallery (8 images) of a reconstruction of the room. I can’t decide whether I think [...]

PhysicalGeography.net – an online textbook (via Fillyjonk’s Progress) School 1977 vs. 2007 A Near Life Experience – a very nice blog. Art, nature, etc. Lots of images and videos. Weird playgrounds A chicken story. (via Dirty Beloved) The Daily Coyote, a blog. (also via Dirty Beloved) Store Wars. Great! (via Justinsomnia)

Interesting things are happening in the world. They might even be good things. I always expected that the day that Fidel Castro was no longer president of Cuba would be a huge event – a “Where were you when…” kind of event. Instead, it seems barely worth notice – a mere formality. Fidel’s brother is [...]

87 Predictions that turned out to be wrong. Some you’ve probably heard over and over again and possibly some you haven’t. “I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone.” – Charles Darwin, in the foreword to his book, The Origin of Species, 1869. “It [...]

Here’s more fodder for the conspiracy theorists. A 1998 Pentagon report describes technology that could make people hear voices in their heads. Scary, but intriguing.

Some really amazing photos. My favorite: the eagle with reflection. The one that made me laugh: the baby with the kitten. Via AMCGLTD

Harlan Ellison is not happy about the writer’s strike settlement. Is he right? I have no idea. But it seems to me that they must have reached an agreement that both sides could live with. On the other hand, the studios have all the power. They could keep on cranking out lousy “reality” shows until [...]

Possibly the best staircase ever. Odd chocolate shapes. The chocolate tools are sort of cool. (via Bifurcated Rivets) Michelangelo’s “flying brain”. Interesting post about pattern recognition. The Plane That Flew Too Soon Sunsets, rainbows and lightening. Beautiful weather photos. (via Dark Roasted Blend) Lost in the snow. Wow, that’s a lot of snow! Weird. (via [...]

Hilarious, and so familiar: Ongoing turmoil in the troubled kitchen-floor region of the Branson household reached a boiling point Tuesday, as relations between rival house cats Boswell and Johnson erupted into fresh violence. Observers said the arrival of a new brown paper-bag in the area ignited long-standing tensions and set off another round of territorial [...]