10.29.2004/09:28
Results, now!
As the Instant Gratification candidate, I ask you, are you better off now than you were ten minutes ago?

10.29.2004/07:59
TGIF
Today really is a case of Thank God Its Friday for me. I have been working relentlessly to finish up some big projects and in the last few days I have finally got to feeling caught up. Although I have to work tonight, it's taking photos, which I always enjoy, and the rest of the day can in any case be taken at a less harried pace than I have been living and working recently. Now to see if I can really slow myself down.

10.29.2004/07:57
Little people
Overt at Slashdot, there are folks who really care about those newly discovered Hobbit-like little people.

10.29.2004/07:51
No more wallowing
Poor Red Sox fans. Even when they win, they lose: "If part of a long-time identity of being a Red Sox fan is a sense of suffering, a sense of not winning, a kind of camaraderie with other losers, you lost some of that."

10.28.2004/07:31
Election day draws near
A way you can help George Bush.

10.27.2004/20:23
Great radio man
Gone and deeply missed, John Peel, R.I.P.

10.27.2004/19:04
Toss it
Paper toss Flash game is an incredible waste of time. Enjoy!

10.27.2004/14:45
More baseball
As I write this, the Red Sox, who were the first team in history to win a best of seven series after losing the first three games to the Yankees in the ALCS, are now themselves up 3-0. If they become the only team to have come from behind 0-3 and then to lose four in a row in the World Series, that really would be a curse. Undeniably. I would have to re-examine all my beliefs in the supernatural and the powers of vengeful ghosts.

10.26.2004/18:16
Careful...
Be safe.

10.26.2004/13:10
Today's top pick!
"The society estimates that over the past quarter-century, 250,000 volunteers have gleaned 461.5 million pounds of food that would have been dumped, plowed under or left to rot - but instead became 1.4 billion servings of food donated to the hungry."

10.25.2004/21:56
Tiny sized packages
Don't sweat the small stuff... buy it!

10.24.2004/21:19
Happy Hundredth!
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, the New York subway will be 100 years old.

10.24.2004/11:15
Your answer, please!
So, just what is the meaning of life?

10.24.2004/11:12
Tax inequities?
"Guglielmo said the findings were 'too significant to be discounted or dismissed,' and she asked the assessors to deliver a plan for correcting the inequities quickly."

10.21.2004/23:04
This is sick
Oh boy! Collect the whole set of disease cards! Extra points if you actually contract the disease.

10.21.2004/23:02
Wait until next year...
It's over for the Astros. But what a nice ride!

10.21.2004/08:57
Bag it
"Critics say the bags are not just a blight, but are wasteful, kill wildlife, pollute oceans and may be insinuating toxins into the food chain."

10.21.2004/08:53
Baseball fever
"After more than a week of nail-biting, marathon playoff action between two of the most bitter rivals in all of professional sports, millions of Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees fans may be weary and unable to focus on their jobs, relationships -- or even their families."

10.20.2004/09:06
Cluck cluck
Learn about the different breeds of chickens, ducks, etc..

10.20.2004/08:53
Shells tomorrow
"Under the jury award, the Plaquemines Parish oyster farmers stood to collect more than the total value of all oysters harvested in Louisiana in the past 100 years."

10.18.2004/11:06
Map-a-Planet
Map-a-Planet.

10.18.2004/10:30
Astros...
Just in case you are wondering, I am finding that being a fan of the Houston Astros, tied with the St. Louis Cardinals 2-2 in the NLCS at this writing, is quite nerve-wracking. I was eight years old when the Astros (who started life as the Colt 45s) fired up their first season in Houston, displacing the Cardinals (for whom Harry Carey was then announcing the games, with Joe Garagiola, on KMOX) as the nearest baseball team and therefore that team deserving of my loyalty. Oh, the twists and turns of fate, as we wait...

10.18.2004/10:28
Fall foliage
"The source for accurate foliage information."

10.18.2004/10:24
Fall training
Oh, yeah! Fantastic model rail layout.

10.17.2004/14:07

Cabin in the Sky
Bridge under construction, New Iberia, LA.

10.17.2004/14:07

West Facing Windows
Upperline St., New Orleans, LA.

10.15.2004/22:53
Up in the sky!
Flying squid in the news.

10.14.2004/23:08
Google your own computer
Today Google released a new feature called Google Desktop. It is a marvelous free tool that indexes your hard drive and lets you search your own files on your computer with the same interface that you use to Google the web. While it's limited in the files it indexes (Word but not WordPerfect, etc.), it will, if you elect, serve up visited web pages out of your cache.

All in all a sweet little application.

10.12.2004/22:44

Madeline Volleys
My friend Madeline Little, a senior at the Academy of the Sacred Heart (ASH) in Grand Coteau, LA, volleys for a score in her school's volley ball match against North Central High. ASH won the match.

10.12.2004/22:15
In their shells
Mock turtles.

10.12.2004/22:13
Pig guts
I hate it when this happens.

10.11.2004/02:28
Yahoo! Local
Hmm, Yahoo! Local confirms just what I thought... you can't find ceviche in New Iberia.

10.11.2004/01:52
Porn seekers?
Get paid good money to hunt for online porn!

10.9.2004/10:56
I'm Jiggered
"The guide includes some terms that are quite vulgar, but the doctors have found it very useful and it's also helped them integrate into life in the area."

10.8.2004/22:07
Aerial photo and map
To really get how cool this is, be sure to move your mouse around within the aerial photo. (via the always rewarding The Map Room)

10.8.2004/17:04

Cat in Window, Rainy Day
Friday afternoon.

10.7.2004/22:38
Look what popped up!
The Toaster Museum Foundation.

10.4.2004/22:50
Water, or whatever
Stay hydrated with Dr. Sneaky.

10.4.2004/17:45
Chicken neck??!?!
Dog bites man, that's not news, dog ... oh, just read this.

10.3.2004/18:42
Astromania
The Houston Astros have made it into post-season play. Oh, what will I do, what will I do, what will I do?

10.2.2004/22:56
What's your sign?
Why There Is An Internet Dept.:
veggiedate.com

10.2.2004/22:54
Not a monumental event
"Municipal politicians in Nelson, B.C., have decided that a controversial monument to American draft dodgers will not go up in their city."

10.1.2004/12:49
Badger, Mushroom...
SNAKE!

10.1.2004/12:22
Life expectancy
When I read the medical stories in the papers, I feel that I'm almost certain to die of something horrible, and soon, with only a slim chance of survival if I convert to a radically altered diet consisting of, say, unflavored rice cakes and lightly steamed, unsalted broccoli.

When I read the financial pages, I feel that I'm almost certain to live for decades and decades to come, and am almost certain, no matter how scrupulously I save, to run out of money at the age of 92, with many more years of poverty stretched out before me, and being not able to afford to eat even unflavored rice cakes and lightly steamed, unsalted broccoli, unless it comes out as a dog food flavor.

10.1.2004/08:54
Keep looking!
My friend Patti sends a Mount St. Helens Cam.

10.1.2004/08:32
Don't look!
"Until the corrections are made, Core said, she wants potentially incorrect information off the Web site to avoid triggering unnecessary or duplicate appeals."