11.29.2003/14:30
Merry Christmas!
Something to make you get into the holiday shopping spirit.

11.27.2003/23:11
This is a croc
Really great crocodile photo.

11.27.2003/17:39
Machu Picchu
My friend Alan went to Machu Picchu, and after he told me about it, now I want to go, to.

11.27.2003/17:36
Ballet victory?
"Although she has her fervent fans, her detractors accused Ms. Volochkova, who has blond fashion-model looks, of being an outsider who influenced the Bolshoi's administration with the financial support her admirers gave the company."

11.27.2003/17:25
Happy Turkey Day
Count your blessings. Surely they are many! Happy Thanksgiving.

11.27.2003/14:18
Medical progress
"I don't see it any differently from procedures such as breast implants."

11.26.2003/21:42
Wild Turkeys
"No one really knows why so many turkeys decided to make a psychiatric hospital their home."

11.26.2003/16:53
Sorry
A good use of the Internet: "Yesterday I was arrested and put in jail. Even at my age, I learned a valuable lesson, I apologize to my wife, my family, my friends and my fans.''

11.25.2003/11:34
Now, that's news!
Dog mauls horse. Horse throws man.

11.25.2003/00:20
Ice carvers unite!
The National Ice Carving Association.

11.23.2003/22:47
Your papers, please
Horse passports.

11.23.2003/22:39
For your beloved bug
Love bugs? Then you may want to know about the Dead Bug Funeral Kit. (via Eric)

11.23.2003/10:41
Old footwear
Footwear of the Middle Ages.

11.23.2003/10:40
Turkey info
How to carve your turkey. And, how to deep-fry it.

11.23.2003/10:31
Tea time
From Japan, fabrics associated with tea and tea masters.

11.23.2003/10:27
Better oils
"If you were to rank all the oils that are best to cook with, certainly the two or three that rank highest would be canola, olive and perhaps safflower oil."

11.20.2003/08:37
Bye bye
The End of the World. (The download is on the lengthy side, but STFU, okay?)

11.19.2003/15:01
Something to talk about
Your cell phone may be bad for your back.

11.19.2003/09:06
Cyber gal
Miss Digital World.

11.18.2003/09:45
Sugar house
Okay! I'd like to go there.

11.18.2003/09:31
A wee bit healthier than somebody
How we define aspiration in Louisiana: "We are not satisfied being number 49."

11.17.2003/12:42
Numbers
Some very special numbers.

11.17.2003/11:02
Lazy mouth
"In Louisiana, we have a problem with Southern drawl and what I call lazy mouth."

11.16.2003/09:26
Ms. Guv
Louisiana has elected a new governor!

11.15.2003/14:23
Tasty walks
Savory Soujourns.

11.15.2003/14:20
Historic district
"The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is proposing for designation the South Village district in the traditional center of the Italian-American immigrant community along Bleecker, Carmine, MacDougal, Sullivan and Thompson Sts., in the area south of the Greenwich Village Historic District."

11.14.2003/17:40
Robots
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
robothalloffame.org

11.14.2003/17:38
Art
Death imitates art.

11.13.2003/12:40
Better all around
This is a wonderful opportunity to go light. Buy this and you'll not only have a thinner computer, your wallet will be thinner, too!

11.12.2003/07:07
Oh, that moon
Several days later, and I'm still happy about the lunar eclipse. And I have been amazed at the number of people who have told me how much they enjoyed it, too. Maybe we should have more of these!

11.12.2003/07:05
MoOM
The Museum of Online Museums.

11.12.2003/07:03
Zombies

Zombie machines.

11.12.2003/07:00
Not on my watch...

Sponsorship doings in the world of ballet.

11.11.2003/08:09
Meow, or growl?
Big cats in the U.K. Do they really exist? And if so, where did they come from?

11.11.2003/08:06
Election day ahead
"In almost every election, Democrats do better on Election Day than they do in polling."

11.9.2003/15:47
Grave question
The mystery of gravehouses.

11.9.2003/15:37
Mmmm, Moon!
Last night we watched in fascination as the moon went almost dark, and then I brought it back through a ritual that involved eating a moon pie.

11.8.2003/23:56
Take it off!
"The mega-store created for dancers by dancers who know!" (via The Cosby Sweater)

11.8.2003/23:35
Withering heights
You can't attract tourists to a dried up town.

11.8.2003/13:17
Slurp!
The Joy of Soup.

11.8.2003/13:12
One-two-three

Exercising the body is good for the brain.

11.6.2003/15:34
All the world's sunsets
Lunar eclipse facts, including what it would be like to see a lunar eclipse from the moon: "The Sun would be hidden behind a dark Earth outlined by a brilliant red ring consisting of all the world's sunrises and sunsets."

11.6.2003/14:53
Moopheus
The Meatrix.

11.6.2003/10:43
Hatching an antonym
Last night, I had a conversation with my middle school friend Becky Beth, who had called for homework help. Her assignment asked for, among other things, a synonym and antonym for the verb hatch, used in the sense of "hatch a plot." She had thought of "conceive" as the synonym, but was a bit stuck for the antonym. The best I could offer her was "extemporize." Anyone else have a better idea?

11.6.2003/10:38
Victorian robot
Electric man.

11.6.2003/10:36
Trapped?
Coyote snaring in the news.

11.6.2003/10:31

Shakespeare Class
Dave DelGrosso of Aquila Theatre Company leads a Shakespeare acting master class at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Oct. 30, 2003. The class began with a series of warmups, both vocal and physical. Aquila was in town to perform Othello under the auspices of the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana. For several more photos from the master class, click here.

11.6.2003/10:24
Now, that's news!
Dog bites man, that's not news. Dog shoots man, now that's news!

11.5.2003/02:49
Bring out your dead
"Browse 3,569,011 cemetery records across 7,500 cemeteries from around the world."

11.5.2003/02:45
Memorial
Nice piece from Village Voice about a particular monument in the Bronx's Woodlawn Cemetery.

11.3.2003/22:34
Beared teeth
Polar bear dentistry in the news.

11.3.2003/09:45
It's in there!
What sort of things are lurking in the products you buy?

11.3.2003/09:42
Buy bread alone
"Thanks to the Atkins diet, many former regulars have stopped buying Lanzalotta's bread and pastries to cut back on carbohydrates."

11.2.2003/12:03
Hairy job
The winner!

11.1.2003/23:00
A plague?
Deadly grasshopper swarm in the news.

11.1.2003/08:30
Little sting music
A ukulele festival.