11.25.2005/23:37
Whoop!
"Wildlife biologists believe a whooping crane that got separated from its parents while learning to migrate is spending a second winter lost and in the company of friendly sandhill cranes."

11.24.2005/18:00
Cool tunes
Singing iceberg.

11.23.2005/21:55
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise and sunset times for New Iberia.

11.22.2005/12:27
Thankful, yes, but...
This is an odd Thanksgiving around our house, in that we had relative good fortune in regard to the immediate effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (although we may yet suffer in significant ways from the more complex environmental and economic imppacts on Louisiana and the Gulf Coast), but to take too much comfort in having been spared the worst too ignores the fact that many very near to us were not, in fact, spared from terrible losses. Most of the folks I spend time with around these parts are still a bit glum, and I am inclined to attribute that to a kind of collective grieving. Material losses, though less important than they seem when you first confront them, nevertheless can force other disruptions of life, family and closeness to loved ones. Perhaps the challenge for us this week is to be thankful without being callous or gloating - or without wracking ourselves with survivor guilt.

11.22.2005/12:25
Meet the Beatles
London Beatles walking tours.

11.22.2005/12:22
Oh, well, too bad
"Taxpayers, who will pay three-fourths of the program's costs, will be fleeced. Drug prices in private plans are considerably higher than the prices negotiated by the VA. And seniors, who will pay the remaining costs through premiums, deductibles and co-payments, will also have huge - and growing - out-of-pocket expenses."

11.22.2005/12:21
Propping up a sinking city
"The main advantage of this project is that it would allow Venice to regain ... nearly the same amount of centimeters by which it sank over the last 300 years."

11.16.2005/11:45
Better dead than red
"Our commitment to animal compassionate standards means eliminating unnecessary and avoidable suffering when it is possible for us to do so."

11.15.2005/16:05
Where to I land?
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields.

11.11.2005/15:39
Dig through the earth
A very original, mathemetically simple, and fun Google maps hack.

11.9.2005/18:06
Don't hide your head in the sand
Runaway ostrich in the news.

11.9.2005/12:51
Central Park in detail
Very attractive interactive map of New York's Central Park.

11.8.2005/11:48

PS3 Halloween Parade
Grove St., Greenwich Village, NY.

11.8.2005/11:47

No Drilling
New York, NY.

11.8.2005/11:46

Henry Hudson Parkway
Connecting Manhattan to the Bronx.

11.8.2005/11:45

Onions
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.

11.8.2005/11:44

It’s In The Hands
Importance of hands in Indian dance is demonstrated in master class held on University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus, sponsored by Performing Arts Society of Acadiana.

11.8.2005/11:41

Flute Master Class
Flute student plays Bach piece with Indian master flutist VK Raman at master class on University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus, sponsored by Performing Arts Society of Acadiana.

11.8.2005/11:22
Wonderful aspirin
"Aspirin blocks the COX enzyme and it just so happens that these enzymes are involved in inflammation... and these enzymes are also used by cancer cells to stimulate blood cells."

11.7.2005/16:23
Nice place to visit?
Blue marble.

11.7.2005/16:22
Who will take us?
Susan and I have been having the musing thought the last few days that we'd like to run away. But where would we go?

11.7.2005/16:21
Girl-cott
"Who needs brains when you have these?"

11.5.2005/10:51
Leaf peeper disappointment
"From the U.S. Northeast to southeastern Canada, the poor foliage sapped strength from a tourism market already hurt by high gasoline prices, rising interest rates, fragile consumer confidence and damage from the U.S. Gulf Coast hurricanes."

11.1.2005/10:33
Bite me
Should Wendy's sue this guy?