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December, 2004

12.31.2004/22:42
Great bustards
"The world's heaviest flying birds have been brought back to Wiltshire after a 172-year absence from the UK."

12.31.2004/13:30

Chicot State Park
Because our Louisiana winters are mild (and our summers are not), our best hiking months are November through April. We had a nice day between Christmas and New Year's Day in Chicot State Park.

12.31.2004/13:04
Trading gifts
SwapAGift.com.

12.29.2004/23:41
Close call
We can find something else to worry about, now that it seems that that asteroid isn't going to cream us in 2029.

12.29.2004/18:13
Ferret revival
Save the ferrets.

12.28.2004/23:08
Japan Society
New York's Japan Society.

12.28.2004/22:54
Dead rats in the mail
"A former state worker has been accused of mailing dead rats, dead birds and used condoms as part of a pattern of harassment against 14 people."

12.26.2004/22:37
Gulp!
A french fries vending machine! Investors welcome! Read about it at tastyfries.com!

12.26.2004/20:30
Dog fishing
"You should start off fishing for smaller dogs: Bait your hook with bacon, and, depending on the form of dog fishing you are engagd in, find a good dog to tempt."

12.26.2004/10:15
Got my wish
Every year, as the holidays build, what I begin to wish for more than anything as a Christmas present, is just for Christmas to be over. And I always get it! Happy New Year!

12.24.2004/11:01
Bye bye!
"In the unlikely event that it did hit, it would be quite serious. We're talking either a tsunami if it hit in the ocean, which would be likely, or significant ground damage."

12.23.2004/22:37
Not just red and blue
I love this: Purple America.

12.23.2004/22:31
The next big tunnel
"Any links which will exist between Ireland and Wales can only be seen as positive."

12.23.2004/20:24
The real solution
LSU sports fans are in a dither about specter of head football coach Nick Saban's possible departure for the Miami Dolphins, reportedly to the point of being willing to up Saban's already-astronomical annual pay check to as much as $4 million. Die-hard fans would do whatever necessary to put the cash at hand, and in a heart beat.

My advice is, don't monkey around at that level. Get together the few hundred million bucks it would take to buy the Miami Dolphins, and nip this problem at its source. If another NFL team makes a play for Saban, buy them, too, until they either all get the message or we own the whole NFL. Which, of course, may not be a bad place to have your money anyway, just on the merits of the investment.

I have already talked about this with my banker friend Patrick, and he's willing to offer his expertise to help put together an impassioned loan plea to execute the plan, presumably framing it in such a way as to appeal to the loyalties of a carefully selected and assembled cabal of Baton Rouge banks and financiers.

Any takers?

12.23.2004/14:00
Run, Forest, Run!
"These regulations, being offered two days before Christmas, cut the public out of the forest planning process, will inspire many more lawsuits and provide less protection for wildlife. It's a radical overhaul of forest policy."

12.22.2004/23:00
Security lapse
"I don't know why people are stealing from the dead - it is the lowest of the low."

12.22.2004/22:57
Shafted
"Violence at a Brooklyn high school resulted in a dean of students and a 17-year-old boy wrestling and falling down an elevator shaft."

12.22.2004/13:21
Big gulps
The new sticker shock.

12.22.2004/11:33
Meow
Is "dissatisfied cat" redundant?

12.21.2004/11:27
Bridges!
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
midwestbridges.com

12.21.2004/11:10
Christmas ad nauseum
The Little Drummer Boy and 24 other reasons to become a Buddhist hermit.

12.21.2004/11:04
Just say no
Oh, no, not this one too!

12.21.2004/11:01
Poinsettia story
"One year Maria picked some weeds along the way, and when she arrived and placed them around the manger, they miraculously turned into bright red petals."

12.20.2004/12:01
Don't Vegetate...
VeggieDate.com.

12.19.2004/22:00
Fat and healthy
"A big reason Americans are fatter and healthier, Williamson believes, may be the steep decline in cigarette smoking."

12.19.2004/19:58
ABCDEFG
Bradbury Thompson's Simplified Alphabet.

12.19.2004/19:48
Scottish Regiments
"Save Our Scottish Regiments campaigners have accused the government of destroying centuries of tradition, which threatens to damage recruitment."

12.16.2004/19:49
Lost again
"Any government-ordered shutdown or jamming of the GPS satellites would be done in ways to limit disruptions to navigation and related systems outside the affected area, the White House said."

12.16.2004/19:47
Wow!
Stunning photo.

12.16.2004/15:31
Gifts of the season
It's been just like Christmas at Poor Clio, with wonderful links pouring in from readers. From Steve in Jakarta, practical advice to help stop alien abductions. From sister Elizabeth in McLean, VA, threehams.com, which has more than meets the URL. And truly in the spirit of the season, from Robin in Houston, we put you right into the action with Alek's Christmas Lights. Thanks to all for sending these my way, and Happy Holidays!

12.16.2004/09:06
Will he go?
Trouble in Paradise.

12.15.2004/21:20
Graphic map quiz
A very nice (and demandingly strict!) graphic map quiz that tests your knowledge of U.S. states. (via, not surprsingly, The Map Room)

12.15.2004/15:13
Comet hunter
"The audacious Deep Impact mission will launch on 12 January from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and will arrive at Comet Tempel 1 six months later."

12.15.2004/12:20
Dog is bitten by man
Man bites dog.

12.14.2004/09:15
Barnes pix go more public
A marvelous collection of art is going to get much more accessible.

12.13.2004/15:29
Wot?
Woot!

12.12.2004/21:59
Zombie jamboree
How to fight off a group of zombies. (via the unfailingly rewarding Blort)

12.12.2004/10:35
Home Again
Susan and I have just returned from about three and a half weeks of road travel, which though it included Thanksgiving, I did not treat as vacation, and so kept up with work from the road on my lap top. Some thoughts:

1. The dial-up ghetto is real hell for anyone trying to do any kind of work. Several of the places we stayed had only dial-up available. Oh, the suffering.

2. On the other hand, I spent two of the days at a conference in New Orleans, in the charmingly ancient old Le Richelieu, which barely has phones much less broadband, and all was saved by the internet cafe on the next corner. Including good latte!

3. I got to meet Carly Steyer. Perhaps one day you will get to meet her, too!

4. When we go to places like New York, we almost always fly, and having a car there was a kick. It meant that we (a) would roll past gigantic outlet malls, and (b) have space for things like the huge Creuset pots we bought. It also meant that I could cruise the excellent garbage tossed out by space-challenged Manhattanites. I got a new (slightly used) ironing board cover from a neighborhood laundromat. I skipped the ironing board itself.

12.11.2004/18:14
Bridge
OMG, how beautiful.

12.11.2004/09:42
Undead
WildChild at undead-world.com.

12.11.2004/09:39
Shots at school
"The district's elementary school officials are unaccustomed to dealing with potential drug-related situations, which explains why the Jell-O was not preserved and why a week passed before they turned the samples over to authorities, Katsanis said."

12.8.2004/10:50

Village Tour, Wet Day
Grove St., Greenwich Village.