03.31.2004/18:16
Peeps!
Peeps.

03.30.2004/20:17
Say what?
List of 100 most-mispronounced American English words and phrases. How many does you do? (via zannah)

03.30.2004/17:10
Briton in America
Alistair Cooke, R.I.P.

03.29.2004/17:08
Chinese in California
Rich site on a fascinating, if sometimes unsettling, topic: The Chinese in California, 1850-1925.

03.29.2004/17:06
Pancreas
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
pancreas.org

03.29.2004/08:43
Stretch truth
"Stretching does not live up to its reputation as an injury preventer, a study has found."

03.26.2004/08:08
Invade Canada!
The powerful arguments for a U.S. invasion of Canada.

03.26.2004/08:04
Feed the hungry
An interesting idea for vegetable gardens.

03.25.2004/16:24
Gimme that golf!
I slipped away from productive work until mid-afternoon today, to attend the first round play at the Louisiana Open. Since I was there in the heart of the workday -- that it, when honest, hardworking people were at their jobs and so the galleries weren't crowded -- I got to prowl around and see several of the groups of golfers. I was lucky enough to see more than one moment when a golfer birdied his way into the lead, and saw a half-dozen holes of solid play from Guy Boros, who as I write this is the leader at -7, although that could change as the afternoon play goes forward. You can check the progress at the truly impressive web-based leaderboard.

I also saw quite a bit of this moment's second-place -6 Rafael Gomez, who managed to help himself by consistently leaving himself with 6 to 15 foot putts for birdie; and watched several sweet birdie putts from Charley Hoffman.

I love this event, and try to get out to see some of it each year, especially those early rounds.

03.23.2004/08:49
Essay Generator
Hey kids! That essay you have to write for class is almost done!

03.23.2004/08:46
Surprise!
"Sunscreen may offer less protection than previously thought against the sun's rays, which may be more dangerous than had been suspected."

03.21.2004/20:40
Dalai Lama
His holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

03.21.2004/20:37
Dead elk
"As the Wyoming countryside begins to thaw, biologists and game wardens are canvassing the rugged terrain to solve an alarming mystery: Why have hundreds of elk slumped to the ground and died in less than two months?"

03.21.2004/20:33
Pritzker winner
Zaha Hadid becomes the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

03.21.2004/20:30
Great place for a wedding
"The funeral directors Memorial Woodlands, where burials take place beneath trees, say they have had several requests for marriages."

03.21.2004/15:34

Swordsmen
Yesterday Susan and I attended the wedding of Henry Thrift and Meagan Minvielle in New Orleans. Henry, or Ace, as he is called, is a career military man, and included as part of the ceremony was this exit from the church under the guard of the swordsmen.

03.17.2004/09:11
Missing hand
"A mummified severed hand has been stolen from the pub where it was found almost a century ago."

03.17.2004/09:04
Wombats
Wombats.

03.16.2004/23:39
Crumbling ice
Well, I certainly would like to have seen this.

03.16.2004/13:37
Up in the south
The south on top.

03.16.2004/13:35
Strange world
"The most distant object ever seen in the Solar System appears to be even stranger than first suggested, after astronomers revealed full details of the discovery."

03.14.2004/18:06
Iguana!
Absolutely first-rate iguana photo.

03.12.2004/13:18
Look out!
The cicadas are coming!

03.12.2004/10:30
Mars
Mars for kids.

03.12.2004/10:26
Attorney dies
J. Minos Simon, R.I.P.

03.12.2004/10:25
Yuchh
"Keyboards, computer mice and telephone dials are more infested with microbes than toilet seats, according to a University of Arizona study."

03.11.2004/12:43
Give me a ring
Nice photo of the planet Uranus.

03.10.2004/11:30
Subway maps
Comparative display of same-scaled subway maps. (via Caterina)

03.10.2004/11:28
Yum!
Barbecued iguana in the news. (via Fark)

03.10.2004/09:14
Cook it!
Snack recipes from manufacturers' packaging.

03.10.2004/09:01
The movies
Beyond karaoke: movieoke.

03.9.2004/10:32
You can still get it
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
discontinueditem.com

03.9.2004/09:23
Bad stuff about...
What with all the news about Martha Stewart, greedy CEOs going down in flames, and occasional politician's-child drug troubles, I was thinking that it would be convenient to consolidate all the Bad Stuff About the Rich and Famous into one place. I checked, and the domain name schadenfreude.com is active. But there's not much there. Same for schadenfreude.net, at least where bad news about others is concerned. And schadenfreude.org is "under construction." Ah, we must wait. And hope.

03.8.2004/02:24
Letter from America
A grand radio tradition reaches its end.

03.7.2004/21:34
Hand-drawn maps
A collection of hand-drawn maps. (via The Map Room)

03.7.2004/21:26
Subway history
"When the subway opened on October 27, 1904, 150,000 people paid a nickel each to ride. New Yorkers embraced the IRTs clean (electric power produced no smoke and cinders), quick ride. It was the fastest city transportation system in the world; its four-track design enabled both express and local trains to run in each direction, and 'City Hall to Harlem in 15 minutes!' was the slogan."

03.7.2004/17:15
Many Planets
See five planets at once by looking in the sky. And, I suppose, a sixth by looking down at your feet.

03.5.2004/10:29
Timber! ... sort of
KPLC television in Lake Charles has not one but two 1600-foot antenna towers fall over.

03.4.2004/21:48
Animal house
Food fight!

03.3.2004/09:19
Hazing
Bad boys.

03.2.2004/15:04
It's that time...
I have all the paperwork at hand, if not exactly in finished order. I have the software. So, I should be working on my income taxes, right? Right?

03.2.2004/11:31
Minnie Minoso
Minnie Minoso's stats.

03.2.2004/09:46
Anger attack
Reading this sort of stuff makes me so angry!