03.31.2005/06:28
Axis powers
"This tilt, or obliquity, explains why we have seasons and why places above the Arctic Circle have 24-hour darkness in winter and constant sunlight in the summer."

03.29.2005/11:49
Sitting comfortable
A couple of weeks ago I took the not insignificant financial plunge and bought a Herman Miller Aeron Chair. Oh, am I glad I did! This wonderful invention just may save my back. If you work at a computer or desk for much of your day, I encourage you to check out one of these chairs.

03.29.2005/11:38
Roo the day
Fore!

03.28.2005/22:12
Indian casino intrigue
First-rate, in-depth story by New Orleans Times-Picayune's Bill Walsh on Indian group trying to get a casino somewhere in Louisiana.

03.28.2005/08:30
Early worms
"The whole tribe is better off if someone is up all the night, listening for a lion walking through the grass."

03.27.2005/16:38
Sony's newest toy
Here's a good spot for info on the new Sony PSP.

03.27.2005/16:28
Tough parameters
"Under tough new rules introduced in 2003 that have been criticized by some human-rights groups, immigrants married to Icelanders cannot apply for a residence permit if they are younger than 24, and relatives of naturalized citizens may not join their family in Iceland until they are 67."

03.23.2005/22:11
Redo that old room
A truly different take on re-doing your living room.

03.23.2005/21:43
It's the little things
I always suspected that life was good, and here's the proof.

03.23.2005/09:53
Good night!
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
bettersleep.org

03.23.2005/09:50
Googled
"Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it will soon begin giving users of its free Web e-mail service 1 gigabyte of storage, four times more than it now offers, amid intense competition."

03.22.2005/21:07
Lean-to
Urban parasite. (via the not-to-be-missed urban cartography)

03.22.2005/19:40
Help yourself, help us all
Do your part! Gobble a Big Mac to help save Social Security! Have two!

03.22.2005/19:22
Early equinox
What this story about the vernal equinox doesn't say, and what I only realized myself today, is that any so-called "early" equinoxes (and solstices) are by nature going to come just after a leap year, which will have recently stitched up some of the extra time needed to pull the calendar back on track.

03.22.2005/16:54
Email Poor Clio items
There is a new feature added to Poor Clio. Below the text entries, and on the enlargement page for photos, is a link called "Email," which, guess what, lets you email the item you are reading to a friend. Or to a fiend. Photo emails include the thumbnail and link to the enlargement. Now, if you want your friends to know about something you saw on Poor Clio, you can have nearly instant gratification!

03.22.2005/15:26
What Goes On?
For intense Beatles fans.

03.22.2005/09:24
Growling swordsman
This happened right near our house Saturday night:
"Police arrested an Abbeville man Saturday who is suspected of having walked into a convenience store growling with a sword clenched between his teeth to rob the place of a can of tobacco and a bottle of whiskey."

03.21.2005/17:42
Out of state permit
"Locally, the discussion centers around a growing number of residents snubbing the Louisiana license, opting instead for what many state-certified gun instructors are calling a much better deal -- the non-resident Florida concealed weapons permit."

03.21.2005/17:19

Restaurant Chairs
Baton Rouge, LA.

03.21.2005/17:18

Shadows in the Fountain
Downtown Baton Rouge, LA.

03.18.2005/15:21
Friday nights wouldn't be the same
"It's just too sexually oriented, you know, the way they're shaking their behinds and going on, breaking it down."

03.17.2005/19:43
Charred to meet you
A toast to Dame Edna.

03.17.2005/19:05
Clicker simulation?
The thing about watching the frentic mutli-game CBS broadcast of the opening rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tourney is that it's like watching TV in a room where not only is someone else holding the remote, that someone else actually is willing to watch the commercials.

03.16.2005/23:25
High hopes
"The summit of Snowdon deserves a building which the whole of the Welsh nation should be proud of."

03.15.2005/17:54
Where did THAT come from?
Online Etymology Dictionary.

03.15.2005/17:50
Stage fantasy
Lord of the Rings, the Musical.

03.15.2005/17:17
Musical fonts
Fonts related to band logos.

03.15.2005/17:10
Scams
"Of all the people in the world, why would a corrupt African bureaucrat pick me to be his accomplice?"

03.15.2005/13:01
Early retirement?
A "ticking time bomb."

03.14.2005/20:24
Not-so-great train robbery
Models abducted.

03.14.2005/11:57

Fingernail Moon
Downtown Lafayette, LA.

03.14.2005/09:22
The Dance
The brackets.

03.14.2005/09:20
Ragin' Cajuns
UL vs. UL.

03.11.2005/14:48
Flushng your money away
If they do this here, all of us who use those tempting soft Charmin rolls (which is great for nail polish chores, nose blowing, etc., as well as its... primary function) will go bankrupt.

03.10.2005/17:50

Atrium Light
Second floor, Gordon Square, Lafayette, LA.

03.10.2005/12:51
Big bang
Big meteor crater in the news.

03.10.2005/10:20
Don't blame the cat
Man shoots cat, that's not news. Cat shoots man, now that's news!

03.10.2005/09:03
Piling on
"The composting facility would use what's known as the Bedminster process, where municipal solid waste and sewage sludge are mixed and 'cooked' for three days to yield compost soil."

03.9.2005/22:17
Who?
Great grey owls in the news.

03.9.2005/16:19
Other possibilities
I love this: What If....

03.9.2005/13:15

Tsunami terrace
The new Shaw Center for the Arts, which opened in downtown Baton Rouge last weekend, has a sushi restaurant, Tsunami, on the sixth floor, which includes a generous terrace.

03.9.2005/13:15

Spring Clover
Near Loreauville, LA.

03.9.2005/13:14

Bus Driver, RIP
New Iberia, LA.

03.9.2005/13:10

The Great Gator Race
The Great Gator Race, which benefits Southenn Mutual Help Association, is a fun New Iberia event in which a donors pays $5 a ticket to back a plastic gator in a race through a downtown section of Bayou Teche. Our friend Elizabeth won the first prize, a boat!

03.9.2005/12:14
Fins in circulaton
"In a virtually unprecedented warning, maritime agencies warned surfers, divers and others thinking of braving the North Sea to be on the alert for a possible shortfin mako shark."

03.9.2005/11:42
Governor libre
Our governor is in Cuba.

03.8.2005/22:17
Drink? Nyet!
Soviet-era anti-alcohol propoganda posters.

03.7.2005/14:24
Library stink
"The policy became law after the Board of Supervisors last month adopted an ordinance that lets authorities kick out malodorous guests."

03.7.2005/11:51
Cloudy outlook
Giant space clouds in the news.

03.7.2005/11:47
What's it like out?
If you query Google about a location and the word "weather" is in your search, you're likely to get current conditions and a forecast.

03.6.2005/21:14
Heavy metal
"The problem comes when a teacher retires, and someone new comes in and finds a horde of it in a cabinet in a chemical storeroom."

03.6.2005/09:21
What have you got to lose?
My friend Kay sends this illuminating link regarding Bush's plans to privatize Social Security.

03.3.2005/21:15
Trashy cups
"A study done for the Nova Scotia Department of Environment in 1998 showed that trash from Tim Hortons accounted for 47 per cent of fast-food litter and 22 per cent of all litter examined at 40 sites across the province."

03.3.2005/17:13
Catch the rascals
Unhappy birthday, a site that seeks to redress a very terrible wrong. (via lightningfield.com)

03.3.2005/09:11
They're all around you!
Last night at our monthly Acadiana Macromedia Users Group meeting, the topic of Google maps came up, and Ray Camden, twiddling with the way the Google maps ties into localized Google, tried a search for "houses of ill repute" near his home. The results were so hilarious that he blogged about it on the spot. Ray may have created one more way of self-amusement, with folks seeing what kinds of hilarious results they can get for, say, idiots in and around New Iberia.

03.2.2005/10:14
Fat and exercise
"Our concern is if you don't have some of the food items that children recognize and like, they will quit eating with us totally, and then what they bring from home are much, much higher in fat and in sugar than what they would get in school."

03.1.2005/20:26
Two-wheelers
The new models from Segway.

03.1.2005/15:54
Duck joke
A rabbi, a dentist, and a bowling instructor each walked into a wedding reception holding a duck.

The rabbi,holding his duck, walked over to the mother of the bride to offer his good wishes.

The dentist, carrying his duck, went over to where the cake was about to be cut.

The bowling instructor and his duck wound up in the punch line.

03.1.2005/15:48
Japanese chic
Tokyo Street Style.