Forget that last posting; like almost every other predicted snowfall this winter, the actual accumulation was much less than predicted and didn’t have a lot of impact. Unlike today. As late as yesterday morning, the local weatherpeople were calling for “flurries” here in the front range (the plains and foothills east of the Rockies), and […]
A year ago today, I was blogging during the Great Denver Blizzard — which, as it turned out, was just the first of a series of weekly snowstorms that kept the ground covered with snow for two months straight (and missed by just a few days setting an all-time record here in Denver). Welcome to […]
Or, rather, images of the strange. Quick quiz: what is this thing? I don’t know either, but if you open up Google Earth (4.2 beta), scroll over to the middle of Greenland (70 deg N, 40 deg W), and then start zooming in, this is what you’ll find. I have to think it’s a data […]
OK, this is the funniest original blog post I’ve read in weeks, if not months: I got to the bathroom and shut the door most of the way so Frank wouldn’t hear me crying, because if he heard me crying, how could I be angry with him later for not hearing me cry and coming […]
…”The Beatles do ‘Stairway to Heaven’”, it’s right here. Or just keep scrolling down. And a big thanks! to John Scalzi over at his blog, Whatever, for the link. ..bruce..
Drew Carey (yes, that Drew Carey) does a penetrating look at the use of eminent domain to push out established businesses for developers — and one city (Anaheim) that it taking a very different approach: Hat tip to OpinionJournal.com. ..bruce w..
Monkeys surprisingly proficient at mental arithmetic: A college education doesn’t give you much of an edge over a monkey when it comes to doing some basic arithmetic, according to a study released Monday that underscores the surprising mental agility of our simian relatives. In a rapid fire test of mental addition, monkeys performed almost as […]
OK, this video is a delight: The group singing is actually “The Beatnix”, a Beatles ‘tribute’ group from Australia. Hat tip to Sixteen Small Stones. [UPDATED 01/28/08] We’ve had about 30,000 hits on this one entry since posting it in mid-December. If you feel so inclined, hit the tipjar over in the right column and […]
Sometimes reality outshines The Onion: Dallas, Texas – Dellia Love is a vegan, a “raw vegan” to be precise. The word “vegan”, which is taken from from the first and last syllables of the word “vegetarian” is a form of vegetarianism but differs in that vegans eat no animal by-products whatsoever. So as a vegan, […]
As a Sherlock Holmes fan of long standing, I find this fascinating: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday… “The giant rat is about […]
