BurningbirdThe conditions look very good for Hurricane Katrina to be a very nasty affair when it hits land. There’s little or no shear to tear it apart, and the water in the Gulf is bathtub hot. If it hits on or near New Orleans, well, this is about the most Not Good of the Not […]
Last night, I actually had my first video call through my computer. It was a trip. I enjoyed the experience immensely. You see, that’s the advantage of not being the first to use a technology: when something is old hat to the rest of you, it’s new and exciting for me. My mom is the […]
One last gem for Friday, Slashdot writes on a soon to be released report from Richard Lynn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ulster University that, well, read for yourself. From the Independent: Men are more likely to win Nobel prizes and achieve excellence simply because they are more intelligent than women, an outspoken male academic has claimed. Richard […]
Fridays are a good day to indulge in the work of others that gives me so much delight. I am lucky in your gifts–too many to list all, so I’ll just have to pick out a few this time around. Jerry has a photo of a rather intimidating looking spider and I really like the poem he […]
Been a long time since I did a shaggy cat story. You all know Zoë, my cat. My little princess. My sweet faced little adorable furball. My lovely little, silver-haired darling. Otherwise known as “The Bitch”. Zoë is a bird friendly cat, which means that she stays indoors at all times. We have a large, […]