PrairyErth

Is a good book by William Least Heat-Moon (nee Trogdon.) This new exhibit reminded me of the book and it seems like it maybe pretty neat. Riverhorse was a good good read, I have not read his last but look forward to it.

LOX

slosh.

Last Forever

Jay passed a Last Forever cd along quite some time ago because it had a recommendation from Loudon Wainwright III whom he knew we had several albums of at least. It is fantastic, takes a few listens to really sink in. The website with this and one other album, also great, is here. Dick Connette's myspace is updated currently and is here.

Mt. Everest

Cell call. via gizmodo

Halifax explosion

My father has said that his uncle was visiting Boston from Halifax when this occured and afterward had no home or family up there to return to...people must have thought "dear God, let 1918 be better." Not so. For some it had it's moments though.

Jet packs for sale

This also via coasttocoast through ananova

Oh dear, notice in the video that the rocket belt is missing a side view mirror, she must have knocked it off backing out of the rocket belt hangar. (adapted/stolen joke)

Chernobyl

article via coasttocoast

also noctilucent clouds

and someone kicked a football past Pluto

Baseball

My idea for baseball came up again. To punch up the game, give it more action and speed: Remove third base. The home run line goes from second right over the pitchers mound to homeplate--and the pitcher has to block. Full contact. If the runner strays off of the base-line he is out.

Raining around

here. Not at the Waukegan falcon cam though. Or way way down south. Earthcam for the keyboard traveler always helps. The penguins are safe from the elements. Hazecamnet

Letters of Marque

Instapundit has a post mentioning this in today's context this morning. There was a good book several years ago about Captain Kidd the pirate or privateer. He was all over this area keeping some of his loot in a warehouse in Stamford. The East Hampton library still has a fragment of his booty:

The nieces and nephew of Charles W. Osborne gave property on the corner of Buell Lane and Main Street as a Memorial Green in their uncle's name, making the Library's setting even lovelier. The Long Island Collection continued to grow. It had by now become a trove of remarkable artifacts and documents: The 1641 deed to Shelter Island, a sash from the Huron Tribe given to Rev. Samuel Buell, a fragment of the cloth woven with gold thread that Captain Kidd gave to Mrs. Gardiner during his famous visit to Gardiner's Island in 1699, the East Hampton Book of Laws published in 1665, an Indian Bible of 1685, and first-hand reports of whaling voyages, witch trials, genealogical information, account books, diaries and deeds.

This could bring up Oak Island which is very cool.

arrrr...termites of the sea!

Iraq

This I noticed after seeing this from defensetech.org

No speaking

just the sound of the wind as you walk out over the canyon. very cool.