Wandering around this afternoon I found FoodFacts.com, a great resource for people with issues such as food allergies or people that want to avoid eating various toxins. For instance, at foodfacts.com I found a small list (one at this time) that use propylene glycol. Now, wait a second, I thought…. Isn’t that […]
In a couple of hours, I’ll be en route to my favorite city in the world, a place where, although I lived there for but a brief three years, I felt completely at home. Chicago, baby! Yes, I’m on the way to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago. […]
Have you ever had a dream in which you suddenly became aware that you were dreaming? If so, you were lucid dreaming. Whereas most of the time we are not consciously aware in our dreams, lucid dreams offer the possibility of a richer dream experience - or sometimes even the ability to control our dreams […]
Kody + Mommy 7:50 pm Kody: Remember the restaurant with the red lobster on it? I told you I wanted to go there but you didn’t listen. Me: Oh honey I didn’t here you. They serve fish there. Kody: Fish? Me: Yep. Fish , trout, lobster, shrimp… […]
The Engineer’s Guide to Cats WPvideo 1.10 (h/t to Slywy )
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There’s bad ethanol and good ethanol, with the corn-based stuff topping the list when it comes to bad. Or so goes the conventional environmental wisdom. Unfortunately, one of the good ethanols, the one that is fueling a hefty portion of Brazil’s vehicles, has problems, too. But, as Tom Philpott at Grist points out, the […]
Prior to blogging, I used a website to keep track of my lesson plans. I am in the process of pulling that site down and transferring the information here. A lot of this will be things that we did when Ellie was 4 and Savannah 2. However, I didn’t just want to toss all the […]
From Bob McCarty Writes: While some people might cringe at the thought of seeing more dead animals on Illinois roadways, members of the cup-half-full crowd will view a recent decision by the state department of transportation as one that creates opportunities to lower grocery bills and, more importantly, fight hunger in the state. […]
For those who didn’t watch UA’s softball team win today here’s a ton of information. I watched part of the game enjoying a late lunch, and then finished the game at home. There’s just something wrong with watching softball in HD. Fortunately, the girls enthusiasm makes softball an interesting sport. You never see […]
On todays show: Saturday Results for round 10 Pies V Eagles Hawks V Dogs Lions V Roos Blues V Cats Bad Bumps - Burton, Murphy and Waters Molly
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Penny’s Puppies Another major event in the last few weeks was the addition of 7 new puppies. Penny had her puppies on May 13th. Tons of pictures… Here is Penny the day before she had her puppies. She’s looks quite round. I made Penny this little bed outside. Frank […]
What is it that you want in a beach to make it the ‘best’ beach? Is it the amazing wind for surfing? Or may be the romantic spot for a romantic date overlooking a romantic sunset? Is it the seclusion and quiet the beach gives you? How about the white sands and calm waters […]
Even though the two aren’t mutually exclusive. No, we’re just busy. I don’t work in an office, thus the down parts of my day can’t be filled with the paragon in profundity that are the Roscoe Galt rants about nothing and everything. Instead, my posting is reserved, er, confined to the wee hours of the […]
Jump to the full entry & travel map Sarria, Galicia, Spain The walls in this Casa are so thin that we heard Lynne, who was two rooms away, say “If anyone has sex, we’re all having a cigarette!” We met in the breakfast room at 8:30 […]
Infectious Evolution: ancient virus hit apes, not our ancestors, in the genes. A vicious virus infected ancestral chimpanzees and gorillas in Africa between 4 million and 3 million years ago. Not only did it kill a great many of these primates, but it also infiltrated the surviving animals’ genomes, altering the course of evolution. That’s […]
CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE? G_D FORBID! If the following are any indication, then we are in real deep doo doo. Believe it or not, the following answers and comments are from test papers and essays that were submitted to science and health teachers by elementary, junior high, high school, and […]
** What does Senator Clinton really want? Adding in Florida and Michigan miscast votes diminishes the value of the votes of the states that followed the rules and would diminish the value of South Dakota and Montana votes on Tuesday as well. What Hillary wants is a partial disenfranchisement of all the […]
Memorial Day Weekend! So, first of all, I SUCK at using self-tanner. Is it supposed to come off in patches, eventually? I thought it would wear off evenly… it does NOT. Luckily, my pool opened this weekend. Good bye, splotches, hello, skin cancer. Secondly, my garden is still alive. 7 […]
My daughter is an easy child to please. Just give her some wild animals and a wide open space and she’s anyone’s. Sounds a bit like home, really. Without the wide open spaces. Urban Safari “But where are his orange stripes mum?” “Come on big […]
see more cute dogs and puppies These are a few of my favorite things, summer style: 1) Fresh lemonade candle from Bath and Body…smells sooooo good. 2) White Tea with Raspberry from Lipton - I drink more water this way! 3) Keebler Waffle Bowls - they’re […]
The Faiyum is located around 80km to the southwest of Cairo, covering 12000km.sq. The depression is often described as an oasis, but it is not fed by artesian waters. It has a large lake which is supplied by the Bar Yusef, a run-off of the Nile which has fed the Faiyum depression for thousands […]
Welcome to the Dawn Patrol, our daily roundup of information on the War on Terror and other topics - from the MilBlogs and other sources around the world. If you’re a blogger, you can join the conversation. If you link to any of these stories, add a link to the Dawn Patrol too and […]
Last week I sat down with Marty O’Donnell of Bungie and he was awesome enough to give me an interview. He is the Audio Director at Bungie and is an executive partner in the new Bungie LLC. Not only was he responsible for the audio and music in the Halo,Ony and Myth games he […]
Canada Geese… © 2008 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used…(Visual Thoughts […]
My little boy grew up last night. He moved out of my room into his own and slept there all night by himself. We finally got his room painted and his bed moved over. I say we, really it was Dona and my mom because I had the stomach flu..yeah great vacation. Anyway, they […]
The other day when I woke up it was to the jumbled song of a Canada Warbler. At first I thought that it was a weird dream, the product of too much birding and not enough sleep during the month of May’s migration but then I looked out my window and wow! In rapid […]
Indonesian Parrots. The already dwindling population of Indonesian parrots due to deforestation is further threatened by poaching. About 10,000 parrots (Lories and Cockatoos) are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade. In their latest report […]
Whenever the term “Western horse” is used, most people picture a rough-and-tumble rodeo - an event full of color but so full of danger, too, that no youngster would be permitted to enter the regular events. What few people realize is that many small, country horse shows have classes open […]
Why bother going to bed when I had to be up at 4AM to drive to my folks house so my Dad could ride me to the airport? It was just past midnight, I was still sifting through items to take or leave. I decided to take my telephoto lens, the one I affectionately […]
One great discovery often leads to another–after looking for more info about 40s band the Cats and the Fiddle (see below), I found out that guitarist Tiny Grimes had spent a few years performing with the group. I recognized Tiny Grimes’ name from early Charlie Parker records, but did NOT know of his work […]
I thought today I would share some of my favorite websites with you. I don’t have a lot of time to surf, but these are sites I visit almost every day. Maybe you’ll find a few new faves and share some of yours with us. 1) The Jaunty Quills—oh, but you […]
The Kansas City Catholic Calls it quits. I’m noticing a lot of great local bloggers giving up the ghost lately and not so many new ones taking their place. It’s probably a sign from above that most of you d-bags should stop posting lame photos and start using this social network for something other than […]
‘One day scientists will genetically create a DOG speaking like the one in Man in Black movie. They will be compared to mankind. IT IS HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE!!! WAKE UP, OPEN YOUR MIND, WOMEN ARE ALREADY EQUAL TO MEN, NEXT STOP IS ANIMALS EQUAL TO WOMEN, which means to MEN, WHAT A SHAME!!’ […]
I finally decided for a new project. Stackable Cats. They are so funny, I couldnt resist! Another dust collector, but a cute one at that. Ravelry Page. This is the first and biggest one. Two more will follow. I cant wait to stack them! I am also eyeing the new pattern that […]
In my constant and seemingly hopeless quest to find interesting potential vagrants for sale in the UK, Cage and Aviary Birds disappoints once again this week (actually last week now, but it took me a bit of time to read it). Still… of some interest, you can buy Glossy Starlings at £225 a pair […]
Dedicated to animals all over the world. Lets help make their lives a better place on Earth. Ben Davis has researched the history behind the proliferation of wildlife killing in parts of Asia, such as the Chinese cultural beliefs that perpetuate its rampant consumption of animals. He covers the despicable practice of bear farming […]
I ran across this article and by the end of it, tears were streaming down as though i just spent the last 10 minutes chopping the most pungent onion. How Could You? by Jim Willis When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called […]
Cyprus turning into a desert island (Google / Cyprus Mail) Read at : Google Alert - desertification http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=39346&cat_id=1 Cyprus turning into a desert island CYPRUS will be turned into a desert island if the necessary steps to avert environmental changes aren’t taken in time. According to […]
Life After People May 27, 2008 by Swineshead Oh blimey. The human race has all fucked off (for some reason) - so let’s have a look at what’d happen to planet Earth if every last one of us vanished. How would the globe sustain itself and what would happen to the […]
When I was young, my mother used to remind me over and over not to sit too close to the television. She was afraid that I would become myopic, which I did! Things came full circle when Ve Ching started watching TV just centimetres away from the screen. I am not quite […]