I was looking through my LJ Friend's Pages and came across a post by ndrosen dealing with Chaos vs Order. Dahlia Lithwick wrote a delightfully insightful and humorous article called, "A Unified Theory of Muppet Types" on Slate.com ( Read more... )

I've been enjoying the Pocket Frog game on my iPad ( Read more... )

NM Culinary Treasures Trail web pages are gone! Link rot? No. Culinary sabotage? Maybe ( Read more... )

I was going through some posts I had set aside as being "interesting." I came across an article about an 86 yr old Yorkshire man, who has been a real life Robinson Crusoe for the last 50 years.  He bought an deserted Seychelles island and turned it into Eden. He spent his own money and  time re-foresting it and saving the tortoise population from ( Read more... )

I finished the plot summary for _Proven Guilty_ and posted it on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proven_Guilty_%28novel%29

I’m glad it’s done! It was hard to get into this book. It was hanging over my head-like the “doom of Damocles.”

I just got an e-mail from the C Company Family Readiness Group.

When C Company returns to Ft Hood, they'll be eligible for free passes to Federal Parks--presumably for R&R purposes.

This is the list of parks that offer free passes for active duty military:

http://store.usgs.gov/pass/PassIssuanceList.pdf

I was told it's subject to change and the number ( Read more... )

There used to be some fun things to do with Google.

Things that still work:
Type: do a barrel roll
Type: askew
Type: recursion

Things that no longer work:
Type: ascii art
Type: let it snow

Things that died when the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button was killed back in 2010.

Type: Chuck Norris and click I’m Feeling Lucky
http://www.nochucknorris.com/

Type: French ( Read more... )

I received a newsletter from my alma mater this morning. UA is celebrating "A Regional History of Basketry" in the Anthropology Dept. Museum (Arizona State Museum). Delighted, I clicked on the link and watched the video. I was eager for a visit to ancient cultures ( Read more... )

Yesterday, J and I saw "The Avengers" movie. I loved it ( Read more... )

Four of my favorite TV shows are cancelled: Alcatraz, CSI Miami, The Finder, and The Firm ( Read more... )