Socks for Japan is a cool concept for extending a bit of kindness to those affected by recent catastrophic events in Japan. I share these photos not because I want anyone to think I did some great thing. In fact, it's a very small thing. The great thing is the concept: Sending new--NOT worn--pairs of socks to a direct-aid group who will get these ( Read more... )

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Busy Beaver Button Company created a few buttons while the Bronx Zoo Cobra was missing.


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It's the last day of the Week of Cow Poetry using words from a set inspired by Joss Whedon's Firefly. Either they talked funny on the show, or this magnet transposed a couple of words. Ever the editor, I marked the phrase to read "read a" instead of "a read."


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Current Photo Friday theme: Elaborate


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One of the things I've had the most fun with this week was following @BronxZoosCobra on Twitter. Someone has been tweeting what the cobra, who escaped from the Bronx Zoo about a week ago, has been doing in the city while on the loose. Of course, the real cobra was never actually outside the reptile house, and she was found today and is safe and ( Read more... )