http://www.thefringemajority.com/teagoddess/
I saw this and thought of several people I know...
I don't know if it's any good or not, but it looked intriguing.

On March 23, I made this post (was private until I knew more ( Read more... )

Sithreal is in the hospital. Last Monday he started looking ill (the day before that, he had seemed fine). By the following morning, he had fluid in his lungs and was gasping for breath. We rushed him to the vet, who said he either had heart disease or cancer, there being more probability of cancer, because he'd had it before. That vet ( Read more... )

Last year there was a ceremony conducted in Olympia, Greece during which the Olympic torch was lit prior to transferring it to Canada. I hadn't actually seen this ritual when it first happened - I just found it because I had heard there was a technical problem during the torch-lighting in Vancouver and wanted to find out what happened. Instead of ( Read more... )

By some stroke of luck, one of the cameras was actually in Rockville this week so we were able to take pictures of the snow. Here they are...

Rialian shoveled out the entire block, achieving legendary status in the neighborhood -- here's some of the work he did:

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yard6.jpgA lot of pictures of some huge icicles ( Read more... )

I found a folder called F3C1DE9E5E164BA9B8547B53A45E3579.TMP in my home directory (running Vista Home Premium). The folder contained the application file "Wise Custom Calla 44.exe". Checked forums, and found a thread started by someone who'd found a similar folder in the Windows directory with 'Wise Custom Calla.dll" in it. (Read more... )

In Finland they have a beer called Sahti, which is brewed with a combination of herbs (instead of being brewed with hops). Here is a link that discusses ales made with herbs other than hops. It's an interesting field of study and presents much opportunity for fun geekery.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/22/in_landmark_campaign_finance_ruling_supreme

Tyrannosaurus on crack.

Looks like Dreamwidth is having the same problem as LJ did a few years ago. Their response is different, however ( Read more... )

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/ecuador-ecosystem-rights.phpRead more... )