Are spiders ever vegetarians? Because there's a big fat huge one on my patio and I think it just ate a leaf about the size of itself.

Note to self:
Eating mixed berry Jello turns my entire mouth red.

Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a cat named Bob for companionship ( Read more... )

I love my mom. She makes awesome banana bread and then sends me home with a loaf. *love*

Somewhere beyond the sea ( Read more... )

As scientists and concerned citizens, we applaud the recent trend towards legislation which requires the prominent placing of warnings on products that present hazards to the general public. Yet we must also offer the cautionary thought that such warnings, however well-intentioned, merely scratch the surface of what is really necessary in this ( Read more... )

I've been watching old episodes of West Wing on Bravo lately (every night at 11 pm) and the last few eps about been about the pres.'s MS. This ep. tonight was where he announced to the public that he has MS. It also had the funeral for Mrs. Clanningham (and she died at the end of the last episode), and because of that there were lots of ( Read more... )

A recent poll found 45% of Britons want the Queen on euro coins if the UK joins up, followed by 25% preferring Britannia, 13% for the Houses of Parliament, 5% for Shakespeare, 3% for the Beatles and 1% each for Nelson's Column, Wembley and David Beckham.

I'd be in the %3 for the Beatles...

Edit: And I just now realized that I wrote %3 rather ( Read more... )

While wading through articles about extrasolar planets...

"Cow: The Council of Directors of WET"

Well the actual subject isn't funny, the title sure sounded funny to me...

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Gaaahh it's only 62 deg. here, and yet it's 72 in PA---i wanna be there!!!

It rained yesterday morning. Gotta love SC.