Winter Is Coming

Monday, Sept 14, 1761

A hazy, gross air prevented us from taking a meridian both yesterday morning and this . . .

--Charles Mason
Astronomical Observations and Journal, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (1763)
Maryland State Archives (MdHR 17,985) Maryland Provincial Papers MSA S52

*rolls with laughter*
Does this sound like Maryland weather ( Read more... )

Have you seen pictures of the total solar eclipse today? There's a view of it from northern China posted on the live video page of my local TV news station.

Mei Xiang, the Giant Panda female who lives at the National Zoo in Washington, DC may be pregnant.

In other nature news, a "big cat" rumored to be a cougar is stalking the university campus ( Read more... )

Another literary mystery solved!

Missing Shakespeare Knocks on Folger's Door:
English Book Dealer Arrested in Theft

This article about a now-known fake crystal skull in Smithsonian's Collection is fun!

The Legend Of the Crystal No-Brainer: Smithsonian Proudly Displays Its Hoax Skull
By Laura Yao
Washington Post Staff Writer

You'll love the ET part, if you get that far into the article. Chariots of the Gods, anyone?
*snicker*

I love this very clever use of history blended with 21st century PR techniques.


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Do you have a favorite computer/video game/electronic toy from childhood? If so, what was it? What did it do? How expensive was it? Please share with me your technology tales.

These are the questions I have been pondering today over on my Pull of the Tides blog. See entry for June 19, 2008 entitled "My Long Lost Atari 800."

Blog Action Day
Today was Blog Action Day, focusing on the environment.

I posted a substantial entry on foodways and environment in my public blog, Pull of the Tides, earlier today ( Read more... )

I just read about an initiative to encourage bloggers to write about any issue of their choice relating to environmental concerns. Read more about it here.

On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind ( Read more... )

Figures. hehehe. Just beat being Lara Croft by a lightening-bolt.

Thanks for sharing, scarycarey

( kick ass photo here )