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Exotic Species Hyperbole
I'm all for gasping in horror at the ravages introduced species can wreak on local flora and fauna, but I must draw the line. The northern snakehead (Channa argus (Cantor)) does not, I repeat, does NOT have "the head of a snake." It has the head of a fish.
While we're on the topic, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has a really cool non-indigenous species report page. Ours is... um... less interesting.
BookCrossing.com
Read and release. This is a fantastically cool site, and I'm going to be setting books free like mad. Watch for them in coffeeshops, airports, YMCAs, and grocery stores near me.
Progress Quest
I suppose I'm the last to know, but Progress Quest is the best online roleplaying game in the history of computing. My character just got his second new spell and has started on his fifth major quest.
Sick Chess
"Mutant paramecia unable to generate action potentials and therefore unable to swim backward are called pawns." Maybe soon they'll have ones that go in an L shape, or only diagonally.
What A Mess
I've been neglecting our worm bin a bit.
ZzzzzzziiiIIIIPPP!
Flasher escapes after being caught in his own zipper
Three things:
- Why am I not surprised that the shithead was driving a purple 4-wheel drive truck?
- Would I have been able to do what she did?
- Is this the only good thing ever to come out of that Something About Mary genre of movies?
Karankawa Dreams
I've been thinking a lot lately about Galveston, where I used to live. The briny, hot smell of the bay on a still day, the constant breeze off the Gulf, the taste of salt and beer.
As watery as Seattle is, fjords don't feel the same as low, sandy beaches with miles of continental shelf mellowing out the ocean before it finds the shore. The Pacific is so immediate and unforgiving. Then again, I've never had a jellyfish wash into my waders on this coast.
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