Take it from Jo(e)

Appropriately on Love Your Body Day, Jo(e) writes about her annual weekend with women friends in the mountains. Part of their tradition is the naked photo. The essay and image are awe-inspiring.

Those Naked Women:
Within seconds, I had left my clothes in a pile and was perched on a rock outcropping, [...]

Kudos for the First Lady of the Press

Helen Thomas is one of my heroes. She’s tough and straight up and takes trash from no one. Even when the one talking it is the President of the United States. She’s so strong that Bush disses her and will no longer take her questions at press conferences.
Now, because she’s the only [...]

Take a walk on the wild side

The wild side of Pierce County, Washington, that is. Bradley Lake Park in Puyallup will remain closed until a black bear cub spotted there is caught and relocated. Having observed a baby moose in the vacant lot next to my grocery store last year, I can attest that it’s not unusual for wild [...]

Happy Pi Day!

Wow, that was fast!

Just 24 hours after I wrote about my photo appearing on Wikipedia, this notice went up on the page:
This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. The reason given is: This item appears to be a copyright infringement of http://dailytroll.com/?p=538 (Also take a look at http://dailytroll.com/?p=1671 - apparently the author would perhaps be willing [...]

Finally, a use for Gummy Bears

There’s still hope for me

From the Seattle PI:
Wis. man graduates college at age 87
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MILWAUKEE — A 50-year gap in his higher education didn’t stop Clarence Garrett.
After returning to college in spring of 2006 as a full-time student, Garrett completed course work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was awarded his bachelor’s degree at commencement ceremonies Sunday - [...]

A little to the left

This is what women really want.
Via PSoTD

Painting with sound

This is so cool. In the same way that you can drag your mouse around the screen to draw in Paint, you can now drag your mouse across a graduated color screen and create music that rises and falls in pitch, depending on where on the grid you move. The choice of instruments [...]

If you like LOL Cats …

… you’ll love these LOL fantasy book covers by Jim C. Hines.
Via Steve Leigh, whose book Holder of Lightning (under the pseudo S.L. Farrell) is at the top of the page.

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