The Scotto Grotto (org)

Micrographia iterum examines objects of assorted sizes under a 30x microscope, then records them with the latest in Pencam technology. The result is a nifty photo, made even moreso by his discussion underneath. It’s as if he was shrunken to the size of a bumblebee and went on to make insightful commentary about everything he saw. Another reason to dig the Internet.

I want to see chain shot used in a pirate movie. Ever since I was a kid playing Wooden Ships and Iron Men… um, on researching… *they made a computer version*!! Holy Guacamole! A free BSD version for multiplayer internet…Just as well, as the other version was published in ’95/96… I imagine the game play suffered.

The Snapple web site has a collection of what they call “facts”, though “factoids” sometimes seems more accurate. #96 states that the average American will eat 35,000 cookies during his/her lifetime. Hmm… Assuming that the average American lives to be 80…that’s 437.5 cookies a year… or 1.20 (give or take a little) per day. If you include tiny little Girl Scout cookies into that equation, I’m not sure if I’m ahead of or behind the curve. I certainly try to catch up when girl scouts are selling thin mints.

Tom Sawyer wasn’t in the Comic book series. Not sure how I feel about Naseeruddin Shah as Nemo, but Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain is an outstanding choice, but I fear he’ll steal the thunder from the group. Also, Mina’s *not* a vampire in the comic (as far as I’ve seen, anyhow). Here’s a character cheat sheet.

More and more squirrels are becoming visible. Temperature? Season? Where are the baby squirrels? I saw at least six adults in the trees today.

An article featuring comments by the chairman of the Pentagon’s Policy Advisory Board. I’m not fond of the leaders of France and Germany myself these days, but this guy’s piehole deserves to be shut. When he angrily accuses German Chancellor Schroeder of “attempting to incite pacifism,” well, there’s a flaw in the discourse.

This morning woke me slowly, but extra early. Thinking about braiding my hair and tying it with a ribbon like our founding fathers, but I don’t have a good tri-cornered hat to complete the look, and I don’t want the side-curls.

I think the plan for posting limits won’t hit communities, as the current theory is that posts to communities are taken from the poster’s pool of available units, not the community’s. Thank goodness!

Thinking happy snow thoughts for folks rather than the icky side of the white stuff. 4″-8″ in areas where there’s rarely any!