The birds outside are driving the kittens nuts again this morning. I actually think they do it on purpose. LOL!
Not happy with this! I thought we were supposed to have a separation of church and state in this country and a President who promised to protect women’s health rights & privacy. When did I vote to put a catholic bishop or any other religious nut or insurance company into office? SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
There Is Nothing "Courageous" About Denying Women's Reproductive Rights
http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/bl
House: Yes to Extreme Anti-Choice Politics, No to Women’s Health and Privacy
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/news/pr
Are US Bishops Responsible for Pro-Life Amendment in Health Care Reform?
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archi
I am off to start my day.
Bits and Pieces
First film of a 'giant' stingray
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Infra-red cameras catch nighthawkers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8346
Anglo-Saxon treasures go on display in London
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8341
World's fastest supercars go on display
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/techn
The non-existent tags
reproductive rights, animals, museums, cars, Obama
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood:
aggravated - Music:none at the moment
Today will be much of the same, so I can’t natter way here as I usually do. I will just leave you with the interesting things below.
Bits and Pieces
Scots Aim Lasers at Landmarks
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/a
'Extinct' oysters return to Forth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Major quakes could be aftershocks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Light down a wire for solar power
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Pelicans filmed gobbling gannets - eeew! Warning on the video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Thirsty kangaroos rampage town
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
Rare Austen letters cause excitement
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
Tutankhamun finder's home on show
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_e
Brazil man appears at own funeral - oops!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/834
Smart spectacles aid translation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8
The non-existent tags
work, oysters, earthquakes, solar power, animals, Jane Ausin, Howard Carter, oops!, technology
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood:
but busy - Music:none at the moment
Since my Dearest had cooked a couple of dinners in a row I headed to the kitchen last night not knowing what I would make.
I picked up my Moosewood Cookbook found a recipe and immediately fiddled with the ingredients and came up with a vegetable stew filled with leeks, carrots, red cabbage, beets, beet greens, zucchini, garlic, tofu and a few other things that were floating around in the frig. By the end of its cooking the color of this stew was bright red! Dearest, who doesn’t really care for tofu actually liked it judging by the amount eaten. :)
Got a bit of knitting done in between stirring the pot last night. I love to sit on the kitchen window seat in between cooking chores. So do Pucca and Nuit...especially when there is yarn involved.
It got cold here last night. I let the electric blanket warm up the bed and then jumped in accompanied by Danu and Morgan who both snuggled down. I don’t think Danu moved all night for it felt like there was a lead weight across my feet.
I have some reading to do and then I have to start pounding my keyboard. Have a great day!
Bits and Pieces
Oldest T. rex relative identified
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Messenger spies iron on Mercury
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Rare whale gathering sighted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Salvagers want to raise Victory
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guern
Anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/83409
The non-existent tags
dinosaurs, food, animals, cats, weather, Levi-Strauss
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
One good thing is weightier items are getting easier to lift. Another good thing is that the sun is shinning. :)
There is a new Alexander McCall Smith book being podcast via the Telegraph in the UK titled The Dog That Came In From The Cold.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/book
Bits and Pieces
Science in Pictures: Honeybees, Artificial Monkeys and a Rare Crow -Picture 7’s comment is interesting
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/1
Painting features 'oldest watch'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
'Tantalising' sounds of rare bat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Crystals hold super computer key
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Cosmic pattern to UK tree growth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Barnacles' sticky secret revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
New robotic hand 'can feel'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Close-Up: Tokyo's plastic food
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
The non-existent tags
housework, robotics, animals, fun stuff, art, Alexander McCall Smith
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:none at the moment
I got to sleep in this morning. Yay! Awoke to find Morgan wedged between Dearest and I, purring like a motorbike because she was getting scratched. Very early this morning she decided to walk all over me – my head included - and I ignored it. I was not getting up at 5 AM today. :)
Cold and rainy here today. I have some work to do, a few errands to run and want to test the hand out by cutting more quilt pieces. We’ll see how that goes.
Ok, were to start…no, just go look.
http://www.beedogs.com/index.htm
The non-existent tags
Kiva.org, silliness, animals, weather, morgan, dearest
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
BBC radio 4 has a program that I listen to quite regularly called On Your Farm. It is always interesting an highlights new ideas that are developing in the farming world. last weekends entry was about a Cumbrain farmer that is actively farming bracken and turning it into compost. I was hoping that the posting had changed for this week so I could listen to it while I typed this morning’s journal entry. No such luck. So I looked below it on the list to see what the program below it, Open Country was discussing this week. Apparently there is an ongoing dispute in Wales between anglers and canoeist over the use of the river Tiefi.
Another program I listen to during the weekend is from Radio Scotland called Out of Doors. Listening to this one you can get you weekly fix of the Scottish brogue and quite often learn something interesting. Now, before you say anything, Dearest only really gets into using the brogue when he is mad. LOL!
In the knitting realm I am almost ready to do the cuff of the first sleeve. On another knitting subject…what happened to my book of knitting stitches that I have had for years? We all go through this every once in a while but it sure is frustrating not being able to find a book on the bookshelf that you know is there. You know what the darn thing looks like but it just eludes you. I will have another go today.
Ok, I guess I should get started with my weekend to do list.
Dear sent me this article that he got from one of his mates.
A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush
http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.ph
Bits and Pieces
Agua Fresca it’s Bittman. Well, if it were me it would have to be made of peaches or raspberries. Melon, eww!
http://video.nytimes.com/video/play
Corn Salad
http://video.nytimes.com/video/play
More-Vegetable-Than-Egg Frittata
http://video.nytimes.com/video/play
US probe captures Saturn equinox
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Blue tits embrace 'aromatherapy' - smart birds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Internet Service Provider's NSL Challenge - Doe v. Holder
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalse
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:BBC program
Last Word: Les Paul
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/0
Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/a
It’s Friday already. I don’t know where the week went but it was consumed by a variety of activities – more mundane than exciting.
I have lots to do today so I can't burble on but I will leave you with these stories.
Ya gotta love the Italians!
Cheesy Collateral Keeps Italian Credit Flowing Amid Recession
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p
Bits and Pieces
Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/scien
Ponyo from Hayao Miyazaki…a must see, at least for me
Forces of Nature, Including Children
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/mo
Trailer - http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/458
Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
What an 11-year-old interviewer asked President Obama
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/820
And on the other side of the pond…
Little girl interviews prince
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7951
Bald penguin gets sunburn wetsuit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Human synthesiser - it's Odd Box
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsb
Anti-terror gun stops boats dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8200
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
Pucca has just presented herself sans collar. I think this is becoming a game for her. She takes it off and I put it back on. LOL!
Last night after dinner I made an official start to the first sleeve of the Dofuku jacket.
Now she is trying to crawl into my filing cabinet. Who? Pucca, of course. She is just absolutely full of "it" this morning! I need to find some ribbon so I can make a cat toy for her just to wear her out. LOL!
Well, the device that tells me when to cut my hair has turned 50 years old. What am I talking about? The seatbelt.
Needless to say, we did not get to see any of the meteor shower.
Bits and Pieces
Life, Art and Chickens, Afloat in the Harbor
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/a
Biggles story saved crash pilot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
New planet displays exotic orbit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
US honours 16 'agents of change'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/819
Pitcher plants In Pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Rise in rabbit numbers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8198
Bear on the loose in LA suburbs - welcome to our world LA.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/819
Young penguins march to adulthood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Vermeer painting in New York loan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
Lame duck Lucky's special shoe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wale
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood: sleepy
- Music:BBC program
Following the Lost Continent I am now listening to a podcast of Bill Bryson’s Notes From a Small Island about his impressions of traveling around the UK.
Dearest and I have wanted a hybrid car for quite a while now – not being disloyal to Katie – so it was nice to read that GM has finally stepped up to the plate. Time will tell.
G.M. Puts Electric Car’s City Mileage in Triple Digits
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/busin
Another loaf of zuke bread was made last night which we both have just dived into. YUM. I just got accused of cutting the slices too thin!
When we were in the PO yesterday a little girl was scared of Paul's beard. LOL! Her mother said that she didn't like people who looked like Santa Clause.
Pucca has now crawled onto my lap for the 5th time this morning so I better do some serious uninterrupted scratching. Nope, there she goes chasing a butterfly on the other side of the window. Have a good one!
Bits and Pieces
What Is Your Favorite Song From Woodstock? - unfortunately they only give you snippets of the songs and they don’t even give you a chance to listen to Jim Hendrix’s Star Spangled Banner…bummer. So I placed my vote and guess who had the most votes?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2
Optimistic women 'live longer'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/81931
Traces of planet collision found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opini
'Alien scene' of tadpoles' feast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Woman throws cup at the Mona Lisa - I was so not awake this morning when I read this headline. I thought it said Woman Throws up at the Mona Lisa. LOLROF.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81965
Killer whales visit 'social clubs'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Texting cows help wildlife study
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Elephant rescued from drainage hole
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood:
amused - Music:BBC program
As I told you in a previous post we picked up some beautiful beets. I can report that they were yummy but I also can tell you the stalks - or sections of - are wonderful cat toys. Our Pucca entertained me while I made dinner by stalking the section of stalk, attacking it, jumping four feet straight up when the stalk attacked her back, among other various maneuvers. Oh here is a pick of a basket full of peaches. Don't they look good?
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realthog's journal there is a petition to sign that is directed to Fox channel advertisers – asking them to refrain, of course. It can be found here:http://www.democrats.com/boycott-fox-ne
Got more knitting done this weekend. I was also trying to get the remainder of the scrap pile ironed but ran out of starch. We did some errands that included the grocery store and I did pick up four more cans. Ironing will continue when I have some free time.
While at the grocery store I noticed this:
So much for following directions. :)
True Blood got interesting last night and my Dearest cooked dinner so I could watch during its first airing instead of the late night showing.
Bits and Pieces
New Iain Banks novel free on iTunes - it will be the abridged version though.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u
Face shape clue to mental decline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Freak wave 'hot spots' identified
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
'Radical rethink' needed on food
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Species climbing to new heights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
One night with the Chippendales - The Fringe Festival has started in Edinburgh
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Here is a small preview of what is going on-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Rare Becket medieval art revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81926
Finland hosts sauna championships
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81924
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
The bulb catalogs have now started to arrive. Oh my, there are some wonderful new tulips. No, I am not buying any this year.
On the knitting front I have now started the right side of the Dofuku pattern by Vicki Square…doing decreases every 4th row to shape the neck.
Two good things happened yesterday. Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has restored protections for over 40 million acres of national forests.
Our dear little Mugsy has just used the litter box. How do I know this without even bothering to look? He does his business and then launches himself like a Titan rocket careening through the house and flying across the tops of the furniture all the while vocalizing his happiness at having done so. He cracks me up.
Julie & Julia opens today in theatres across the country. Yes, I want to see this one. Here are some of the trailers
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/446
Alexander McCall Smith has an op-ed in the New York Times this morning about the brewing war between the English and the Scottish over bragging rights of who first created the HAGGIS.
Keep Your Hands Off Our Haggis
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opini
This is why LJ was intermittently down yesterday.
'Massive attack' strikes websites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8
Bits and Pieces
The Sound of the Ukulele
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2
Clever rooks repeat ancient fable
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Scientists find an itchiness cell
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/81835
Cannibal theory over early Briton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Beetroot juice 'boosts stamina' - guess what is on our menu for the evening meal? We purchased the most beautiful bunch of beets at the farmer’s market the other day. They are almost too pretty to eat but I will get over this sentiment. LOL!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/81869
Indian vulture births are hailed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8
Woman 'torched Briton's genitals' - or…The Fire Down Below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8189
Tech gives humans animal senses
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8
Underwater snog - it's Odd Box
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsb
Puppy Love: Heart-marked dog
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - covered in cats
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
Our local farmer’s market is today so there will be a break later on. Need some onions. I can also tell you that what ever we cook for dinner this evening will contain mushrooms. Dearest went to the grocery store yesterday and found a sale on button mushrooms. Maybe a bit of Mushroom Stroganoff, yummy!
Ok, it is time for me to get to work so have a great day and don’t miss the video below.
Olbermann on Legislators for Sale
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/2242500
Bits and Pieces
Climate-Change Calculus -
Why it's even worse than we feared.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/208164
Beluga whale carries struggling diver to surface
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/stor
Study Finds Pesticide Link to Childhood Leukemia
http://www.organicconsumers.org/article
Ocean coral 'offers pain therapy'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/81830
Ancient spiders yield 3D secrets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8
Library reveals rare photographs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
Urban dwellers 'should keep bees'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8184
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
http://www.alternet.org/story/14176
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - not covered in cats for the moment
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
I don’t feel like I slept at all last night. It will be an interesting day.
Dearest has gotten a hankering for vegie burgers. Since our local store is far behind the time I went searching for a good recipe. Found three online that sound promising so I will have to give them all a try soon.
My sister and her husband are visiting with my mother. I was surprised to hear that they have not gone to Mom’s LYS (local yarn shop) yet. :)
Did you know there is an internet war raging between knitter and Crocheters? - “…Part of the problem seems to be that while knitters contend with the 'old lady's pastime' stereotype, crocheters are up against the much more negative 'granny square and toilet paper cosy' stigma." LOL!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemoni
The Real News in the O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud - from friend Todd
http://open.salon.com/blog/david_si
Pregnant Woman Ordered To Undergo Involuntary Medical Treatment - scary
http://www.care2.com/causes/civil-right
Bits and Pieces
Haggis is English, historian says - this might crimp a few kilts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8180
Ex-convicts turn Naples tour guides
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81797
Board v Boat: battle of the punts - humm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8180
Skateboard for Jesus at 'ramp camp' - A new cult
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/817
Domestic dog origins challenged
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
'Feather-eating bugs' dull birds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
NYPD forges ties through cricket - my Dearest would be pleased!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/817
Astronauts wanted - no bad breath - among other things
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
Finally, the Spleen Gets Some Respect
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/scien
Giant Particle Collider Fizzles
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/scien
The Trouble With Chiroptera (Bats)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/opini
Molecular trap makes fresher beer - now this is a bad idea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8
Change the world one loan at a time – visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
- Location:desk - not covered in cats for the moment
- Mood: sleepy
- Music:BBC program
The shuttle Endeavour is due to land today.
I turned the last corner on the shawl's lace edging last night. Just one more side to do and it is complete!
During lunchtime yesterday I brought the BBC Listen Again widget to the fore and selected the first installment of a program entitled The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson. This installment included memories of the family summer vacation that had me LMAOROF. Oh how true and how good to know that I was not the only one who had these...ah…shall we say…adventures. And the producers had the wisdom to use music by Leo Kottke. Oh by the way if you have never heard Leo Kottke play here is his tour schedule - http://www.leokottke.com/cgi-bin/on
Protect the Privacy of Your Health Records - from ACLU online
Earlier this year, the economic stimulus bill contained mandates for converting paper health records into electronic data systems and called for strong privacy protections of those records.
But now, as the Department of Health and Human Services writes the detailed regulations to guide this process, there’s a real risk that your privacy won’t be protected after all.
That’s because powerful special interests are lobbying heavily for regulations that give hospitals and insurance companies -- not patients -- control over how personal medical information is used. This could leave you with no process for blocking access to critical information such as the results of HIV/AIDS tests and eventually, no way to correct false information in your medical records or see who is reviewing those records.
Events are moving quickly. So now is the time to make your voice heard. Send a “protect my privacy” message to Dr. David Blumenthal, the HHS official in charge of this process.
Tell HHS we need real patient control of personal health data in our electronic medical records!
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?p
Trying To Damn Health Care For All By Misrepresenting What The Health Care Bill Says…Enter Three STUPID Republicans - and we thought it was only folks like Limbaugh who lied to a national audience. Enter Representatives: John Boehner, the House Minority Leader from Ohio, Thaddeus McCotter, Republican Policy Committee Chairman from Michigan, and Virginia Foxx from North Carolina – they did it by issuing a statement and Foxx even had the audacity to present the lie in a speech on the floor of the House. Don’t believe me, well read this:
The "End of Life" Provision: Republicans' Latest Repeated Lie to Kill the Health Reform Bill - if you want to read the provision these people are trying to misrepresent, it is here - http://www.politico.com/static/PPM130_s
Here is the full article:
http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/bl
Lately, many of us have been pushing our representatives in both the House and the Senate to "READ THE BILL" before voting on it, well, maybe we – the citizens of the US – should also take time to READ THE BILL so when folks like these three spout such boldfaced drivel you know the facts instead of taking it for granted that these people speak the truth.
This behavior proves that the Republican party continues with their MO of repeat a lie often enough and hope voters will believe it.
Dearest just stopped by my office and looked at the above saying, "It is not a proper rant until it is on the 7th page." LOL!
Here is a petition you might want to sign
Stop the Gulf’s Dangerous Open-Ocean Aquaculture Plan Now!
We need a national aquaculture plan to establish sustainable fish farming standards before the Gulf is allowed to move forward with large-scale fish farming. Please send a message to the Secretary of Commerce and NOAA — urging them to reject the Gulf Fishery Council’s ill-advised fish farming plan and instead work with Congress to develop a national framework to guide the aquaculture industry.
Read more and sign the petition here:
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/Ne
For the last month of his tour of duty on the International Space Station Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has worn an experimental piece of clothing…Underwear…that claims to be odour-free. Well, we hope so for the sake of his shuttle companions! Here he is during a press conference.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
The shuttle has just been given the OK to do the deorbit burn so I am off to watch the landing.
Bits and Pieces
Bald songbird discovered in Laos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Honeybees warn of risky flowers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Flyover reveals Venice's ancestor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Painted Lady invasion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8177
Anatomical entertainment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/81729
Best of the Web from Click - full of goodies this week!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/c
Audrey Tautou - on her new role
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/enter
'Ancient city unearthed' in Peru
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/778
Commuter cat is star of bus route
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8176
Underwear race - it's Odd Box - Underwear are in the news lately!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsb
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:NASA TV
Our niece who lives in Turkey has bought her first home. She is going to have a lot of fun and hard work in front of her but the upside is no more apartments. Here’s a picture of the front of the house.
We picked up a few items at the local farmer’s market yesterday. Beautiful tomatoes, some potatoes and tomatillos. It was a first for Dearest to eat a tomatillo. Verdict…we get more next week. :)
Got some more knitting on the shawl last night while being forced to watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1962) starring Glynis Johns (the mother of the children in Mary Poppins).
I finally got a full nights sleep last night. What a relief!
Dearest ordered a new 1TB backup drive yesterday. He came into my office this morning to tell me that he had found an old email note to himself saying that very same drive he ordered would be his next external drive.
Bits and Pieces
Organic Consumers Group Preparing Boycott Of Non-USDA-Certified 'Organic' Personal Care Products
http://www.organicconsumers.org/article
H.R. 2749 The Food Safety Enhancement Act
The House of Representatives is working on H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. It's an attempt to address the worst problems in U.S. agriculture, but as it stands the bill threatens to undermine the best things in U.S. agriculture - small farmers producing for local markets.
H.R. 2749 needs to draw a clear line between small local processors and direct market growers selling locally and the industrial, multi-sourced food supply chains where food borne pathogens have appeared and created problems.
Read more and take action by contacting your Representative today.
http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/is
How Monsanto and Fox News Prevented Americans from Learning About Bovine Growth Hormone
http://www.organicconsumers.org/article
Commuter cat is star of bus route
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Jaipur funeral for Indian royal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8
Jellyfish help to stir the ocean
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Sharp view of 'Orion's shoulder'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Rare snake brought back to Devon - eew!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8175
US golf course employs llama caddies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/817
Gallery buys rarely-seen portrait
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
Tech Know: Kinky boot that whips
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8
Dog reunited with owner nine years on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:BBC program
I decided to go for it and started the lace edging on the second side of the shawl. Fingers crossed that there will be enough yarn. I would hate to get almost done and run out. LOL!
And I have been meaning to put up a picture of the finished sock I have been rattling on about.
I have to get busy. Work to do. Have a great day!
Bits and Pieces
Online U.K. Bookseller Opens Digital Storefront in the U.S. Hopefully a bit of competition for Amazon
http://www.publishersweekly.com/art
Fla. judge rules will on Kerouac's estate is fake
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_
Library fan nears 25,000th book - that’s almost 275 read per year!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
The worst children's books, ever
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksbl
Film Food, Ready for Its ‘Bon Appétit’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/dinin
Accused, Yes, but Probably Not a Killer
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/dinin
Sudan 'trousers trial' adjourned - I was always taught by my parents to respect the ways of the various countries we lived in but this seems absurd. And I don’t mind saying that the proverbial feminist hackles have been raised.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/81737
Insect defence all blood and guts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne
Fossil is 'earliest tree-dweller'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Footage of 'big cat' captured
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Communist plane becomes luxury hotel - maybe thepeople at Davis Monthan Airforce base should rethink the use of the old B52s housed out there. :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81646
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
Baby quilt delivered! YAY!
It will be another hot and muggy day here. The sun is out for the moment but thunderstorms are forecast. Looking at the weather map there are no rain systems near by so I don’t know what they are thinking.
I have a number of things to do today, none of them very interesting but they have to get done…like accu-sucking the upstairs and a load of laundry.
Bits and Pieces
Tolkien’s Heirs Want Production of ‘The Hobbit’ Film Stopped
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/art
On the Street | Market
http://video.nytimes.com/video/play
Scientists Find a Microbe Haven at Ocean’s Surface
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/scien
Alexandria - Looking for the queen
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.co
Food dye 'may ease spinal injury'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/81700
Garden gnomes set up home at pub
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Dragonfly discovery a 'UK record'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:BBC program
The first thing I see as I troll the news papers is the announcement of another reality show starring, yes, you guessed it, Octo-mom. Oh my. Why is this being inflicted upon the public? If you can’t tell, I think reality TV is for the birds, to put it nicely.
Went to a party for a friend yesterday. Oodles of people attending that we had not seen in while and catch up with what has been going on in their lives.
Pucca is sitting next to the keyboard at the moment doing her imitation of a Meerkat in alert posture. Cracks me up. And since the subject has come up check out the Animal Planet page on Meerkats. I love the vocalizations. You can also find out which Meerkat you are. LOL! Be sure to watch a few of the videos or do a Meerkat puzzle.
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/me
Bits and Pieces
New Mozart piano music discovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
The Gathering - a few pictures.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
Bear-Proof Can Is Pop-Top Picnic for a Crafty Thief - Yellow Yellow, a true daughter of Yogi the Bear
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/nyreg
NASA Captures an Eye in Space
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/200
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
Nice big news! My Dearest (
realthog) and Joe Dever have signed for an English language reissue of the 12 volumes of The Legends of Lone Wolf series with the publisher (Neal Levin dqg_neal) of Dark Quest Books - the fiction house of the games creators Dark Quest.I finally got the label sewed onto the baby quilt and can now throw it in the washer and get it to its new owner.
It is a nice sunny day and from the looks of the forecast we had better enjoy it because next week is filled with the “r” word.
Nuit has now begun to jump from the back of my office chair to the top of other chair in my office – it is a long way. It also gives me a fright every time she does it.
Bits and Pieces
Ancient Roman shipwrecks found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81684
Blind rescue dog has 'guide dog'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Man climbs building with vacuum gloves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Five Minutes With: Dom Joly
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
Five Minutes With: Stephen Fry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainmen
Hubble pictures Jupiter's 'scar'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Green beetle's super-shiny secret
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
Harewood flamingos to be parents
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
How one man got stuck in a drain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8168
Clan chiefs in historic gathering
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scot
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:BBC program
It continued to rain last night and will do so today.
I finished up the sample of the knitted rose last night before going to bed. It is now steamed and awaiting my attention later this after noon.
Morgan has joined me on the desk this morning and there is a noticeable lack of baby kittens. :) Nuit has somewhat made peace with the gray bombshell but Pucca continues to dislike Ms. Morgan. One of these days they will all be able to be in the same room at the same time.
It is time for me to get this posted and go back to work.
Bits and Pieces
Amazon Chief Says Erasing Orwell Books Was ‘Stupid’ - yeah, now everyone knows that they can control what you do and don’t read
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/2
Farms and Antibiotics
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/opini
Jupiter’s New Scar
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/2
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0
Just for fun
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2
Hot secret behind toucan's bill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natu
New lizard species found in India
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8
Robot struts stuff on the catwalk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac
Panda birth caught on camera
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8
Stilt dancers perform age-old ritual
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/81666
Dinosaur lands on Dorset beach - the town council is run by spoil sports!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Santas & a naked cowboy - the monkeys crack me up!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsb
Toy collector's bargain hunt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8166
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- Location:desk
- Mood: calm
- Music:none at the moment
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BOOKS READ 2009
1. The Right Attitude To Rain by Alexander McCall Smith
2. Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams by Alexander McCall Smith
3. Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters
4. The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
5. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
6. The Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
7. A Rose by Any Name: The Little Known Lore & Deep Rooted History of Rose Names by Douglas Brenner & Stephen Scanniello
8. Knitting on the Edge: Ribs, Ruffles, Lace, Fringes, Floral, Points & Picots: The Essential Collection of 350 Decorative Borders by Nicky Epstein
9. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
10. Gallows Hill by Lois Duncan
11. The Venus Throw - A Novel of Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor
12. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - by Alexander McCall Smith
13. Lucifer's Shadow - by David Hewson
14. Corduroy Mansions - by Alexander McCall Smith (podcast)
15. The Prayer Shawl Companion - Janet Bristow & Victoria A. Cole-Galo
16. Knitting on the Edge: Ribs, Ruffles, Lace, Fringes, Floral, Points & Picots - by Nicky Epstein
17. The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters
18. Love Among The Walnuts by Jean Ferris
19. Princess for Hire by Lindsey Levitt
20. Extreme Cuisine by Kit Sloane
21. The Lost Continent - by Bill Bryson (podcast)
22. One Virgin Too Many - by Lindsey Davis
23. The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie
24. Charmed Life - by Diana Wynne Jones
25. Witch Week - by Diana Wynne Jones
26. Knitted Lace of Estonia - by Nancy Bush
27. The Magicians of Caprona - by Diana Wynne Jones
28. The Lives of Christopher Chant - by Diana Wynne Jones
29. An Instance of the Fingerpost - by Iain Pears
30. The Inn At The Edge Of The World - by Alice Thomas Ellis
31. Singularity - by William H. DeSmedt (podcast)
32. The Jupiter Myth by Lindsay Davis
33. Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs From Interweave edited by Ann Budd & Anne Merrow
34. The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones
35.Coffee Drinks & Desserts Cookbook edited by Barbara Albright
NOW READING
Well, I can't decide what is next...
Beyond the Sky and the Earth - A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
The Embedding by Ian Watson
Silver Screen by Justina Robson
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Access Denied by Donna Andrews
The Sacred Cut by David Hewson
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