Out For The Count:
I've Been Sick As A Dog

I've been out of commission for a while thanks to this little thing called mononucleosis. If your throat ever gets so bad that you are forced to a liquid diet I suggest that you try drinking the high calorie smoothies on this list. The Bursting Blueberry and Cinnamon-Peach are easy to make (pretty important if you can't stand up for 3 weeks and need someone to feed you) and soothing on the throat. Cepacol with Benzocaine is really good for the throat pain as well. And today, as I'm officially on the recovery, I found out that for $7.99 you apparently can give the gift of rabies to your loved ones. Interesting stuffed doll concept. I think I'm going to buy one for the girlfriend as payback for the mono she gave me.

Sending The Great Dragon Back to Gehenim:
A Feathered Friend Brings A Gift for Eli



Apparently Eli Rabbet isn't the only bunny fighting serpents (symbols of deception in the Bible). Ophioneus might have been a suitable metaphor since Eli loves to discuss Ethon, but pious literature from the Anno Domini epoch seemed to fit the situation with far more accuracy than classical antiquity.

Strange Moon

This is Mima (Photo courtesy of NASA) which orbits Saturn. Here is a closeup.

And here is a comparison to something else:

And a quote:

Thats not a moon...It's a space station!!!

Just having little fun :-D

Ask a Ninja about Global Warming

A Quote from the 200 Deutsch Mark



That's German currency for those that don't get out of the country.

"Laypeople frequently assume that in a political dispute the truth must lie somewhere in the middle, and they are often right. In a scientific dispute, though, such an assumption is usually wrong." - 1908 Nobel Laureate Paul Ehrlich (March 14, 1854 – August 20, 1915)

Looks like after a hundred years nothing has changed.

Source:
Woods Hole Research Center, What the Skeptics Don't Tell You

Sometimes the most mundane things are funny if you just look at it from a different vantage point. :-D Don't stop before you hit the end.

h/t: Treehugger
Cannes Lions 2007 advertising festival

Pic of the day



From Ripley's believe it or not, a snake swallows two light bulbs.

Source:
Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium Thursday, June 21, 2007 in New York's Times Squar

Pic/Wallpaper of the Day

A wallpaper guaranteed to give you a case of depression. Lots of free (and more upbeat) wallpapers here.

Pic(s) of the Day



Snagged from A Thrilling Wonder

Smithsonian Picture Contest



A few interesting pictures can be found here

Astronomy Picture of the Day


Click on the image for a much larger picture. It's worth it.

101 Amazing Facts About Earth

Interesting articles at space.com. Some of the entries are related to climate change. #2 is related to ice cores and #7 is related to why hurricanes disappeared in 2006.

2. And the coldest place around here?
Far and away, the coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius) at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.

7. How far does regular dust blow in the wind?
A 1999 study showed that African dust finds its way to Florida and can help push parts of the state over the prescribed air quality limit for particulate matter set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The dust is kicked up by high winds in North Africa and carried as high as 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), where it's caught up in the trade winds and carried across the sea. Dust from Chinamakes its way to North America, too.

Space.com, 101 Amazing Earth Facts, Robert Roy Britt, 22 July 2003

Rabett Meet Bambi


Tons more of the real life Bambi & Thumper here.
Images located in German photographer Tanja Askani's portfolio

Found via Digg

Zombie Crickets!



A video of the zombie cricket above, and an explanation below. A parasite forces the cricket to commit suicide by releasing mind controlling drugs.

Blind kid masters echolocation



It's off topic but I like to add a little fun to this blog every now and then. This kid is simply amazing. Even with the video, it's a little hard to believe.