Children growing up. Damn them.
Year: 2011
Cloudwatch: Iridescence over Ethiopia
I’ve seen many clouds with faint iridescence before, and even a few where the play of colours was remarkably clear, but never anything quite as vivid as this!
Katrina and Irene
Stories about Irene will be all over the news today, and many of them will say that the evacuation orders for low-lying areas, particularly in NYC, were an overreaction. They will say this because there have been so few deaths, so few tragic images for the news media. The people who will be saying this will be wrong.
Femmostroppo Reader August 28, 2011
It’s been a busy non-writing weekend, but I have caught up with some reading. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Femmostroppo Reader August 27, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s yawning otter comes via Peter G Trimming and flickr.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Precision vs Accuracy
7:05am
Me: Shouldn’t you be getting ready for school?
Sprog The Younger: I don’t have to start getting ready until 7:21, actually.
Thursday Cheezburger – Scandal
Today’s theme is Scandal.
Dose of Awesome: Gene Wilder in The Little Prince
It’s only with the heart that one can see clearly. What’s essential is invisible to the eye.
Not a happy camper
The prospect of the current Gillard-led coalition government falling because of some petty fraud surrounding “adult entertainment” for an MP appals me so much that I’m just burying myself in work.
Hoyden About Town 