So when I was a wee Gecko I went to the Pali Lookout pretty regularly when we had visitors in town. It is a fantastic view and is windy as heck. So windy in fact there was a legend that you could jump off the edge and the winds would blow you back. Apparently, not [...]

Sharks are keeping it real this summer with good stories of pathetic humans fleeing in terror from the site of its mighty fin. Bears are being saved from drowning by biologists, which do you think is the real summer of fear champ. No contest this year, come on bears get back to work!

Yes, I am aware that neither of these is actually ‘emo‘ Mr. Internetknowitall. These are two great depressing songs that I am in love with today. Both are beautiful and haunting and great to listen to when you think life has you in its bulls eye to dump on. Gah. What a week.
The first [...]

According to this article in the Post the Nats are drawing only 9,000 viewers a game for their televised games. That is pathetic. The Kansas City Royals, perennial losers, draw 28,000 a game as the next lowest team. I know the Nats are new in town, I know it takes awhile to build a solid [...]

Interesting story in the New York Times about the restoration work being done at Gettysburg on the Cyclorama. They are trying to fully restore it as it was originally shown, complete with props and three-d effects. This is great news really if you are a history buff. The Cyclorama was meant to be like a [...]

Another one I found while cleaning up my bookmarks. I know many of my readers have played World of Warcraft, but how many of you have played WTF?! ? It is a wicked little parody of the king of the Massive Multiplayer Games hill that has a sharp sense of humor and is a fun [...]

I don’t like to post up ads for people who make more in a day than I make in a lifetime but this advertising clip of Hellboy on The Actor’s Studio that they released as a mini ad made me laugh. The new movie may well be terrible, I liked the last one a ton [...]

I meant to post this back in April and just stumbled across this link. A group called Improv Anywhere decided to turn a little league game into a major league game. Brilliance results. They even got the Goodyear Blimp to turn up. Fantastic. They have done a number of interesting ‘missions’ so poke around their [...]

Sad news from Pompeii where things are falling apart pretty fast. Once you dig it out you have to take care of it if you want to keep it.
Happier news from Berlin where someone has torn Hitler’s head off. Sure, it is a little late now, but I admire the sentiment.

Ok, no posts for awhile so here is a quick make up post.
The SoS signal just turned 100. Will it be around another hundred years, seems unlikely. The times have just moved on.
Nice story in the Irish Independent about the Sea Stallion, a viking ship, which is returning to Denmark following a remarkably peaceful visit [...]