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“Red Rain” and the Japanese fire balloon that coincidentally found its way to Hanford

Idyllopus — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:58:46 +0000

Susan Och over at French Road Connections, who recently ran for and was voted into community service (congratulations, Susan), today has a post on a new book written by her brother, Tim Wendel. Titled Red Rain, the novel took its inspiration from fire balloons the Japanese set loose over the Pacific, their intended purpose [...]

Question of the day

Idyllopus — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:15:54 +0000

We’re watching the Attenborough narrated “Life of Birds” shows on Netflix. After viewing segments on birds which had lost their ability to fly, H.o.p. asked, “What about play and evolution? If they had fun flying, doesn’t that count in evolution?” So, what is the role of play in evolutionary process?

Catfish

Idyllopus — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:40:21 +0000

Georgia Aquarium Catfish Nov 2008 A nice behind-the-scenes article on the Georgia Aquarium at How Stuff Works.

At the Georgia Aquarium

Idyllopus — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:48:02 +0000

(This post has an image that may not be seen in preview.) Went to the Georgia Aquarium today, where I had a fine time (well, I wanted to have a fine time, and did in parts) up to about the point that we finished viewing the exhibits and then a kind of sensory overload hit and [...]

A Hopeless Romantic

Idyllopus — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:33:19 +0000

I’m a hopeless romantic. Being a hopeless romantic, I have subscribed to the RSS feed for Change.gov. Change.gov provides resources to better understand the transition process and the decisions being made as part of it. It also offers an opportunity to be heard about the challenges our country faces and your ideas for tackling them. The Obama [...]

YES, WE DID!

Idyllopus — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:20:56 +0000

Party on Peachtree Street

Idyllopus — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:09:08 +0000

After midnight and many are celebrating. People yelling out their balconies around the block. I followed the honking horns up to Peachtree Street where cars were streaming up and down, honking horns, a lot of joy to share around. I came back home and rounded up H.o.p. and Marty and we three [...]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

Idyllopus — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:03:16 +0000

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our two votes cast make a slightly less red Georgia

Idyllopus — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:42:46 +0000

5:23 A.M. We are getting ready to go and vote because I’m going to collapse in a heap o’ panic if we don’t get down to the polling place now. I’ve been hyperventilating for two months now. Eight years ago when we took H.o.p. with us to the polls, damn, looking [...]

You’ve heard this, right? (and still, I will blog about it and tomorrow you will have a chance to cast your vote against four more years of edge-of-your-seat Palintertainment and at this point even MccCain is secretly hoping you will do just that)

Idyllopus — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:35:12 +0000

Over a million listens on Youtube, so you’ve heard this, right? A couple of Quebec comics, the Masked Avengers, managed to get hold of Palin on the phone and had her believing she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Palin was so taken in she scarcely seemed to blink as the conversation departed the interstate [...]

Johnny Angel

Idyllopus — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:10:00 +0000

(An image goes with this post in case you don’t see it in preview. Click on the header.) Yesterday, I posted a pic of a few of the paper flowers H.o.p made for Halloween. And how were they used? This year H.o.p. went as a Ghost Rider Johnny Angel. We made large wings [...]

‘Twas the Night Before Halloween

Idyllopus — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:14:20 +0000

Too bad you’re not on our Halloween trick or treat beat. We spent the night rehearsing and will be LEGEND. We will be talked about for years to come. We can hope we will be talked about in a positive way. (This post has a picture which might not be seen in preview. Click [...]