Adam and I have talked about meteors in the past, but last night we had an interesting conversation while Linda and I were driving him and Ayla home.  I guess they've been talking about dinosaurs and meteors at school ( Read more... )

From AOL news:

Navy to help stranded travellers

Two Royal Navy ships have been deployed to help get stranded travellers back to the UK, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

HMS Ark Royal and HMS Ocean will be made available for the relief effort, Mr Brown said, after a meeting of the emergency planning committee Cobra in Whitehall.

Mr Brown ( Read more... )

The recent Icelandic volcano eruption and subsequent effect on Britain has made me think of this, below...  Also, my father remarked the other day that this 1816 event prompted one branch of my family (the Clarks) to move away from Vermont and start anew in Iowa.... (info below excerpted from Wikipedia):

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The Year Without a Summer (also known as ( Read more... )

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After, post this in your journal, and give out some letters of your own.

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