When I was little and just starting out in the ways of geekdom, there was a thing called the International Geophysical Year, or IGY.* The idea of a year devoted to worldwide research of such a thing made a big impression on my young, ever-curious mind ( Read more... )

MoveOn.org is offering this bumpersticker:

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After the last post, and especially after replying to countrycousin's comment on it, I decided I needed a West Virginia-specific userpic ( Read more... )

I made two new interrobang userpics. Now I won't have to look so hard for one when I need 'em.

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so I have changed my default icon back to Stella d'Oro.

The guy on the left:

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...a happy holiday of whichever holiday(s) you're celebrating this weekend! Or just enjoying the weekend, and maybe the nice weather. (It's been warm here, and sunny today and probably tomorrow. And the Pirates won! That's four now.)

Image found at Ask.com's image pages. (Ask.com has some neat stuff now. I miss Jeeves, but the search engine is ( Read more... )

I couldn't resist making a userpic out of the cover of the March 13 issue of U.S. News and World ReportThe issue has articles on "The credibility of books" (or, to use the trendy word on the cover, "truthiness"), books by bloggers ("blooks"), and how to get your book published using print on demand sites (it mentions reputable companies such as ( Read more... )

Just to note that while checking the link for Snoopy.com, I also found some more images to add as userpics. They will be appearing here and there, now and then. Most but not all are of Snoopy. I thought this one of Charlie Brown was appropriate for a default icon for awhile. Though I never have to worry about my inbox being full!