Man Throws a Log at a Bear, Killing ItBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ( Read more... )

My local JCC sponsors a photography contest every year; last year's honorees went on display around the same time that I started working out there, and I must admit that I was envious of all the exhibitors. I also like to think that I've taken a few decent pictures over the last two years (the period of eligibility for the competition) -- in fact, ( Read more... )

It is 1:45 in the morning in Ivalo, Finland, 300 km north of the Arctic Circle and ten days past the solstice; I've lost track of the sun as the northern horizon is obscured by trees and clouds but I've grown to accept that it's just never going to get dark. The south of Finland was shockingly green. We flew in over lightly undulating fields a ( Read more... )

I am such an ( incredible gardener )

( Creamsicle goes on the hunt )

I have had little to say about fandom_scruples, largely because under Niemöllerian principles, you can wake me up when they come for the Communists. I don't leave links to NC-17 fanfic lying around where children can get them, so I don't meet their standards of anathema. This despite the fact that I haven't used my "adult" filter since I decided that the battle ( Read more... )