out on the Cape this weekend, we were disappointed to hear that Nauset beach was closed both Saturday and Sunday. it had closed briefly two weekends ago due to the nearby hurricane, but this weekend's reason was much more fun. and it wasn't a barracuda. *g*
Beach Patrol radar shows five large sharks near Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Thursday ( Read more... )

I was reading this week's NEWS of the WEIRD, and found a story about the Oxford Junior Dictionary under the heading of "Questionable Judgments". I'm two months behind, here, but I do think it is interesting, so let's go to the source, The Telegraph, and the 12/8/2008 article- "Oxford University Press has removed words like "aisle", "bishop", " ( Read more... )