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Looks like a rainy day, again. It is certainly chilly.
Here is a photo update of the progress on the Nina Kicked Up a Notch shawl. This brings it to exactly ½ finished so it is downhill from here.
We watched The Eagle last night and both of us enjoyed it. Too bad is just passed through the theatres so quickly. Dearest believes it is because they changed the title from The Eagle of the Ninth so no one knew what it was all about.
The farmer’s market yielded leeks, garlic and red onions today.
I am hungry so I am going to feed my face and get a couple loads of laundry done. Then I think I will take a nap. Have a good day all.
Bit & Pieces
'Hollows' mark Mercury's surface
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15113388
Man drops daughter to catch ball at Taiwan baseball game - well, this guy isn’t going to be getting any for a while.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15122453
Poland's fascination with knights and battle re-enactments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14420204
Japanese company markets floating tsunami survival pods
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15129699
Euro fund 'like a Ponzi game' says trader - now where have we heard this before?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15130613
Rat cyborg gets digital cerebellum
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128315.700-rat-cyborg-gets-digital-cerebellum.html?full=true&print=true
Global Warming Is Killing Chocolate
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/09/30/333145/global-warming-is-killing-chocolate/
Did science find HIV’s Achilles heel?
http://washingtonindependent.com/112722/did-science-find-hiv%E2%80%9A%C3%84%C3%B4s-achilles-heel
Wall Street Employees Watch "Occupy Wall Street" Protest While Sipping Champagne on a Balcony (Seriously)
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/673536/wall_street_employees_watch_%22occupy_wall_street%22_protest_while_sipping_champagne_on_a_balcony_%28seriously%29/
Keith Olbermann Covers Occupy Wall Street Protests Media Blackout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s4QUePfHFQY - !
The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality
http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/30/awlaki_6/
Watched Now More Than Ever
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9113-watched-now-more-than-ever
The Threats to a Crucial Canopy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/science/earth/01forest.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
The video:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/10/01/science/100000001071584/the-forest-for-the-trees.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
Bill Cunningham | Zip It - lots of bad fashion, no really.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/style/on-the-street/1247463985977/index.html - 100000001056047
How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers
http://www.alternet.org/story/152549/how_companies_plunder_and_profit_from_the_nest_eggs_of_american_workers?akid=7648.204376.IqR2A2&rd=1&t=2
Banned Books: The Hunger Games
http://www.care2.com/causes/banned-books-the-hunger-games.html
Yosemite Bears - the “cute” video of the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdSvMvvyY8&feature=player_embedded
Bill Maher PSA (HBO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m_RTpGP2ETw - !
First superfast muscles in mammals help bats catch prey - just look at that adorable face
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15115206
Meeting the real Girl from Ipanema
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15109610
Chinese state TV launches to 'America the Beautiful' - makes you think doesn’t it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15125247
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, global warming, environment, politics, Repugs, astronomy, oops!, technology, chocolate, medicine, health, protests, Olbermann, fashion, bats, music
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
Here is a photo update of the progress on the Nina Kicked Up a Notch shawl. This brings it to exactly ½ finished so it is downhill from here.
We watched The Eagle last night and both of us enjoyed it. Too bad is just passed through the theatres so quickly. Dearest believes it is because they changed the title from The Eagle of the Ninth so no one knew what it was all about.
The farmer’s market yielded leeks, garlic and red onions today.
I am hungry so I am going to feed my face and get a couple loads of laundry done. Then I think I will take a nap. Have a good day all.
Bit & Pieces
'Hollows' mark Mercury's surface
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15113388
Man drops daughter to catch ball at Taiwan baseball game - well, this guy isn’t going to be getting any for a while.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15122453
Poland's fascination with knights and battle re-enactments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14420204
Japanese company markets floating tsunami survival pods
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15129699
Euro fund 'like a Ponzi game' says trader - now where have we heard this before?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15130613
Rat cyborg gets digital cerebellum
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128315.700-rat-cyborg-gets-digital-cerebellum.html?full=true&print=true
Global Warming Is Killing Chocolate
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/09/30/333145/global-warming-is-killing-chocolate/
Did science find HIV’s Achilles heel?
http://washingtonindependent.com/112722/did-science-find-hiv%E2%80%9A%C3%84%C3%B4s-achilles-heel
Wall Street Employees Watch "Occupy Wall Street" Protest While Sipping Champagne on a Balcony (Seriously)
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/673536/wall_street_employees_watch_%22occupy_wall_street%22_protest_while_sipping_champagne_on_a_balcony_%28seriously%29/
Keith Olbermann Covers Occupy Wall Street Protests Media Blackout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s4QUePfHFQY - !
The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality
http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/30/awlaki_6/
Watched Now More Than Ever
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9113-watched-now-more-than-ever
The Threats to a Crucial Canopy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/science/earth/01forest.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
The video:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/10/01/science/100000001071584/the-forest-for-the-trees.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
Bill Cunningham | Zip It - lots of bad fashion, no really.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/style/on-the-street/1247463985977/index.html - 100000001056047
How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers
http://www.alternet.org/story/152549/how_companies_plunder_and_profit_from_the_nest_eggs_of_american_workers?akid=7648.204376.IqR2A2&rd=1&t=2
Banned Books: The Hunger Games
http://www.care2.com/causes/banned-books-the-hunger-games.html
Yosemite Bears - the “cute” video of the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdSvMvvyY8&feature=player_embedded
Bill Maher PSA (HBO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m_RTpGP2ETw - !
First superfast muscles in mammals help bats catch prey - just look at that adorable face
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15115206
Meeting the real Girl from Ipanema
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15109610
Chinese state TV launches to 'America the Beautiful' - makes you think doesn’t it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15125247
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, global warming, environment, politics, Repugs, astronomy, oops!, technology, chocolate, medicine, health, protests, Olbermann, fashion, bats, music
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how