True love, as in "only One True Soulmate Exists For You," absolutely not.  I mean, if you think about it, that's really a depressing concept.  What if your True Love was born on the other side of the world and you never meet up?  What if you were born 90 years apart, and ditto?  Then you'd be SOL.   What if one of you dies?  Well, sorry, you ( Read more... )

. . . or maybe not.  It's hard to tell about these things when one wakes at 4:30am, gets a glass of water, and decides to fire up the laptop for a quick gander around the interwebs before going back to sleep.

"Pride and Predator"

After all the Jane Austin zombie novel was for real, why not this?

I have to wonder if Dragon (Dronet) will be involved, ( Read more... )

I would love to see what archaeologists make of this in the far future:

Iraq unveils 'shoe' tribute

Also makes you wonder what historical objects that currently puzzle the Learned Ones of today have similarly, um, interesting (and completely lost) backstories.

So, is Joe the Plumber Joe Six-pack's nonalcoholic, gainfully employed cousin or something ( Read more... )

Now that Fry-kitty is old enough to go outside, his exceptionally soft, fine fur means that he's acquired a new hobby: vacuuming up every freaking goosegrass burr from our yard.  Much as I try to keep the stuff under control, after a wet spring like this last one, it's a losing battle.  Tippy and our late Gandalf never have/had much trouble with ( Read more... )

So, I'm sitting here typing away (yes, at "Frost," FWIW), and I notice a little fluttery movement from the corner of my eye.  I look over and confirm it's a crane fly.

Random digression -- do other folks have crane flies where they are?  They're a sure sign of summer here in the northwestern US.  Completely harmless, but they look like the ( Read more... )