Amazon's Gold Box Deal on the entire DVD boxed set of HBO's series "Six Feet Under" is on sale today for $59.99 USD; a 67% savings over the retail price, 179.99 ( Read more... )

Icon: 22" Buddha statue: photo taken shortly after Summer solstice, near sunset.

Snow Buddha photo taken December 20, 2008, during Saturday's snow storm; it had been snowing since 6:30 am:


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Space Weather News for Dec. 21, 2008
SpaceWeather.comURSID METEORS: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from comet 8P/Tuttle and this is causing the annual Ursid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the Ursids to peak on Dec. 22nd with 8 to 10 meteors per hour flying out of the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper) not far from the ( Read more... )

Ursula, in collusion with the squirrels, alerted me this afternoon that amounts of black oil sunflower seed and corn in various feeders had reached "low". We're in the middle of a deep freeze here, and as it is my job to address all shortages on this little patch of earth, I knew it was time. So I dutifully bundled up from head to toe and went ( Read more... )

This story from the Press-Telegram involving a contract technician working on the doors for a hangar housing the Long Beach California police department helicopters, and a mishap triggering the release of enough fire retardant foam to fill the hangar to a depth of thirty feet. Text, video, and slide show with pictures ( Read more... )

AeroGrow International expanded their product line a lot this year, and now have units that fit into corners and on desks and even a unit that might appeal to kids, as well as the conventional 7 pod unit with taller arms so people can grow things that really climb, like peppers and cherry tomatoes.

Here's a link to AeroGrow's Web-Only Special ( Read more... )

Your Spiritual Number is Six


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Thanks to normaltrouble for sharing this one:


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Very interesting patterns. Some of them leave me feeling quite good. Some of them, not so good. Like all weather, it changes ( Read more... )

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