From the Daily Dish.  Guitar Hero for the classically inclined.

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Flew up to Willow Airport for an afternoon.  Went flying mainly because I hadn't been in the plane for over a month. Flight up was completely uneventful.  Flight back  was nearly uneventful, except for the part where both of my main GPSs crapped out at the same time for five minutes.  Both came back at nearly the same time, too. No one I've talked ( Read more... )

To celebrate the start of same-sex marriage in Vermont, Ben and Jerry's is temporarily renaming "Chubby Hubby" to "Hubby Hubby".  Really.  This promotion lasts through September.

I'm not sure if the pints are only available in Vermont or if they're going to be available nationwide.  And ChHubby Hubby is one of my favorite flavors.

Nice video from Ireland.

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Some truly wonderful videos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumofanimalperspectives/

Stick a small camer onto the top of an animal and see the world from the animal's viewpoint.  Want to watch a wolf chasing snake? A cow licking its rear? It's all there.

From The Daily Dish. Worst TV Reenactment. Ever.

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A couple of weeks ago, I got rear-ended by a driver who was checking her text messages. No serious damage to me or my car, but the rear bumper cover on my Prius had to be replaced ( Read more... )

On June 6, 1982, I was busy scuba diving in Eilat, at the very southernmost tip of Israel.  Unbeknownst to me at the time, Israel was beginning its invasion of Southern Lebanon. In fact, I was so far removed from the fighting that I didn't even know anything was happening until I returned to Rechovot (near Tel Aviv) several days later.  When I ( Read more... )

At last, something useful to come out of Ottawa. What to do--proved by science!--if attacked by zombies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206280.stm

To quote the BBC article:

In their study, the researchers from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University (also in Ottawa) posed a question: If there was to be a battle between ( Read more... )

Mark and I are completing the last of our trips to Ashland. Usually we make two trips a year, but we ended up making an extra to see one of the plays again:

Here are my pocket reviews. Check out  ozdachs for longer reviews of some of these plays.

Equivocation: Mark and I made a special trip to Ashland to see this play again.  It was even better the second ( Read more... )