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Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens, part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. It's the first place I visited when I came to Pensacola, way back when, and I fell in love with it. I've been back countless times and always find something new. The park grounds have wetlands, sugar-white beaches, piney scrubland and live oak forest. The sole access road is torn up in every ( Read more... ) -
"What's up with that?"
It occurs to me for the bazillionth time that Florida is too fucking flat. No matter how beautiful the beach is, there are only so many photos one can take and still keep them interesting. For me, that number capped out at about 2 ( Read more... ) -
Take a Stand Against Light Pollution! - Observing Blog - SkyandTelescope.com
Take a Stand Against Light Pollution! - Observing Blog - SkyandTelescope.com
Now in its 8th year, Globe at Night is a worldwide star-counting exercise that you can do alone or with your family and friends. In the process, you'll be helping scientists gauge the extent of light pollution.
Update (Jan. 31): The second of this year's five Globe at ( Read more... ) -
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I have phone calls to make, emails to write, photos to process, dishes to wash, a back-log of semi-important projects -- cleaning, craft, purging, organizing, all the usual (losing) battles against entropy. Need to make a supermarket run, clear the debris out of my car, change the sheets on my bed. Should be making an effort to connect with friends ( Read more... ) -
Mentalist/TS Connection
Did you guys know that Simon Baker (the Mentalist) is married to Rebecca Rigg, a.k.a. Margaret (Jim's blind date) in the Blind Man's Bluff ep?
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Poetry should be written the way adultery is committed: on the run, on the sly, during the time not accounted for. And then you come home, as if nothing ever happened.
~ Vera Pavlova
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Become a Bat Detective for Halloween
(text of email from batdetective.org & zooniverse.org )
Happy Halloween!
For Halloween this year why not take trip through deepest, darkest Transylvania and listen for bats? Our new Bat Detective Project invites you to do just that by listening to the calls we have from Romania and the Transylvania region. Visit http://www.batdetective.org to begin ( Read more... ) -
from Lincoln Center
@ the Met tonight for ABT production of La Bayadere. Herman Cornejo is magnificent & the Kingdom of the Shades was a thrilling, touching, amazing sight I never thought I experience in person.
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