I had my house cleaned today – a little luxury to help me start off the year right. The lady who cleaned piled all the pillows on my bed. Even the pillows that I’d meant to throw out ages ago because they don’t go with the newish bedspread. This seems …
For years, the lights on 37th Street in Austin have been legendary. I’ve visited many times. I heard on the news last night that the fellow who started them is moving out of town and that this would be his last Christmas on 37th Street. So, I paid them a …
A picture and story that might rival the baby panda for cuteness. Might.
As soon as he was placed in his enclosure, the orphaned youngster immediately ran to the giant tortoise also housed in that space. The tortoise, named Mzee (Swahili for “old man”) and estimated to be between
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This little gem has now produced one of my favorite CNN caption/crawl quotes ever:
Some analysts say it’s been a rough year for Pres. Bush.
Ya think? Do you have to be an “analyst” to figure that out?
So, it’s Christmas eve, I’ve come back from opening presents at my mom’s, I just finished the ridiculously difficult puzzle my aunt gave me for Christmas, and I’m relaxing, watching TiVo and eating Christmas cookies. What’s that smell? Oh my god; that smells awful. Mishka! Get your tail out …
Eeeee! I love the first bit. Mom goes strolling by – ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump. And then comes junior – plinkity, plinkity, plinkity – with a wonderful little bounce in his step
Just how sick do you have to be to want to nab a baby penguin from a zoo?
Zoo manager Kath Bright said the bird, who was taken from a compound where he lived with his parents and four other penguins, would probably die of malnutrition if not urgently returned.
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I just got back from yet another trip to NY to watch yet another finale of The Amazing Race. I also spent some time wondering around Central Park and going to see the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.
Scientists Find A DNA Change That Accounts For White Skin
The work suggests that the skin-whitening mutation occurred by chance in a single individual after the first human exodus from Africa, when all people were brown-skinned. That person’s offspring apparently thrived as humans moved northward into what is now
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Do Americans and Brits smile differently? According to this article they do.
