Like Stepping Off a Cliff
So has winter suddenly arrived in mid-central Kansas. After weeks of unseasonably warm weather, (we’ve been tracking Bristol, UK and San Jose, CA temps within 10 degrees day and night), winter weather has … Read more
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Brian’s Fish World
This weekend marked the closing of one chapter of our lives as we continue preparations to move back to Lindsborg. We took down all of our fish tanks, and like they’ve been for … Read more
Night Sky Live
Night Sky Live is an interesting website that chronicles the efforts of a group whose goal "is to create a useful continuous record of the night sky". The worldwide system is built around … Read more
Is it Mimas or the Death Star
The Cassini spacecraft has been returning wonderful photos of Saturn and its rings all summer, but this image of Mimas, one of the moons of Saturn, really caught my eye. The crater that … Read more
Cabela’s Catalogs
A recent entry by ZulyZu reminded me of a fantastic catalog I saw while staying with my brother. Called something like the Cabela’s Master Product Catalog, it’s 500+ pages of outdoor equipment the … Read more
Nano-flowers
According to this BBC report, the objects shown below are only 5 millionths of an inch in size and are “grown” using advanced semiconductor techniques. (See the referenced article for more technical details.) … Read more
The Door in the Wall
Thanks to a recent posting by Accordion Guy, I had the great fortune to read what has quickly become one of my favorite short stories. The Door in the Wall is a very … Read more
Wyrex Unearthed
Wyrex, a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, is being excavated in an undisclosed location in Montana. Unique to this dig is the fact that the entire process is being documented via the web. The dig’s … Read more
Back on the Air
Just a quick note to mention that mike-sheryl.com is back on the air after a brief outage. Unfortunately, dotster never replied to any of my customer support queries so I don’t know if … Read more
Frozen Ship, On the Water
Dramatic pictures of the Coast Guard ship Sir William Alexander during a search for a missing fishing boat in the Bay of Fundy. The ice buildup is incredible, and it’s quite an effort … Read more