Isn't this picture tremendous? It's from The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History's 2006 Nature's Best Image Gallery.

I haven't been posting much lately, for two reasons:

1. I'm on summer vacation (I have less than a month to get sane before school starts); and
   
   
2. I'm working on a big hypertext photo-packed Italy travelogue.

But there are some things I've been meaning to share. (If you want more regular updates on my life -- and who doesn't? -- check out my ramblings at Twitter.)

Articles To Read

Thanks to my ETAN buddy Joe for sending me George Monbiot on flying.

There is, in other words, no technofix. The growth in aviation and the need to address climate change cannot be reconciled.... Given that the likely possible efficiencies are small and tend to counteract each other, an 87% cut in emissions requires not only that growth stops, but that most of the aeroplanes flying today be grounded.

Happiness! You should also check out the article I wrote on Wikipedia about Murray Energy CEO Robert E. Murray, especially the part about how he claims to have been visited by a talking squirrel.

I'm also way into a graphic novel series I just found out about, The Losers, about a rogue gang of ex-CIA agents looking for payback, political and personal. It's got great writing, superb visuals (which make it easy to decipher some of the tricky sequences -- I hate it when the artist makes these hard to figure out), and lots of good leftist propaganda. Apparently there's a movie in the works with Tim Story (Barbershop) directing and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) writing the script.

TimeWaster™

It's so hard to pick my favorite Kids in the Hall sketch. But this is definitely in my Top Ten: Never put salt in your eyes!



Today I'm listening to: Edward Scissorhands!