Crumbelievable!

Kraft has a new product called Crumbles - bits of cheese that you can sprinkle over salads, pancakes, cereal, whatever. Their TV ad makes use of EMF's "Unbelieveable," with these elegantly-adjustly lyrics:

The thing, you crave
That big cheese taste just blows you away
The thing, you crave
You're CRUMBelievable!

[insert spinning eyes graphic] Inserted!

Say hello to "Matt Eyes.gif," created by "Matt," 3rd grader at John Philip Sousa High School in Port Washington High School, NY - More 3rd grader animation here!

Your Use of the Sony Music You Buy/License

An astonishing run-down of the rights you DON'T have when you buy music published by Sony. This is stuff everyone should be aware of. Read It.

Jimmy Carter Lays It Down

Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter loves his country and wants it rescued. He pulls no punches:

IN RECENT YEARS, I have become increasingly concerned by a host of radical government policies that now threaten many basic principles espoused by all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican.
...

Read the whole thing, and use Bugmenot if you don't have a (free) LA Times login. Bravo, Jimmy!

"giant japanese spider 1"

giant japanese spider 1, originally uploaded by kelsyen.

Good Lord. I'm going to have to look up what a "giant japanese spider" really means, species-wise, but this thing's a World Champion Chelicerate.

Find the Isthmus

Pat Smacks Shrub

Pat Buchanan?:

"Thus, in March, 2003, Bush, in perhaps the greatest strategic blunder in U.S. history, invaded an Arab nation that had not attacked us, did not want war with us, and did not threaten us - to strip it of weapons we now know it did not have."

GOP imploding.

While you're enjoying your time at Human Events Online, America's Conservative Weekly, don't miss Robert Novak's column from today, Bush Deserves Blame for Tuesday's GOP Defeats:

... Eyeing the Democratic landslide in suburban northern Virginia just over the Potomac from Washington that gave Lt. Gov. Kaine the governorship, Republicans in Congress envision their own doom.

The antidote to avoid that fate is to keep as far away from President Bush as possible, a lesson underlined by the president's failed election rescue mission for former state Attorney General Kilgore

The Worm Ouroboros

Some excerpts from this marvelous book, published in 1926 by E.R.Eddison...

[at a banquet]

Now were borne round dishes of carp, pilchards, and lobsters, and thereafter store enow of meats: a fat kid roasted whole and garnished with peas on a spacious silver charger, kid pasties, plates of neats' tongues and sweetbreads, sucking rabbits in jellies, hedgehogs baked in their skins, hogs' haslets, carbonadoes, chitterlings, and dormouse pies. These and other luscious meats were borne round continually by thralls who moved silent on bare feet; and merry weaved the talk as the edge of hunger become blunted a little, and cockles of men's hearts were warmed with wine.
...
"Without controversy, there be seventeen several sorts of divels [devils, assumedly] on the Moruna," said Corsus, very loud and sudden, so that all turned to look on him; "fiery divels, divels of the air, terrestrial divels, as you may say, and water divels, and subterranean divels. Without controversy there by seven seen sorts, seventeen several sorts of hob-thrushes, and several sorts of divels, and if the humour took me I could name them all by rote."

Wondrous solemn was the heavy face of Corsus, his eyes baggy underneath and somewhat bloodshed, his pendulous cheeks, thick blubber upper-lip, and bristle gray moustachios and whiskers. He had eaten, mainly to provoke thirst, pickled olives, capers, salted almonds, anchovies, fumadoes, and pilchards fried with mustard, and now awaited the salt chine of beef to be a pillow and a resting place for new potations

You may read the full text here, if you enjoy reading books on monitors. Really quite beautiful writing.

Classic Maps

Bravo! Someone named Ian Albert has compiled an astonishing set of maps of various older video game spaces. They're really quite beautiful.

"An Undulating One, with Bumps"

The creator of the two Katamari Damacy games is leaving the industry, he says, for other pursuits.

Kick The Monkeys Out!

In case you haven't heard, there was a mixed bag of Intelligent Design news from election day.

While Kansas continued its march back through time, and helped ensure the continuing decline of its image in the nation, the world, and the business community, Dover, Pennsylvania did the right thing, and swept out of office all members of the school board that had been promoting the introduction of "Intelligent Design" as an appropriate topic for science class.

See what happens when you try to give children a shit education in Dover?

(Illustration from Answers In Genesis)

Also, if you missed it, the Vatican Put The Smack Down on Fundamentalism the other day.

Beautiful Day in Chinatown

DSCN2142.JPG, originally uploaded by cricketheron.

Beautiful golden late afternoon light today in Chinatown, on this Election Day, which for some bizarre reason I have off this year.

Full set here.

Fulton Mall and Brooklyn Bridge

DSCN1955.JPG, originally uploaded by cricketheron.

On Saturday, I walked through Fulton Mall and over the Brooklyn Bridge. Have a look.

NYC Marathon

DSCN2047.JPG, originally uploaded by cricketheron.

Sunday was the New York City Marathon, and my Favorite Day of the Year. It was my first marathon from this apartment along Lafayette, so I had all new angles to take pictures from...

You can see the whole set on flickr, including this year's running rhinos, starting here.

Playing with a spider

Playing with a spider, originally uploaded by Photo_Freak.

Really nice pattern...

"Good People Beget Good People"

This is Bill Frist's book on the Frist Geneology, called "Good People Beget Good People."

Are you joking?!

35%

CBS News announces the results of a new poll. "President Bush's job approval has reached the lowest level yet. Only 35 percent approve of the job he's doing."

(That's the ACTUAL picture montage that cbsnews.com has created)

I'm In Love with Harry Reid

What a day - and what a post-"closed session" news conference! Feisty...mmm! If you haven't seen this, please visit Crooks and Liars for the 7 minute video. The response - near the very end - to the question posed of whether he should have "consulted" with Frist first before doing this - oooh, his teeth are bared!


Bonus: Hunter, over at Daily Kos, gives an answer to the question, Harry, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...A wonderful (if perhaps a bit optimistic) rundown of the political deftness of Reid's move today.

Update: Look at this HOT PIC of Reid in action in that post-secret-session press briefing. Too good to pass up. It's now the main post image.

Ohhhhhhh, Nelly!

From the What-choo-talkin-bout-Willis? department...

nytimes:

The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized department officials yesterday for 'serious breakdowns' in procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores 15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its stores for child labor violations.

Where the hell does my "Ohhhh, Nelly!" expression come from?

Oz Rittner - Arachnida of Israel

Fantastic photography site of various insects and other creatures from Israel. The photographer's name is Oz Rittner (can someone explain to me why he signs the home page Oz Rittner, but signs his photographs Rittner Oz?), and, this being Chelicerata.Blogspot.com, I will be sending you to his page of scorpions, spider, and a few kick ass Camel Spider shots (a camel spider actually eating a scorpion!!).

Stroll in Boerum Hill

DSCN1820.JPG, originally uploaded by cricketheron.

I have a new photoset up on Flickr of a stroll around Boerum Hill. Beautiful day here in Brooklyn, and my hat is off especially to Pacific Street between Bergen and 3rd Avenue.

Enjoy!

"Ingredients"

For anyone that wonders about the contents of packaged food, there's a great story in the NYT today on a law that is being pushed by the Organic Trade Association, an industry lobbying group, to loosen the rules on what can be marked as "USDA Organic."

From what I can see, the tale appears to be:
1. Huge companies (Kraft, Kelloggs, etc) buy little "organic" or "health food" companies like Boca or Fresh Samantha.

2. Said companies find that organic produce can be too expensive sometimes.

3. They don't want to have to make it organic anymore.

Have a read.

Also, I first learned about all the purchases of the small companies (that make so many of the foods-in-packages-with-brands that I buy) from a fascinating site called Oligopoly Watch. The Business of Food is something to keep an eye on, unless you live on your own farm. On an island. Out of the jurisdiction of any country. Protected by high walls. Surrounded by a hurricane that keeps planes and helicopters away. And paratroopers.

OH My God What The Fuck is That Thing

Galeodes 2, originally uploaded by Drew Gardner.

The title is the actual words i said upon seeing this pic - this is, apparently, a "camel spider." What the...This is perhaps too much for me. Good LORD that's a frightening beast.

Unfortunately Flickr user Drew doesn't seem to have high res files up, but still - visit his site by clicking through the pic to see one other camel shot, and leave him some thank you notes for Sharing The Alien with us.

Hot Family Media Guide Action

"A man punches another man in the face; blood is visible on his face and clothing. A man accidentally snaps off the shaft of an arrow protruding from his side; he winces and groans in pain. A man kills another man by placing a sword and an axe handle on either side of a=the man’s neck; he presses them together to snaps the his spine. A man cuts another man with a sword; blood is visible on his face and clothing. A man swings his sword at a man and a horse; we can’t see the injury, but blood sprays into the air. A man slices another man’s abdomen with a sword; blood spurts from the wound and he cries out in pain. A man cuts another man with a sword; he groans in pain. A man chops off the top of another man’s head with a sword. A man reaches into a fire; the palm of his hand is bloody and blistered. A man’s clothes are on fire; he screams in pain and dies. Soldiers hang a man. A man shoves a sharp length of metal through a man’s stomach; the man falls and the blade protrudes from his back. Men shoot arrows at a group of men; blood is visible on their skin and clothing, and arrows protrude from their bodies. A man stabs another man in the neck; blood spurts from the wound. Men stab other men with swords; they cry out and groan in pain. A man stabs another man in the face and kills him. A man has a scab on his face. An injured man has blood on his face and clothing. A man removes a bandage from another man’s arm and reveals a bloody wound. A man has a cauterized burn on his hand from a previous injury. A woman looks at a mirror and sees the face of a man scarred and disfigured by leprosy. A bloody spear protrudes from a horse’s body. An injured man leans against another man and dies. A corpse has blood on its skin and clothing. Arrows protrude from a corpse. A corpse has a hole in its scarred and partially decomposed face. A corpse has bruises on its throat and its eyes are open. A city’s wooden structures burn during a siege. Stones from a catapult break through a wall. A man tears a veil from a woman’s face. A man tells a group of men, “Whoever dies here today, you will certainly be among them."

This is all from the new Family Media Guide site, in its "Violence" catalog for Kingdom of Heaven.

And these, from the Carlito's Way "Other Content" Incidents section:

Incidents:
Themes of death, destitution, illegal drug dealing, kidnapping, terror, and torture. Scenes take place in a gentlemen's club, a hospital, and a prison. Scenes contain bloody objects. Inebriation by a main character. Contact with illegal drugs. Swallowing and snorting illegal drugs. Cigarette and cigar smoking by a main character. Cigarette smoking by an adult. Fraud. Lying. Breaking and entering. Bribery. Kidnapping. Sale of illegal substances. Prostitution. Theft. Dereliction of duties. Products include: Converse, Coca Cola, Cadillac, and Buick.

Parabuthus Scorpion

Parabuthus Scorpion, originally uploaded by pongboy.

This is a beauty!

11 die in Dutch airport jail fire

This is heartbreaking.

"They were illegal aliens waiting to be extradited to their countries of origin," Immigration Service spokesman Martin Bruinsma told AP. "We are still busy trying to confirm their identities."

A prisoner told the Dutch television station NOS that guards initially did not take prisoners' warnings of a fire seriously and told them nothing was wrong.

"They didn't open the door. They kept us locked up. Our throats started hurting. We were kicking and screaming," said the detainee who was not identified.

Jeb Bush on Perspective

Dr. Jebrey Bush, Viscount of Florida, remarks on the chaos in getting supplies to those affected by Hurricane Wilma:

"People had ample time to prepare. It isn't that hard to get 72 hours worth of food and water."

Thanks, buuuuuddy!

Jumping Spider (flickr)

, originally uploaded by Amery Carlson.

Check ot the rest of Amery's shots of this guy on flickr.

The Open Library

From the site...

"The Open Library website was created by the Internet Archive to demonstrate a way that books can be represented online.

The vision is to create free web access to important book collections from around the world.

Books are scanned and then offered in an easy-to-use interface for free reading online. If they're in the public domain, the books can be downloaded, shared and printed for free."

This is just way too beautiful. Have a look

Remote Sensing & GIS

The processes of satellite imagery are a whole lot more involved and fascinating than they may seem at first.

It's not just aiming a camera at the earth - a camera several hundred kilometers up - and snapping a picture. To go a step further, it's not just a record of the visual intensity within each "pixel" of the eye of the "camera," mapped onto a pixel of the image we ultimately see.

This site, from scientist Ned Horning at the American Museum of Natural History (hmm...), is a fantastic introduction to this field - I'm working my way through the Basic Concepts sections right now. I HIGHLY recommend it, if you have half an ounce of interest in where those astonishing images you've seen come from.

More great satellite imagery places:
- European Space Agency
- NASA's Earth Observatory
- Space Imaging (commercial)

Armour

Scorpion (1), originally uploaded by adamhenning.

This is some staggering armour. I'm still awaiting a good War of the World style movie with big scorpions.

UPDATE (10/25): High-larious fact. So, a few months ago, one of my co-workers forwarded me the link to a blog of a friend-of-a-friend who was in the army and was being deployed to Iraq. For the last couple of months I have been reading his occasional posts about preparing, going through training, wondering what life would be like. A very thoughtful blog actually. Last I heard a couple of weeks ago was that he was going to be deployed to Kuwait shortly, and would write soon. So, he finally updated today, and what do I find on his blog? The scorpion picture above is his. Whaddya know?

Here's his blog. And you can see the scorpion picture in the top post (as of today).

President Bush Urges Nation | The Onion

I'm not above the occasional Onion post...

Have a look

Please, Please, Please

....Please, Lord, let me not have a child that, when he is eight, becomes enamored with a T-shirt that says:

I'm Right.
You're Wrong.
Any Questions?

...For that matter, please, Lord, let me not have a spouse that buys it for him.

(From the "seen at the American Museum of Natural History" files)

Let the Children Drink Brisk Iced Tea (updated)

(UPDATED 10/24 - See Below)

Floating just outside of my active brain a few days (week?) ago was a story about how some "industry group" had decided that it was the moral thing or something to reduce the amount of soda US children drank in school, obesity epidemic, etc. Part of of my mind partially went "heh, weird, Coca-Cola and Pepsico voluntarily deciding 'Hey, let's reduce our sales'?"...but I kind of forgot about it.

Well, that organization changed its name last year from The National Soft Drink Association to American Beverage Association, har-dee-har-har, and there's a times article about whether the "announcement" of intent actually means anything.

Oh, oh, oh - and they have that great stat in there that i recently remembered after 25 years - a 20oz bottle of soda (did they HAVE those in 1980??) contains SEVENTEEN teaspoons of sugar. Damn.

ps. Deep in the heart of McSweeney's i found a great list of "Censored Press Releases" - a rich read. Here's one: "The vegetarian trend among teens is on the rise..."

pps. I think i'm getting a bit obscure on this. The pic in this post is from Lipton's Brisk Tea site, part of some absurd push about Tea being good for you....

UPDATE 10/24: The American Beverage Association has funded a new investigation into soda and its effect on childhood obesity. The upshot? No connection. Thank GOODnes....

In actuality, the researchers are claiming complete independence. Have a peek.

Cold Lonely Bird

Detail:

This morning was cool and gray and rainy. I found this bird perched and frightened on my roof outside the kitchen. He looks like he was just cursed by a witch, and the curse made his beak grow 10-fold, and now he has trouble flying.

Rest assured, however - he flew away quite nimbly when i tried to get even closer.

Anyone know what kind of bird this is?

DeLay'd Gratification - A Chronicle

I'm going to keep a record of the flailing of DeLay as he defends his record in the face of this indictment.

10/21/05
Built by The Editors at The Poor Man Institute ("for Freedom and Democracy and All The Ponies You Can Eat"), this is a much better version the Delay-Earle banner ad. DEFINITELY Click to see the full version.


10/21/05
This is clearly from the "campaign" that built the Tom Delay "Facts" page below. It's rich. Click to see the full version.


10/17/05
GRRRRRRRRAAAHHHHYYEEEEEE!!!!
The sound of Delay freakin' out. A priceless blast of Earle attacks, complete with blood red header with a blurry sad Earle face hiding within.

...
Ronnie Earle has gone from dangerous to desperate with his latest actions of partisan injustice.
...

The Tom Delay "Facts" page.


10/14/05
I humbly submit to you a new political ad from the Free Enterprise Fund, running locally in Austin (where the case is and where Earle is from), and nationally on Fox News. Depicts Earle as an attack dog. You can watch is on their site, or link to the video right here (wmv).


9/30/05
DeLay suggests the existence of a Conspiracy Against Him between Ronnie Earle and Democrats in Washington, but Wolf Blitzer navigates his bullshit.
Streaming Quicktime

(The header for this post, incidentally, is the header from the Children's Page on DeLay's Official Website about his "deep interest" in the rights of neglected children. The page itself begins "Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has made a personal and professional commitment to reclaim the thousands of abused and neglected children who have been surrendered to the government’s custody.'

Daymare

IMAG0042, originally uploaded by Aimee20MI.

...um, huh? blblblp- wha? Oh, crap, I just had a hell of nightmare...zzzzz....

Arctic Map Vanishes, and Oil Area Expands - New York Times

Oh, come ON! You lost the fuckin map?? And the environment suffers?!

Arctic Map Vanishes, and Oil Area Expands - New York Times

Hot Trilobite Action

Trilobites available for purchase. I've never seen one loose and separate from the rock like that. What amazing beings.

Trilobites, by the way, are close relatives to Chelicerata, also in the Phylum Arthropoda. Both evolved during the Cambrian Period (540-500 million years ago), with trilobites showing up at the front end of that period, Chelicerates near the end. Heh. A mere 35 million years difference (!!).

Whip Scorpions

Scorpion, originally uploaded by magnusvk.

The march of chelicerata knowledge continues. Whip scorpions are apparently not "true scorpion," but are rather related closely to spiders. As you can see, they don't have that spiked tail, but actually spray vinegar-like acid out of their own tail.

More info here, from the pages of the The British Tarantula Society Journal. This page is actually from a fun site called Arachnophilia. As site head Martin Overton puts it, "if it has eight legs (Tarantula or Other Spider, Scorpion or Other Arachnid) or no legs (Snakes or Snails), then you will find something about it here."

They Eat Horshoe Crabs, Don't They?

Horshoe Crab, originally uploaded by The Pocket.

Chertoff, Just Admitted It

It took a month and a half for Chertoff to admit what we all knew. That it wasn't state officials and it wasn't local officials that were to blame in the Katrina catastrophe. Chertoff spoke to members of Congress on Wednesday, Oct 19.

Fall Interview

There's a pretty sizeable interview with the fall on pitchfork, plus a lot of what they call a primer. I don't know if this is the best place to learn about this Top 3 band for me (Cure and Cocteau fill it out), but it's a start. I don't actually know much about this current lineup, so that's pretty interesting to read about. That's his (new, new-ish) wife, i'm pretty sure.

Check it here.

Fall Heads Roll

The new Fall record is out, and it's fucking fantastic. It's mean, fierce, unrelenting and feels like a bookend to the last 5 years of music - just says "That may as well be, but !!!!".

I can't recommend it highly enough. If you've ever liked The Fall, Buy It Now. Chris, go now. Terrifying energy.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any location with samples fo the recordings for you...However, here's a place with a couple of recent live versions of some of the songs.

http://www.visi.com/fall/multimedia/audio.html

The songs "Youwanner" and "What About Us?" are both awesome tracks from Fall Heads Roll.

(amazon link)

Nestle SHAPES

Okay, you've got to be fuckin kidding me. Nestle has a new product called SHAPES that is sugar cookie dough, with PRE-CUT SHAPES. Saves you and your kid the time you would have been wasting choosing what cookie cutter to use and where to place it on the empty canvas. And actually pressing it down through the dough. Only from Nestle, i suppose.

Yeesh. Spend half a second on this site, and the madness starts piling up! Under Decorating Tips:

I like the part where it tells me to Write Boo on my ghost. Uh...okay. Eat cookie. Smile. Kiss mother.

I'll leave you with this, from the email signup form page:


To access your NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Halloween Cookie SHAPES coupon, simply register here to become a Very Best Baker. Registration is simple and absolutely FREE!

As a Very Best Baker you'll have the opportunity to earn Brownie Points that earn sweepstakes eligibility. It's a unique way of being rewarded for interacting with our baking community. Activities that reward points include:

- Submit Recipe Reviews for NESTLÉ Recipes and Swapped Recipes
- Swap Recipes, Tips and Baking Memories
- Participate in Surveys, Sweepstakes and Contests
- VeryBestBaking.com e-Newsletter
- Special Baking Offers


Mmmmm....Special Baking Offers. Later.

BCAT Sunday

The program list from Brooklyn Community Access Television, Sundays, covering 1:30pm to Midnight.


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Expressions of Faith
Burning Bush Ministries
Agape Speaks
Community Events
Word of Faith
You Shall Know The Truth
The Prophetic Word
Universe of Yahweh
Voice of Bethel
Faith Will Light The Way
Jah Gospel Videos
Life In Christ
Hurting Hearts
Bethany Hour
Moment of Praise
The Soul Winners TV
First Baptist Church
Voice Of Truth
King
Body and Soul Spiritual Revival
Midnight Gospel Hour
Fountain Christian Center, Inc.
Worship Service


35
Mind Body Soul Connection
Kingdom Life Christian Center
Eckankar Presents
Prayer and Praise
The Word of Salvation
Alabando Y Adorando
Maitreya
Ekklesia
Manna Church
Word of Hope
Higher Praises
Pentecost Fire
Have U Heard?
Le Chemin Du Salut
Tradition Lakaille
America Come Back To God
Inspirational Vybes
Full Effect Gospel Ministries
Triumphant Church of Jesus
Gospel Showcase
This Is Your Bible
Life In Its Poetic Form
Triumphantly Your (sic)


Now, I'm not expressing surprise that - gosh! - there are religious shows in Brooklyn on Sundays (!!?), just letting the interchangeable, mix 'n match language of these show names waaaaash over me....

Help!

Holy crap.

This full-color illustrated book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou pay half their money in taxes, take down their picture of Jesus, and serve broccoli with every glass of lemonade, the young brothers experience the downside to living in Liberaland.

(amazon description)

Broccoli?

The publisher's description:

Would you let your child read blatantly liberal stories with titles such as "King & King;" "No, George, No;" or "It's Just a Plant?"

Unless you live in Haight-Ashbury or write for the New York Times, probably not. But with the nation's libraries and classrooms filled with overtly liberal children's books advocating everything from gay marriage to marijuana use, kids everywhere are being deluged with left-wing propaganda.

Mmm mm mmm. If you visit the amazon page, don't miss out on some of the user reviews:

the point of this book is not abstraction but love and hardness--it teaches kids how to have a heart of stone, to be broken with one hard blow, as it were, to be the hero of their fathers--to be able to see fathers as heroes nowadays. because we all know what the liberals have done to fatherhood. they have made it spare, weak and immoral.

but i am a father, i have control, i have mercy, love and the belt! and with this book and the grace of Jesus so too will my chldren conform to the blessings of the Almighty in america. i wouldn't have it any other way and neither should you.

well that's it for me. god bless--and I mean that-- god bless the heck out of 'ya. and let your soul shine and burn until the black night of nothingness comes to take us all into into its soft pink fold.

hope this review helped, fellow travelers.

This book is from a group called Worlds Ahead Publishing, and this is the first book in their "Kids Ahead" series. If you visit their Books Page, don't miss the instant classic "Thank You, President Bush - Reflections on the War on Terror, Defense of the Family, and Revival of the Economy."

Already Dead

Normally I'm not gonna get on people for their different tastes, and if they want to carry a nail file and rub it on their eyeballs on the way to work, that's fine with me. But that doesn't mean i don't get startled sometimes. For example...what kind of Hopeless Desperation makes you read Who Wants to Be Me? by Regis Philbin in the subway on the way to work? Why?

Have you completely finished the rest of your queue of books? This is it? Or is it one that's been sitting on your shelf for a few months, and even though you have a bunch more ahead of it, you just can't wait anymore and have to Get To It?!

My Morning Jacket - New Album

This is the beautiful cover of the new album from My Morning Jacket, a band I'm quite fond of. I haven't bought it yet, although it's getting some good early reviews. Once I do, I'll share my own opinions. Anyone reading this heard it/bought it yet?

Update: Excellent. So much going on - i really love how many songs start with one thing and then suddenly change into a very different sound right before the verse gets going. It Beats 4 You is without doubt going to be on the Best of 2005 mix.

[iTuneslink]

Great New Horseshoe Crab Site

There's a great new Horseshoe Crab website that just went up today! What exciting times we live in. It's loaded with info, including quicktime movie of a HC larva, info about Japanese varieties of HCs (mate for life!), and really quite a bit of good information.

It's apparently a joint project between the University of Delaware Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Programs and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Walking the Tortoise

This is so adorable. I can't take it.


The whole story.
(via Boing Boing)

iTunes and National Guard

Uh...whuh?

House Approves Attack on Endangered Species List

Rep. Henry Brown Jr., R-S.C., says:

We should protect endangered species, but not at the expense of our property owners.

Oh, no, you've got to be kidding me. Can you even hear yourself? Do you know what those words mean?

From the Seattle Times.
More info at NYTimes.

(pictured: Spotted Owl - hey, at least i didn't pick a baby shot)

20 Million Year Old Spider Found

Ahh, pleasure. The spider was trapped in amber, and a couple drops of blood were also recovered. Apparently it is the first time spider blood has been found in amber, and scientists hope to be able to extract DNA. Hmm, nothing foreboding in that plan...

(via Slashdot)