…most likely because it’s spring, and beekeepers are starting to discover empty hives…
“Crops — and our wallets — may get stung by bee problems”
(Funny how we don’t notice till it’s our wallets that get stung.)

About one-third of U.S. food depends on animal-borne pollination, and 80% of that is conducted by commercial honey bees. Among the […]

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From a poster called “HumanEnhancement” at AintItCoolNews.com:
Peter David… royally screwed up those “Star Trek” novels he wrote, much like his wife Diane Duane.
(snort) (ROTFL)
Peter was amused. …So was I.
(And I’ll be even more amused after I get all this tea cleaned out of the keyboard.)
Technorati Tags: Peter David, Peter Morwood, Diane […]

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Revived Ninja Turtles Defeat Spartans At Thermopylae

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Folks,

The two Peter Morwood “Horse Lords” prequels, The Clan Wars, Book One: Greylady and The Clan Wars, Book Two: Widowmaker, are now both available to be ordered online in print and e-book versions. These novels are set during the foundation of the land of Alba by the ancestors of Aldric Talvalin, and delve into the genesis of […]

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Normally I stay out of the political mode online, but there are days that make even me willing to break over for a few moments.

I look at this picture and I really, really keep expecting to hear –
ROD SERLING (V.O.)
Imagine if you will…
What a day.

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Just in passing:
Hand-painted truffle bars
The tea stick (such a clever thing, I’m just in love with it)
Chocolate deities (including the Galactic Butterfly, Our Lady of Willendorf, and Hotei the Immortal)
The 100% ChocoCafe
…And for those of you who’ve noticed that the EU is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome this weekend:
The 54 […]

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Possibly my favorite of the Amstel ads that have been airing for a while. (This one was shot in 16:9, so you may find it looking a little squeezed. Sorry about that.)
Before the Flood…
(A few dialogue / dialect notes:
“I’m waitin’ on yer man”: “Yer man” used colloquially is “That fella/guy,” “this/that person here/over […]

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…A different take on the concept. (Click on the image for a larger version)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everybody!

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I roared. An oldie-but-goodie from The Onion:

“Mary Gaughan, my mother’s father’s mother’s mother, was from a tiny village called Ballydesmond,” said the brown-eyed, brown-haired Kroeger, who is half German, one-quarter Swedish, one-eighth Dutch, one-sixteenth Belgian, and one-sixteenth Irish. “She married a sailor who was traveling from Rotterdam to America, and they settled in Milwaukee. […]

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Damp-squid declaration by Hagel sums up Republican woes
(snort)
 

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Just gorgeous. (Click here for the article.) Look at those dust storms!

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Whatever else may be going on around here at the moment, there’s one event that I have to mention.
Twenty years ago, Peter and I were married.
If the past twenty have been anything to go by…the next twenty are going to be a blast.
Happy anniversary, sweetie!

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