He spent all yesterday writing an entry about the hunting wasps who’ve been setting up housekeeping in our upstairs bathroom. He thinks he’s going to post this on my weblog.
Bwaaaahahahahahaaaaa. 
Watch this space and I’ll have the address for his new LJ for everybody as soon as it’s ready. (About a zillion comments would be appreciated, guys: he needs to realize that blogging is a Good Thing.)
(Other than in the usual context of the epic battle of good against evil, etc etc.) Flash required….
Now playing: Bill Whelan – Andalucia
Some nice stuff here:
Cosmotions: timelapse photo animations of the real cosmos
Now playing: Leech – Studer- Van Dam. Dir: Plasson – “Ainsi que la brise légère”
(And so appropriate for the day after we’ve returned from a week away from home…)
(It just keeps cycling, BTW: there’s no way to pause it.)
If I started detailing the number of hardware, software and lifeware glitches I’ve suffered through in the last two weeks, I’d be here all day…and I have a lot of things to catch up on right now: so never mind. …Anyway, just a note to those of you who’re The Big Meow subscribers and may not have seen a mail from me yet: Chapter Four is finally in place (and incidentally about twice the length of previous chapters).
Please use your Chapter Three login info: the chapter 3 gateway page has the links to Chapter Four. If you’ve misplaced your login info (I’ve had mails from a few of you about this), just mail me with the word ACCESS in the subject line and I’ll remail you what you need.
The disruptions of the last couple weeks have meant that the turn-in dates for the next few chapters are going to have to be revamped with an eye to making up the lost time. Please keep an eye on the Big Meow weblog for details of the dates.
Thanks!
Apologies to everyone again. The work-related thing that occupied the middle of last week suddenly (after having apparently been put to bed) reared its ugly head once more early on Friday, and had to be dealt with all over again until late yesterday evening. I’m finishing work now on ch. 4; it should go up late tomorrow night.
(argh) Sorry about that.
For those who’re interested, another challenge grant has just gone up. A kindly donor has pledged $400 toward the completion of the Big Meow project…if subscribers / donors match it.
The last challenge was completed in something like three hours. Let’s see how long this one takes… (And to all of you who’ve already subscribed or donated, thanks again. Chapter Two of the book is running to schedule and — assuming that we hit this chapter’s subscription “break-even point” on time — will be available to the subscribers on April 3.)
My favorite article from the Times this morning…
A free society survives partly because the powerful are mocked, and their pretensions undermined. Religions, which guard their own illusions carefully, are particularly ripe for satire. And they should be…
Orwell once remarked that one reason fascism never took off in Britain was because the sight of a goose-stepping soldier would prompt your average Englishman to giggle. Someone is now silencing the giggles. And our world is a lot creepier because of it.
Tags: cartoons, South Park