Some interesting stuff may come of this blog – it covers the upcoming science convention in Seattle (and it’s in my old stomping grounds, so in it goes: The Seattle Times: Scientists in Seattle
-
-
All kidding aside, this story from October, 2003 makes my blood boil: RESOURCE DAMAGE AT YELLOWSTONE’S LONE STAR GEYSER 2 geniuses in a pickup truck went off-roading in Yellowstone and did a fair amount of damage near a geyser, then obligingly told the rangers everything they needed in order to bust them. The Salt Lake Trib had more information after the incident on these two geniuses and their adventure in the wilderness – with excellent snark provided by the reporter, who implied the pair were in need of an IQ test, rather than a sobriety test. I love the part…
-
The other night, the Blogrolling.com site was down for a second, and I lost the entire sidewall of the blog for a few minutes – it was just hacked away, then mysteriously reappeared later when they came backup. It was unnerving. However, it’s working mo’ betta now. A site to check out later in more depth: Topic Exchange (yes, I probably go to Technorati too often, too)
-
Just in case my mom is ever plunked down in front of a computer and shown my “blog” and all the wacky detritus of my life that washes up in it, here’s a category just for her and the few family members that might stop by. And here’s my dad – fresh out of high school, with an unlikely thatch of hair that at the time was bright, bright red: I retouched this a bit because my aunt had all the old photos in their beautiful old hand-cut and embossed mattes, and she wrote the names of all the people…