WorldRider: Journey of Adventure & Discovery Allan Karl’s epic motorcycle ride came to an abrupt end in a post dated January 15th. His travelblog, stuffed with fantastic photos, has followed his journey from California up into Canada and Alaska, and down through Mexico, Central America, and South America towards Tierra del Fuego. Something went badly awry a few weeks back in Tica Tica, Bolivia, and at last report Allan was laid up in a local medical clinic with a broken leg, waiting to arrange med-evac back to the States. He just went “under” anesthesia. Way to blog the moment, Allan!…
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A check of Technorati today revealed that lots of people were talking about something called “Smoking Dutch Cleanser.” Since I missed this reference the other day, I went looking for it. Turns out Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist, had something interesting tucked behind the New York Times’ “Orange Curtain” of premium content. Not to worry, I knew someone would make it their business to part that curtain so that all could enjoy the sensation of Nevada Thunder | Blog Archive | Smoking Dutch Cleanser Vice President Dick Cheney bitterly complains that national security leaks are endangering America. Unless, of course,…
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WWDTM has a podcast now. Yayy! NPR : Podcast Directory I read about this on Adam Felber’s blog Fanatical Apathy, and it makes me happy to know that if we wanted to tackle a home repair project or take off for the day, we don’t have to miss the show.
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I wish we were doing this at Holy Moly: Chicago Tribune | Churches to mark Darwin’s birthday NEW YORK — Nearly 450 Christian churches around the country plan to celebrate the 197th birthday of Charles Darwin on Sunday with programs and sermons intended to emphasize that his theory of biological evolution is compatible with faith and that Christians have no need to choose between religion and science. “It’s to demonstrate, by Christian leaders and members of the clergy, that you don’t have to make that choice. You can have both,” said Michael Zimmerman, dean of the College of Letters and…