Well, somebody at National Geographic built a camera platform that can show you.

And it’s a heck of a lot scarier than Twister. :-)

Hey, let’s make an 11-year-old girl pick up rocks for a punishment!

Unsupervised!

Near a road!

Andrew MacNeil links to a great explanation by Andy Kramek why we shouldn’t take the easy route and drop our code in the Click event.

Someone at the May 26 Serenity screening had a balloon version of our favorite Firefly-class spaceship.

…literally. Check out this site that gives biographies of various people who have appeared on US stamps.

Note: I’m listening to Wicked at the moment, and I found this site by searching for “elphaba -wicked” on Google.

A judge in an Indianapolis divorce case ruled that the mother can’t teach their son her Wiccan beliefs.

The catch?

The father can’t teach him his Wiccan beliefs either.

Thanks to Elf for the link.

At lunch time, I walked over to Costco for their $1.50 dog-and-coke special. SoDo, the area of Seattle where I work, is right near the end of the Boeing Field runways, and the new Costco is in a direct line with them. As I stood in line at the snack bar, I heard a roar from outside. Shortly afterwards, I saw the skylights flicker in a direct line from me to the other end of the store (and those of you who have been in Costco know that this is a fair distance) as the shadow of the plane passed across them.

That’s the second time in two days that I’ve had close encounters with a plane shadow. I wonder if it’s a message…

A grieving father blogs beauty.

Past Microsoft MVP Michael Giagnocavo lost his new baby daughter because his doctor told him not to be concerned that she hadn’t had any bowel movements since leaving the hospital.

Julie, you’re cruel.

$2.00 bagel, anyone?

The above link was released under a Creative Commons license by Triach Trio & Ivan Sly.

Joe Straczynski is auctioning off the actual Book of G’Kar that was used as a prop in Babylon 5.

Oh, how I wish I were a lottery winner…