Anhinga anhinga

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/28/when-your-news-comes-from-nerd.html

'It takes a while watching TWC before you realize that they are such weather nerds that they sometimes tend to see things from the storm's point of view. They talk about the shape of the storm as beautiful, or "great," or "improving," and what they mean is that the storm is thriving. It's along the lines of, "This storm is looking great. Your lawn furniture? Not so much."'

(also http://boingboing.net/2012/10/28/eastern-us-hunkers-down-for.html )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJnn-wMPU9w

Маленькие зелёные человечки среди нас..

( references )

вот какой:
http://www.youtube.com/v/K9GOJt5mRIg

(via http://ivanov-petrov.livejournal.com/595638.html et al.)

Lawrence Livermore defends itself with... six-barrel Gatling guns!

I am sure the Level 4 biolab to be built right in the middle of Boston can use some Gatling guns too...

Newtonmas is a secular holiday celebrated on December 25 in honor of Sir Isaac Newton's birthday. It is celebrated with an apple tree.

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Speaking of the relationship between society and religion, has anyone tried to get an official recognition of atheism as a religion (especially in America)?

( more on religion in America )

(from http://www.grandgood.com/2005/07/man-behind-infamous-and-ubiquitous.html)

( more borf )

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/national/06island.html

"In Springfield, few people seem to venture onto the Island Pond island; some residents say they worry about falling through its spongy surface. But it teems with birds and amphibians, and there is even rumored to be a turtle the size of a bear, nicknamed Big Ben, that ostensibly feasts on ducks, geese and anything else it can snap up.

The island is kleptomaniacal, scooping up baseballs and tennis balls from the high school on its banks, and it gives safe harbor to some marijuana plants that have blossomed into a sizable patch."

Тигр! О тигр! Пылает пламя
В чащах черными ночами( *** )

_rowan_tree_ говорит, что программистов тоже надо так учить... для поднятия боевого духа!

"What The Hack" in Holland now.

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