Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbird (Bird Watcher’s Digest)

I was sure I linked to this last summer, but can’t find it on my site now. Praying Mantis Eats Hummingbird is about the most exciting thing I think will ever be posted on Bird Watchers’ Digest.
(via BoingBoing)

Do it the Japanese Way

This is how they do it in Japan. “It” meaning folding T-shirts, of course.
I think I found this on a certain Hominid’s site.

Odysseus’ Ithaca Found?

So it seems.
For almost 3,000 years, its location has been a mystery, but classical scholars around the world are now convinced that a British businessman and amateur archaeologist with a passion for Homer has found the island of Ithaca, home of the Greek hero Odysseus and the site of his palace.
Say thank you to Marvin [...]

Some Entertaining Polls

The Highly Esteemed Peemil links to Chase me, ladies, I’m in the cavalry, where some very amusing polls can be found. Go vote on them.
For the record, I think if I were trapped on a desert island with the Spice Girls and had to resort to cannibalism, Sporty Spice would be the first to [...]

What Would You Be If You Were An RPG Character?

On seeing the static page If I Were An RPG Game Character, I’d Be…, Shawn commented that it’d be really cool if I did one up for each other person in the office.
Well, the thing is, I have no time to do such a thing, nor do I have the inclination. But I do [...]

Charlie’s Still At It

Yes, Charlie has doggedly continued on his adventure around the edge of Australia. He’s currently working his way through searing hot desert, or so the email says. Look at this guy. This guy would cycle up a mountain if bikes were made to do that kind of work. He’d zoom past sherpas and mountain [...]

Animals in a horror world of our making - Paul Sheehan - Opinion - smh.com.au

Regular reader Mer passed on a link to this article: Animals in a horror world of our making, which deals with “Voiceless”, an Australian human-treatment-for-animals group seeking to deliver facts and implicit moral choices instead of shrill politics and condemnations common to the animal rights movement. And it also tells the story of an interesting [...]

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