Seems like many kittehs and puppies have gone on to the great beyond lately. We can only hope that they'll join Maxx on his great adventure in the cosmos.
I miss you buddy.
Friday, June 20, 2008
memorial lion kitty maxx
Seems like many kittehs and puppies have gone on to the great beyond lately. We can only hope that they'll join Maxx on his great adventure in the cosmos.
I miss you buddy.
Celebrate the Solstice
Simply beautiful. Photo Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis
From NASA's Atronomy Picture of the Day
Today's solstice marks the northernmost point of the Sun's annual motion through planet Earth's sky and the astronomical beginning of the northern hemisphere's summer. But only two days ago, the Full Moon nearest the solstice rose close to the ecliptic plane opposite the Sun, near its southernmost point for the year. Astronomer Anthony Ayiomamitis recorded this dramatic picture of the solstice Full Moon rising above Cape Sounion, Greece. The twenty-four hundred year old Temple of Poseidon lies in the foreground, also visible to sailors on the Aegean Sea. In this well-planned single exposure, a telescopic lens makes the Moon loom large, but even without optical aid casual skygazers often find the Full Moon looking astonishingly large when seen near the horizon. That powerful visual effect is known as the Moon Illusion.My most vivid memory of the moon illusion is from a serene summer evening in 1967. We lived in northern California, back during the days when kids still went out to play. And on pleasant summer nights, the thing we hated most was the sound of our mothers calling us in for the night. This particular night was different though... it was so balmy and bright, that even the parents seemed to be out in the neighborhood, chatting up their neighbors and futzing about with a highball glass in their hands (it was the 60's ya know). When the moon rose that evening, it hung on the horizon like a giant world about to crash to the earth. It looked so close I felt I could run to the end of the street and touch it. It was magical.
It happened 40 years ago and I can remember it like yesterday. I've never seen anything remotely close to it since. How about you guys? Any great moon stories?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Kitteh teevee
Nom nom nom nom nom nom.
Photos taken through my window under supervision of teh plushygurlz.
Sleepy plushies
Admire mah supreem plushitude.
A tummy closeup.
Maddie likes to nap in the half pipe too. Tho she doesn't exact fit any more. I can hear Athenae going "EEEEEEEEEEEEP!!" all the way from Chicago.
Lightning!!
I lurves me some lightning. Well, I can't get the video to embed. So take my word for it and click on the link and watch the video.
Awesome lightning storm.
Via Dark Roasted Blend
Awesome lightning storm.
Via Dark Roasted Blend
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Why Simon Schama...
...is my favorite historian. From todays Froomkin:
For those plushyphiles unfamiliar with Schama's work, Amazon.com has quite a selection. My favorite is Citizens, Schama's hugely entertaining work on the French Revolution, released the year of the French Bicentennial.
For you Anglophiles who saw part or all of the BBC's series, "The History of Britain," Schama was the narrator as well as the author of an exhaustive three-book series to accompany the television production. And when I say "exhaustive," I mean it. He starts at 3500 B.C. and covers everything up to the modern day. Not to worry though, Schama's volumes read like fine novels. His flair for story telling would make most novelists cry with envy.
British Web site The First Post reports: "George Bush's valedictory dinner at Downing Street last night was attended by a bevy of distinguished British historians, leading some to believe the president is looking to recruit a ghost writer for a book he is planning. Among those who joined him were Churchill's biographer Martin Gilbert, Niall Fergusson, David Cannadine, Andrew Roberts and Simon Schama. The latter is unlikely to receive a request to help him with the book - expected to promote his freedom agenda and also explain why he took America to war in Iraq -- given that he is on record as saying Bush is 'an absolute [expletive] catastrophe'. My emphasis added.Nuff said.
For those plushyphiles unfamiliar with Schama's work, Amazon.com has quite a selection. My favorite is Citizens, Schama's hugely entertaining work on the French Revolution, released the year of the French Bicentennial.
For you Anglophiles who saw part or all of the BBC's series, "The History of Britain," Schama was the narrator as well as the author of an exhaustive three-book series to accompany the television production. And when I say "exhaustive," I mean it. He starts at 3500 B.C. and covers everything up to the modern day. Not to worry though, Schama's volumes read like fine novels. His flair for story telling would make most novelists cry with envy.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Sunday plushies
Wut? noes, I wuz not clawing on teh drapes. Muches.
Oh, birdies! I getz U sumdai
Feathers!!
Halloooo!!
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