My Patronus

I took one of those online quizes based upon the “Harry Potter” books. The quiz was supposed to tell me what my Patronus would be. Result = Rhinoceros! I didn’t know that was even a possibility.

Planning Equivalence Factor

Weddings require approximately the same amount of planning as invasions of France.

Silent Monks Make Joyful Noise

I thought this was very funny. I think Michael, ,wrote the introduction:

Handel’s Messiah.

The Difference Between Male and Female Brains

This is one of the most insightful comedy sketchs that I have seen.  It succinctly and accurately describes the difference between men’s and women’s’ brains.

Brains

A Lovely Interlude of Snowflakes

This link will take you to a short video, with pleasant piano accompaniment, that presents beautifuly detailed snowflakes.

Beautiful Snowflakes

The Sea of Forgetfulness

It is said that: forgiveness requires that we cast the wrong into the Sea of Forgetfulness.  I think that casting things into the Sea of Forgetfulness grows easier as we grow older.  That’s because, as we grow older, we end up standing on the beach!

Inauguration Captured by NASA Phototechnology

I thought this was just too cool.  You can pan around the image from the Capital Steps all the way out in the mall.  You can enlarge any segment.  Try this:  center the podium in the image and then hit the enlargement slider.  You’ll see President Obama, during his address, in amazing detail and clarity.  Then pick a section of the Mall and you’ll probably be able to see individual faces.  It’s amazing.  This is the photo technology that NASA has used with the Martian Rovers.

http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15374&window_height=844&window_width=1665

Birthday Girl

We celebrated Heather’s Birthday on Sunday, February 1st. It was fun.

Species Identity Confusion

I have known many dogs that seemed incapable of identifying their own species.  Of course, I was always busy confusing the hell of them.  There was even a childrens’ story about an iguana that tried being different species.  However, I had never come across a case of elephantine species confusion, until now.