I find myself musing about what was and what may have been as I hit the big double nickle. Simon and Garfunkel were two of my favorites. From the release of the Graduate on, I…

Space may be the final frontier, but scientists who recently discovered a hidden forest in Mozambique show the uncharted can still be under our noses. BirdLife were part of a team of scientists who used…

Image via Wikipedia It seems this story was inevitable… ROSENBERG, TX — A trip out for a free breakfast at Denny’s took a big bite out of the wallets of several people in Rosenberg on…

High compensation doesn’t attract the very best. It attracts the greediest. via Letters – Wall St. Bonuses – Enough Is Enough – NYTimes.com. Why is this the first time I’ve ever seen anyone say this?…

Thunderstorms and hail, oh my..The first of February and the temperature is flirting with the 70’s. My apple trees still have their leaves.. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Sunny days, cold clear nights…Down around freezing and up into the 60’s .Winter is beginning to mess with my head…And not in a good way. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

In times of economic crisis, where do we draw the line on funding cuts? Food safety? Drug Safety? Highway Safety? If we can cut funding when the economy is good, what are we going to…

And the “good” news just keeps coming in. At what point do we stop putting so much trust in corporations to do the “right” thing…Not just the profitable thing? In one of the largest food…

Days of summer followed by a day of winter followed by another round. The pollen count is crazy too. It will stuff up your nose. Sniff-sniff # Wispy, smoke-like streamers of pink streak the evening…

Currently (on Tue 5:53AM CST from Pearland Regional Airport) Mist Temp: 66° Dewpoint: 66° Wind: S 9 MPH This is what greated me this morning when I woke up. According to the forcast it’s going to…

With the morning sun, my ideal summer weather returned. Winds from the gulf have brought the mid 70s today. Weather on the Texas Gulf Coast. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

I have been spending a lot of my online time updating my websites, trying to figure out a use to make of twitter, and trying (and failing) to catch up on my photoblog. Tied for…

Winters return, though anticipated, is not appreciated. Both yesterday and today, dull and dreary after what seems like weeks of spring sun. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

I watched and listened to this as it was given on Tuesday. It wasn’t until today that I actually read it…I find myself even more encouraged than I was with the first hearing. I foresee…

From the web… That’s CalTech engineer David Rutledge, who spoke to EarthSky at a recent science meeting. He said governments around the world have overestimated coal reserves or, the amount of coal still available for…

In the news… More than 125 products have been recalled in a salmonella-and-peanuts investigation that keeps getting bigger, federal health officials said Wednesday. The list ranges from goodies like cookies and ice cream to energy…

Andy Griffin writes a great post from the experience of a farmer. If you haven’t visited The Ladybug Letter, you should… “What’s your ‘Plan B’?” a radio reporter asked business school students the other day….

Blue skies keep drawing me away from the monitor. Daytime highs in the 70’s keep me out in the sun. Until winter returns, I’ll enjoy summer. # Pretty simple, funny how it’s so hard…The Socratic…

“This is an excellent illustration of an ingredient-driven outbreak,” said Dr. Robert Tauxe, who oversees foodborne illness investigations for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far, more than 470 people have gotten sick…

The naked trees to my west glow pink in the light of the rising sun, those to the north have the vividness seen only at either end of a day. # Good site on how…

       Why you should listen to him: Few writers approach their subjects with the rigor, passion and perspective that’s typical of Michael Pollan. Whereas most humans think we are Darwin’s most accomplished species,…

In case a snake ever comes in the office If you want to know the truth, I never sit down at this desk to write a sentence without a bottle of whiskey within my reach….

Sunrise through fog, clear skys above…The sun rises on one side, the moon sinks on the other. We start out in winter and warm into spring. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

“Creative Consultant for the upcoming Stargate: Universe ” http://bit.ly/hMhl Way to go Scalzi… # If I could just convince my wife…”Simplify Your Space” http://bit.ly/hoTQ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Wandering down my Google Reader list today led me to Seth Godin’s Blog and his muse on Newspapers…Go check it out… I worry about the quality of a democracy when the the state government or…

Health officials are urging nursing homes, hospitals, schools and restaurants to throw away containers of peanut butter that have been linked to the 43-state salmonella outbreak. The peanut butter, manufactured by Lynchburg-based Peanut Corp. of…

Nice service for tweeting from a web page http://bigtweet.com/ # Cooking for Pollan! Yikes! http://bit.ly/62X6 The man continues to amaze. Too bad he didn’t want the government job. # I’m back to following Dave Winer…again….

There is something beautiful about naked tree limbs against a pure crystal blue sky. Take the time to contemplate the view today. It’s life. # One of my favorite short life lesson sites…Try this: http://tinyurl.com/5nqbah…

Mark Bittman at TED Why you should listen to him: Although Mark Bittman never formally trained as a chef, his pursuits as a curious and tenacious foodie have made him a casual culinary master. His…

The day is over half gone and I haven’t really moved. Other than throwing together breakfast and rocking a baby through a nap nothing doing. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

In my daily walks with our dogs I travel a route through the woods behind our house along a pipeline right of way then along Mustang Bayou to anther pipeline right of way and back…

The Power of Less Video from Leo Babauta on Vimeo.

While I was do my house-husband duty folding laundry I started to muse on the condition of some of our towels…You know you’ve been married a while when you hold up a towel and can…

When I went walking yesterday with the dogs I sat down for a while on the grass by the bayou. I kicked of the shoes and pulled of the shirt I was wearing and soaked…

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you were dazzled? When was the last time you lay down on a block of granite and fell asleep beneath the sky? Our few remaining pockets of unconnected, unwired time—walks,…

Image via CrunchBase You can’t be on Twitter or FriendFeed and not be inundated with comments from and about Scoble. I don’t know how he does it, but it’s really annoying. I find myself relaxing…

Wow, am I relieved to see you. Wasn’t sure anyone would find me at my new address (or recognize me from NPR circa 1979). And having come out today as a casuality of the recession…

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 61° F | 45° F 61° F | 56° F 76° F | 61° F 72° F | 58° F 70° F | 52° F It seems that 2008 is…

Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature’s important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance. “Nature Deficit Disorder”. Now there is a public…

According to Rob, I must have jumped the gun on his prediction for my horoscope. Aquarius Horoscope for week of December 25, 2008 Imagine you’re driving down a very wide highway that’s 50 lanes across…

FAR, far above the earth, the goddess of winter storms discovered mealy moths in her flour. Lifting the enormous bag, she staggered out of her cloud home and hurled the whole thing into the black…

From Coffee Muses A fifty year old Christmas Card greeting being sent from my family one more time just as it was in 1958. Merry Christmas all… I’ll be doing the family bit for the…

The MSM is full these days of stories of the demise of the MSM. Having argued continuously for limits in the ownership of news organizations I feel that a lot of these failings can be…

Sherry and I were in the car this morning heading to the grocery store for the weekly shopping and listening the Christmas music on the radio. I started thinking about what our children and grandchildren…

This is an amazing story…

Image by winzu via Flickr To get past the better half. WINEDALE — OK, I believe it. They’ve got me convinced. Here at the old country house in Washington County, winter has come to the…

The deepening recession has eroded the financial standing and optimism of a broad swath of Americans, nearly two-thirds of whom say that they have been hurt by the downturn and that the country has slipped…

Back last month as I began to think about what I was going to do with myself I wrote on a list that I was going to watch a video a day from the TEDtalks…