Hogan's Heroes

Ivan Dixon recently passed away. Ivan played Sgt. James Kinchloe in the 1960's tv comedy "Hogan's Heroes".



Rest in Peace.

Simon's Cat

This is Just like my cat. Trampies. Anyone who has a cat needs to see this video. I found it on Youtube.

Mummified Dinosaur!

In 1999 a mummified dinosaur was found in North Dakota. Over these past couple of years scientist have been extracting the mummified Edmontosaurus from the rock in which it is enclosed. The fossil has been nick named Dakota.

Dakota is about 30 feet from nose to tail. It is one of 4 mummified dinosaurs that have ever been found. Of the 4 Dakota has the most, and best preserved skin. This discovery has really helped scientist explore the question: "what did dinosaurs look like?"



I am very excited about this discovery. Dakota will be put on public display for the first time this summer. Road trip anyone?

National Geographic has been funding this excavation.

Banana

You may or may not remember, but a little while ago I read a book called "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World." Apparently I was ahead of the curb with this book, as last Sunday the New York Times featured it in their weekly book review. Today, when searching for the review online I found Dan Koeppel's official blog/website for his book. It has some interesting stuff. Everything from science to the connection between Keira Knightley and our market banana.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Although I will not be able to celebrate, since I will be at work or in class until 11p.m. I wish everyone else a Happy St. Patty's day!

Indonesian Bird

Indonesian bird newly discovered by scientists.

The Togian white-eye was first spotted by scientist in 1996. Recently the scientific community has recognized it as a "new species". I found the use of the word "new" to be very interesting. The bird has been there for a long time. It's not like one day in 2006 the sun rose and POOF there was a new green bird that had never existed before. The species has been there for a long time, however scientist have adopted a "new to me" kind of attitude when it comes to scientific discoveries. While I agree that it is very cool to find something that no one has seen or understood before, it doesn't mean the thing didn't exist. Gravity was always there, Newton just recognized it as an entity and gave it a name. Ok, so that may be stretching it a bit, but the concept is the same. instead of saying things like "the new Togian white-eye" how about we just say "the Togian white-eye". Or we need a word to describe something that is "new to me" but not really new at all. Does anyone know if there is a word for that?

The Power of a Good Shirt

Recently I went clothing shopping. This is usually a bad thing as I never return with the item I intended to buy, and all the items I did not intend to buy. This time I went shopping for new jeans. I had worn a whole through my old ones (they had lasted me 3+ years).

When I got to the store I discovered the worst thing possible... J.C. Penny was having a sale. I know most would see a sale as a good thing, but it's really not. It just means I'm going to buy more items that I don't need.

I restrained myself.

Be Proud.

I only bought 3 pants, 2 shirts, 4 sweaters and a jacket. (Yes I used the word only to describe 10 items) If you had seen the amount of items I tried on you would understand that I used great restraint.

And to top it off it was all under the amount I allow myself for impromptu shopping sprees!

Anyways, the shopping wasn't really the point of this post. The point is a new, stylish shirt can bring light to the cloudiest day. Wearing my new shirt to work today has made me feel more confident than what I would feel in a shirt I've worn to work several times before. It probably helps that it's pink!

So my advise, If you stuck in a rut, go buy a new shirt, preferably pink. (Yes, this even applies to guys.)

Babies R' Us

Awe she's so cute

Isn't he precious

Awe do you have a boo boo on your tuddly tush

Ok so that last one might not be as common, but these are all things you hear when a baby or toddler enters a room. It seems like women just melt over these tiny, miniature versions of themselves. The lose all semblance of maturity, and start talking gibberish. I mean what does "Gha Ha" mean anyways? It certainly is not in any oxford dictionary I ever saw. I have never felt the desire to coo and cuddle a baby. It was a learning experience to be with my niece and nephews during this phase of their life. I was very happy when they became old enough to play tag.

This is the age I love. Their youthful endurance is inspiring. When they smile because their having fun playing with their aunt makes is far more understandable and rewarding then when they smile cause they just flashed their belly.

I do like babies. They are cute, usually, and pretty simple. Food, Sleep, Poop, Food. That's a life I understand. Simple. Clear. What I don't understand is the reaction of most women to their presence. My reaction is to hold them, tickle them, but funny faces and high pitch voices are not natural for me. Maybe this would change if I had a kid, but I can't imagine that.