A View from the Beach

  As always, I thank Wombat-Socho for his links in The Other McCain's weekly collection of Rule 5 posts " Rule 5 Monday: Apoca...

I know, I know, everyone else posted it; why shouldn't I?

Twas the day before Christmas and down on the beach The ships were still sailing, well out of reach The fossils were strewn on the beach a...

Much like overeating at Christmas time, you'll be paying it back by dieting later this year. Under the terms negotiated by Congress, th...

Actress Amy Adams is the subject of this week's Rule 5 post. Born in Italy to American Mormon parents in 1974, Amy was the 4th of 7 chi...

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After yesterday's cloudy skies we had a rainstorm last night, including a few flashes of lightning and some thunder.  As often happens, ...

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It's the best explanation I've seen; maybe just because I stayed to watch the whole thing: Yes, she starred in a post down the p...

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Junior, don't touch the human; you might catch something.

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Faced with the possibility of handing over the whole country, nukes, ginormous military apparatus and a serious starvation problem over to t...

We went down to the beach around 9:30 this morning.  It was partly cloudy, about 50 F and almost windless.  Looking north here, across the h...