A View from the Beach

EU says China, U.S. also have economic work to do In a letter addressed to all 27 European Union nations, European Commission President J...

Well look who grew up while we weren't paying attention (at least I wasn't).  Another British actress, but born in Paris in 1990 to ...

Father, sons drown in shit Maryland State Police say the bodies of a father and his two teenage sons have been recovered from a large man...

And, of course, special thanks to Wombat-Socho for including this in his weekly Rule 5 roundup, "Rule 5 Monday: Memorial Day" . ...

Skye is pretty good about not taking food off counters. Which is good because back in the old days she was fully capable of dismantling t...

What Would You Pay for Clean Water? Parts of Washington, D.C. are served by a combined system carrying both storm water and sewage. Some...

Read This: Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism if that peaks your ...

New combines advantages of transistors and vacuum tubes The new device is a cross between today’s transistors and the vacuum tubes of yes...

Sorry about missing last Friday's Monkey Dacker post, but I was otherwise engaged in Alaska.  This week's Monkey Dacker is the zooke...

Ted has a pretty good article on dogs over at his place : Dog domestication may have helped humans thrive while Neandertals declined. I...

Ann Althouse schools Fauxcahontas' (Elizabeth Warren) over claim that Scott Brown has "attacked her family": But... if you...

Artist Cooks, Serves Own Genitals At Banquet In Tokyo  I think I just lost my appetite.  And that takes a lot. Mao Sugiyama, a self-de...

Mahogany Tide Staining Chesapeake Bay, Killing Fish By Thousands Waterways like Marley Creek on Maryland’s Western Shore have been hit by ...

Tycoon offers Kelly Brook €1million to spend a night with her The 32-year-old model was recently approached by a French businessman who...

Watch out for those old guys....

Have modern sterile environments and antibiotics boosted the rate of cancer? An interesting study which suggests that occasional bouts of...

"Electricity Prices Will Necessarily Skyrocket" Last week the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a shockin...

Scientists are drawn to silly studies with potential catastrophic consequences: Light pollution transforming insect communities Street li...

Seagrasses drop sharply in Md., Va. coastal bays I reported on the results for the Chesapeake Bay proper in late March , which showed tha...

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