the best tornado photos ever

Thanks to Maggie for sharing these links:
1. Twister from another dimension.
2. Blue doom.
3. Monster from tornado Hades.
They are from a book, Adventures in Tornado Alley.

the new pantheon

The two six-month-old sisters pictured here are new residents at our house thanks to Forgotten Felines.

please attend to these links before it’s too late

Gay scientists isolate Christian gene
Fry and the Robot Devil
Campus Crusade for Cthulhu

seventh cat barked

Tucker has gone to meet Jesus H. Cat in the fluffy feline clouds of eternity. He spent 17-1/2 years pawing around on planet Earth–an exceedingly gentle companion, though sometimes jealous. We called him The Duke of Hurl, the Friskies Processing Unit, and the Tuckster. He survived two run-ins with cars but couldn’t beat the [...]

the expelled from “expelled” story

It’s all over the blogosphere, but a story worth repeating, in case any of my two or three readers missed it. As you may know, there is a new movie about to be released called Expelled. It’s made by creationists and tries to make a free speech case in favor of teaching creationism in schools–presumably [...]

the frank herbert diet

I eat too much for my sedentary lifestyle. Thinking about my inability to eat moderately, I remembered a scene from the novel, Dune. The young hero was given a test that would supposedly determine whether he deserved to be called a human. A nasty woman held a poisoned needle to his neck. His hand was [...]

goodbye arthur clarke

He was one of the first science fiction authors I ever read. I joined the venerable Science Fiction Book Club several times in junior high school and high school. Every time you quit the book club, they’d ask you to rejoin and give you several books for a penny each as an introductory offer. The [...]

people laying around in dirt

The acronymn is P.L.A.I.D., which was the name of a band in the documentary, “Girls Rock! ” The film follows four kids in a Portland rock and roll camp for girls. There are many high-pitched screams, a few fights, numerous funny moments, some serious self-appraisals, and lots of raw creative power. The girls have five [...]