Shopcat.com

"On the following pages you will find stories and pictures of all kinds of cats who work in stores, libraries, hotels, and so on."

SIMON OF SPACE

A very excellent science fiction novel presented via blog; the ending isn't even avaialble yet.

weather.com's Emergency Supply List and Emergency Plan tips

My Favorite Word

"Zephyr? Gossamer? Love? Chocolate? Wisteria? Dividend? Freedom? Sleep? Everyone has a favorite word. What's yours?"

Exploratorium -- Science Of Gardening

A very well put-together site showcasing interesting facts about gardening, facts about vegetables, and alternative gardening methods such as hydroponics, Antarctic gardens, median gardening, etc.

IBM tells employees it will pay them to quit and become teachers

"International Business Machines Corp., worried the United States is losing its competitive edge, will financially back employees who want to leave the company to become math and science teachers."

IBM tells employees it will pay them to quit and become teachers

"International Business Machines Corp., worried the United States is losing its competitive edge, will financially back employees who want to leave the company to become math and science teachers."

Power-dressing man leaves trail of destruction

"An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building. "

beedogs -- dogs in bee costumes

And you worry about squirrels in your feeder...

Handsfree Carpet Cleaner

I'd like to be the first to welcome our new robotic carpet-cleaning overlords.

lonely socks

"Here you will find the biggest known collection of lonely socks on the internet."

Talk Like A Pirate Day

September 19th is almost here!

Picture of the Day

Quote of the Day

"Unless you become more watchful in your States and check this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges, you will in the end find that the most important powers of Government have been given or bartered away, and the control of your dearest interests have been passed into the hands of these corporations."

- U.S. President Andrew Jackson, farewell address, 04 March 1837.

Quote of the Day

"America's security comes from our freedoms. For more than two centuries, we have maintained a delicate balance between freedom and the opportunity for crime. We deliberately put laws in place that hamper police investigations because we know we are more secure because of them. We know that laws regulating wiretapping, search and seizure, and interrogation make us all safer, even if they make it harder to convict criminals."

- Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, "Fingerprinting Visitors Won't Offer Security", Newsday.com, 2004-01-14.