Beetles

I suppose it had to happen, the creationists have created their own version of wikipedia: www.creationwiki.org. After spending some time reading about what the creationists think of dinosaurs, I clicked the "random article" button, to find the page about beetles. The page starts very similarly to how I presume the wikipedia entry goes. Until the following sentence: "The beetle was created on the 6th day of Creation along with the other land animals and man."

The reference being, The Bible.

Hazy cosmic jazz

The lake looks absolutely gorgeous today. And I'm really itching to go sailing... bring on the summer!

Mail

I do feel popular these days. I keep getting exciting letters in the post. I've been asked by United Mileage Plus to open a credit card three times since Thursday. That's once every working day. I must be a very special customer. And today I got the additional bonus of being asked to open a Chase checking account. Which I already have one of...

Creme eggs

This is rather funny. As it turns out, I brought some creme eggs back with me from the UK on my last trip. After I watched that clip, I examined them to see if they seemed smaller than usual. I am yet to be convinced, so I'm planning on buying an American one to see if there's any difference there. But as I think about all this, I noticed the GDAs on the back of the packet. Apparantley one creme egg contains 28.2% of your guideline daily amount of sugar. So if they have indeed shrunk, how much did they contain before?

WTF?

I know I rant on far too much about the weather, but seriously, a snowstorm, in mid-April?? What the hell is wrong with this town?

Two things

Two little known (at least, they were to me) facts:

1. American FM radio stations only exist with odd first decimal places.

2. A US fluid ounce is different to an Imperial fluid ounce. The result of this is that an American pint isn't quite as small as you think it is. Which is nice.

Idaho

It's a long way to Idaho. But it was worth it...

Roads:

Mountains:

Skiing:

Sleding:

Igloo building: