BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ants ‘use an internal pedometer’
Torturing ants for science. Mmm. Very interesting results, though.
(tags: science)

Closing time: Harris Teeter supermarket vacates Fairfax City property
I tried to go there a couple days ago and was sad to discover it’s gone. Apparently Wegmans is (partially) to blame.
(tags: local)

I signed up for a class at NoVA starting in the fall semester. The class is “Software Design,” which I’m intending to use to launch a series of 4 classes that I’ll complete over the next two years. In the end I’ll know how to do Visual Basic.NET and ASP Server Side programming. Or at [...]

I went to Green Springs Garden Park in Alexandria this Friday. Nothing much notable to say about it. I took a bunch more of my signature close up flower photos because that is what the park had to offer.

I have not seen so many different varieties everywhere you turn since I went to the Botanical [...]

Rose water Recipes — Formulary by Snowdrift Farm
(tags: crafts gardening)

Rose Recipes
(tags: gardening recipes)

The Joy of Soup: Rose Petal Recipes
Posting for the “Grilled chicken and Rose Petal Mango Sauce”
(tags: recipes)

Rosewater Facial Toner Recipe – Rose Water Gift in a Jar
(tags: crafts gardening)

Notes and Queries in Anthropology: The End of Marriage
Makes similair points as the article I read in Reason magazine last night.
(tags: history philosophy politics)

1,049 federal rights depend on marital status
It is written from a gay rights perspective, but applies just as well to anyone who wonders what the practial purpose of marriage is anymore.
(tags: philosophy [...]

I have found a new band to follow: The Eels. It isn’t since The Flaming Lips that I’ve gotten this excited over anyone’s body of work. Usually I get excited about individual songs and that is all.
It started with an individual song here too. I loved “Last Stop This Town” enough to put it on [...]

In the light, the long light, of the first day of summer, I’d like to post this hypothetical conversation between God and St. Francis. I first read it several weeks ago, and I still smile to think of it. There will never be a finer excuse for neglecing one’s lawn!
[author unknown]
GOD: Frank, you know all [...]

Clinton Says Climate Change Greatest Threat
Climate change is a greater threat to world security than international terrorism, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said earlier this week.
(tags: environment politics)

Being Sensitive in an Insensitive World: Article for HSP Persons
If you ignore the food paragraph, this is spot-on.
(tags: selfhelp)

HSP Self Test
(tags: selfhelp)

The Rewards of Being Shy — Hochman 2006 (613): 3 — ScienceNOW
New research indicates that shy people may be more sensitive to all sorts of stimuli, not just frightening ones.
(tags: science)

North Mountain Wines Retaliers
Haha! [...]

D A V I D * L A C H A P E L L E
Surreal images of movie and rock stars. I like the Elijah Wood one.
(tags: art photography)