creative bits

The map led him straight to the treasure. It took a long time because its legs were short and he had to bend over to reach its hand, but the map knew where it was going and walked straight to where 'X' marked the spot and lay down on it.

Nice Place to Bike Ride

We enjoy riding our bikes through the Tennessee Riverpark in Chattanooga. The map on the sign above appears at many places along the trail. I know my mind is in the gutter, but what does the shape of the river make you think of?

They Used to be Patriots, But Not Anymore

In Blood and Thunder, Hampton Sides interweaves several fascinating stories from the American West of the early to mid 1800's -- Kit Carson's life, Kearney's invasion of New Mexico, and Fremont's exploration (and invasion) of California.

At several points, in discussing citizens of the U.S. who were living outside her borders at the time, he mentions "expatriots". The word intended, of course, is "expatriate".

Other than that, I'm enjoying the book very much and would recommend it highly.

Computers all the way down

Darwin Loves You!

Darwin hates you?

I doubt Darwin gives a hoot.

Earthworm Breath

from news.yahoo.com:

"'Los Alamos has always seemed to be rewarded for its screw-ups,' Brian said. 'We're waiting with baited breath to see if anything has changed.'"

Is that breath that smells like earthworms?

Watch out for those wild gestations...

This blog entry talks about "how [Wii] controllers are coming loose during the wild gestations that are required as games are played."

Perhaps the term intended is "gesticulation".

What do you suppose a "wild gestation" would be like?

Hmm....