Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
restareahistory.org

Homesite, R.I.P.

"Sharane Gott, president of the Better Business Bureau of Acadiana, said this is the first time she's heard of a consumer using a video camera to capture poor service."

World's Ugliest Dog.

Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
animal-traps.com

Restaurant-invading marmot in the news.

"Loose Tweets Sink Fleets."
(Thanks to Jeff)

Poems of self-loathing.

Kodachrome, R.I.P..

The satisfactions of avoidance

Sometimes I spend more time trying to not do things I don't want to do, than trying to do things I want to do.

"The programming of contemporary music from the classical tradition is especially lively at Le Poisson Rouge."

"When I am using my computer, my cat often walks across the keyboard. Sometimes she renames files, selects and deletes text—once, she replied to an email. This became such a problem that I had to unplug my keyboard whenever I left my home."

"The cart's debut was the centerpiece of the first public celebration of a new citywide effort to encourage street vendors to bring fresh vegetables and fruit to low-income neighborhoods."

We have a huge national debt. Which party is to blame? Both, actually.

"The High Line project is something of a New York fairy tale, given that it started with a couple of guys who met at a community board meeting in 1999."

Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
YoungDancersInRep.org

"He saw fliers advertising the prom and the election but they didn't specify that the queen must be female. He thought the role would suit him better than prom king."

Vicious, attacking Komodo dragon lizards in the news.

"Since 12-Sep-1998 the toilet has been flushed 40779 times. An average flush lasted for 1.34 seconds. The highest temperature ever in the toilet was at 26-Jul-2006 - 16:53:01 with 31.0 C/ 87.8F."

Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
oldphotosjapan.com
(Thanks to Ron)

"We have created an Escrow Account that holds the source code for Pogoplug's back-end services. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, our source code will be published on SourceForge for the community to manage how they see fit."

140-character (Twitter length) capsules of chick flicks.

Coming soon to smart phones, including, no doubt, the iPhone: a service that tracks your GPS and can inform your next appointment that you're running late.

"These results are congruent with the observed unusual quietness and apparent rapid shock of prey items."

"An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill."

Uh-oh.

Nerd. Way.

Am I a geek? You decide: I have a new Mac Mini, and am running Ubuntu in one Parallels VM and the Windows 7 RC in another. Plus, you know, fooling around with the Mac OS X dashboard. Thinking about doing my book report on ants, too.

"Sustained increases in household saving would cause a difficult period of restructuring for the American economy, which has become increasingly driven by consumer spending."

"Xoçai, a chocolate touted to have New Age health benefits, is being marketed, Amway-style, at parties in Manhattan. "

Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
OldJewsTellingJokes.com
(Thanks to our bud Bud for this one)

Nuutria in the legal news.

Old feller

I suppose I would describe myself as outdated, but is the term "outdated" still used much these days?

Pikas in the news.

Promote your fish???!?

From out of nowhere, inexplicably, the phrase "Boost your salmon" has entered my brain. Name for a rock band? Message implanted by space aliens? Recipe tip?

Swine flu map.

[Photo: Wire on the ground]

"Lost Dutchman State Park has ranger-guided full-moon hikes and monthly astronomy nights."

How to heat boudin, from Bouque's Specialties in Port Barre, LA. (This video can take a moment or two to load, but the wait will be richly rewarded with good information well pesented!)

[Photo: Head of Bayou Teche]

Unfortunately, it is becoming apparent that we can't have a world that has both the groovy, convenient, e-commerce Internet and the likes of Patelson Music House. How I treasure the memories of the hours I spent there on my country-boy visits to New York.