Improv Everywhere has been around since 2001, causing "scenes of chaos and joy in public places." I check out their Web site every once in a while, but I did not see this one until a friend sent it to me. It's fantastic...

Inspired, I think, by the book I recently worked on dealing with the sociological implications of Henry David Thoreau's works, I've been doing a lot of reading online...again...about voluntary simplicity. I already try to live that sort of life, to a large degree, but I figure I can always find inspiration & new ideas from looking at what other people are doing. read more...

When Bush took office, gas was $1.46

I have no idea how accurate this is, but damn...

From today's Buffalo News: Rumsfeld likens critics to Nazi appeasers

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld compared critics of the Bush administration to those who sought to appease the Nazis before World War II, warning Tuesday that the United States is confronting "a new type of fascism."

Of course, I doubt somehow that he recognizes the irony involved in his characterization of Fearless Leader's opposition as representing "a new type of fascism"...

...on the riverwalk this afternoon. We were walking the dog & G said, "You have to get a picture of this..."

...for taking my usual canned response to the phrase "Evolution is not a fact, it's just a theory" to its natural conclusion.

That is all.