Linky love
posted in Alaska, Blogging, Books, Volcano |We are busy doing such things as ditching Comet the chicken (picked up today by a gal in town who is busy setting up a new flock), purchasing new chicks (a Buff Orpington and an Australorp, both less than two weeks old and the cutest little balls of fluff), dying Easter eggs, filling Easter baskets, socializing with school buds and what-not. I hope to produce a post of some more substance tomorrow, but I had to pass these tidbits on.
First off, we have Ground Truth Trekking, a young couple who hiked across the northwest to their new home, a yurt in Alaska with a grand view of the volcano, and promptly had a new baby. They have some lovely time-lapse photography of the volcano, plus some composite pics of the lightning during the nighttime volcano eruptions; go take a look.
Then we have a very nice slice-of-life blog featuring Sarah Palin’s own hometown, Wasilla! It’s called “Wasilla Alaska, by 300…and then some“, published by a guy named Bill Hess. I found him while looking at pics of volcanic ashfall from the Big City newspaper. Those who like OmegaGranny’s blog, Walking Prescott, might like his.
Many moons ago, when I was a young lass in Chicago, I dipped my toes into the outskirts of science fiction fandom. Alas, I was at the time too shy and uptight to let myself be sucked in further (it would have been easy, but I think I was wildly in tragic love at the time, which distracted me). Anyhoo, I encountered Phil Foglio at a party or two, and got to know folks who knew him and said he was Going Places. But…he did comic strips. Ugh! I thought, and promptly made sure to avoid all of his stuff since then. But a few weeks ago, I decided to do a websearch. Allow me to introduce two excellent web comic timewasters that are courtesy of Phil Foglio: Girl Genius (set aside about five hours) and Buck Godot, Zap Gun For Hire (you will need fewer hours for this one, as it started in 2007, whereas Girl Genius started in 2002). The latest volume of Girl Genius in print was nominated for a Hugo this year…
And, for your time machine needs, this handy-dandy posterized list of general scientific principles which will allow you to RULE THE WORLD!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
