Links of Interest and other things...

1. We had a Nor'Easter which resulted in heavy rain. I got soaked. From feet to hips and arms. Dang it. Going to and from church for the unconventional bible study group -- Unitarians are interesting. No one in the group is very religious, all are grappling with the religion thing, and while we all sort of believe in God, it's more in a general sense, not a personal sense.

The reading was Matthew 23-38 - "Love thy Enemy", so we spent a good portion of the session discussing what "turn the other cheek meant" and we compared it to the "eye for an eye" bit in Exodus.( Read more... )

2. My Aunt is doing better, and according to my mother, my niece is looking forward to my visit. Hopefully it won't rain the whole time.

3. The Surprising Reason Zebras Have Stripes

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4. How to Survive Encounters With Dangerous Animals

Most of this seems like common sense, really.

( excerpt on how to handle Rattlesnakes )

5. Advice on How to Write Mysteries from Mystery Writers...yes, just what we all needed.

6. Here's an Example of the Crazy Lengths NASA goes to Land Safely on Mars

( excerpt )

Okay. Saving for future information.

7. How Science Has Shifted Our Sense of Idenity


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