War almost over -- really!

from CNN.com:

"The vice president said he expected the war would end during President Bush's second term, which ends in 2009."

WTF!? "Major combat operations" were declared over on May 1, 2003. Now two years (and a whole lot of death/injuries) later, and they think the war may take another 4 years? That seems pretty damned inefficient.

[Here's a useful timeline of the Iraq war.]

Forgotten Fun?

Oh, wow. Along with the "Found_Objects" group on Livejournal, I found "Buried_in_green" which included a link to this site (which alas, I cannot read) that shows some amazing photos of
an abandoned amusement park, now overgrown and rusted. I love this stuff!

Once there were parking lots

Now it's a peaceful oasis

You got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut

Now it's all covered with daisies

-- Talking Heads "Nothing But Flowers"

No magic left here....

When the kiddo and I were combing the beach last week we found a non-so-magic carpet washed up at low tide. I considered dragging it home to clean it but dismissed that as a terribly stupid plan. Instead I took a photo:



Today I posted that photo in a livejournal group: found_objects: No magic left here.... and have had much fun reading the feedback! It's such a nice ego boost.

As BNL likes it.

A chartered jet! My kingdom -- OK, "maybe all the coins in my wallet" for a chartered jet! I need to get to Stratford, Ontario's Shakespeare festival to see As You Like It, scored by the Barenaked Ladies and set in 1969, the "summer of love" [Playbill News].

Damn. Hope it's popular enough to tour. I'd definitely cross the Straight to see it.

Nifty app.

This is a nice, useful application. ClockLink.com provides analog and digital clocks to embed in your webpage and show the current time for your region, like this: