A couple of fun sciency links

Here is an amazing page that allows you to see the comparative sizes of different cell type. If that description interests you, you will love it. If that description is boring, it's still a pretty cool page.

Livejournal's own drhoz has created a list of animals who use the nastiest, most underhanded and exploitative methods of survival in all of nature. The man knows his stuff, and is a funny writer. It's like a Cracked.com article with more reliable science and fewer swear words and irrelevant photos of cleavage.

Nice day for a ride

Yesterday was the most pleasant October 31st in my memory--sunny, 70 degrees, breezy. And, since it was a Saturday, most everyone could get out and enjoy it. We took the opportunity to walk in our nearby park (instead of our usual weekend drive to some place a few miles away). It was so beautiful out there that I filled up my sd card, a first for this new camera. (I'll be buying a bigger card before I go anywhere special.) When I got home I found a theme emerged, which will help me spread the massive amount of images onto a couple posts. Without further ado: pairs of people on bikes in Olmsted Park.


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Nice day for a walk--and a swim

So it was so warm we decided to walk to Ward's Pond and let Charlie have a swim. It was very windy and here Alexis is surrounded by blowing leaves.
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Muddy River 11/01/09, 4:25 p.m.