Debris and Oil not from missing Air France Plane

I still do not understand how an airplane can just disappear! The debris thought to be from the airplane has been determined to be from something else. The oil slick thought to be from the plane was more than would have been. I want to know what is dumping that much oil in the ocean? I am still going with the theory that the plane has been lost in the bermuda triangle and is on an island with polar bears. KA says they are probably with Amelia Earhart!

Exactly How Does a Plane Dissappear?

I have been amazed at the lack inability to locate the downed jet with 228 passengers on board?! The news says it "probably" crashed into the Atlantic, but they don't really know for sure. Don't these major jets have flight plans and things like that? Blackboxes? Pretty much anything to keep them from falling off the face of the earth?! If they find the plane on an island with polar bears I will not be surprised!

Amazon Deforestation

Using satellite images from space you can follow the deforestation in one area in Brazil.

Amazon Deforestation

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Cutest Picture of the Week

"Free Ride
Although this baby giant anteater named Cyrano is growing at the rate of a pound a week, he is still nursing and riding on his mother's back as she moves around her yard in the Smithsonian National Zoo."

Glowing Animals

National Geographic has a slide show of glowing animals. I don't really think all the pictures are of animals seeing as one of the pictures is of a tobacco plant. So, unless I am mistaken that is not an animal. The animals that glow in the dark and are naturally occuring are pretty interesting. All the science experiments where they injected some type of virus into the DNA to study brain activity or something kinda freaked me out. If you read the text it is like a virus was injected blah, blah, blah and the cool part is that the florescence is a different color! I think these scientist have to much time on their hands.

Happy Birthday to Me!

It is a little late, but I wanted to share pictures of my b-day cake from work. I heart ice cream cakes and Kevin was nice enough to order one from the newly opened Dairy Queen (it is still new to me because it was the first thing I had from there even though it opened a couple of months ago)! I think Kevin just agreed to the ice cream cake because they would put a pregnant lady on the top of it. Unfortunately, they had some trouble getting the graphic off the backing so we got to admire it for a minute before removing it to cut the cake!

For All Those in Need of a Lil' Extra Moola

10 Creative Ways to Earn Extra Money

CNN has a article on earning extra money for all those suffering from the struggling economy. I don't know that it is that creative, but it does have some good suggestions.

America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

The National Trust for Historic Preservation puts out this list every year. I don't think it is coincidence that it is done during National Preservation Month. Going back to the list it is put together to raise awareness of threatened sites or buildings in hopes of saving them. The Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas made the list this year. Hurricane Ike which hit Galveston in 2008 has caused serious problems with the material.

Greenwashing

MSN had a story today on 4 'green' claims to be wary of. Shockingly the first product line on the list was Clorox's Green Works. In Natchitoches there is only a few choices on where to shop and lately actual green products that are made to much higher standards like 7th Generation have been replaced by Green Works! A few stores carry a couple of the products in the 7th Generation line, but not many and not consistently. The article also mentions the website sinofgreenwashing.org. This site has a report that you can download that talks about different aspects of greenwashing. Doesn't really mention any names, but may help you make more informed decisions by telling you what to look for.

The Longest Way

Christoph Rehage planned to walk from China to Germany beginning in Beijinng starting in fall 2007. He did not make it Germany, but did manage to cover about 4,000 km (around 2,500 miles). He has a video on youtube that is a timelapse of his travels. It is intersting and has some rockin' music. It was mentioned on Neotrama today and I watched the video which piqued my interest and I followed the link to his website The Longest Way. What I really got into was the archive of his walk from Paris to Bad Nenndorf that he did in 2003 with his dog along for the whole trip and a friend for part. I totally recommend checking this site out!

Steve Harvey Answers

Steve Harvey Answers Relationship Questions
I am not sure what qualifies him to offer relationship advice, but this slideshow from his visit to the Oprah show is pretty funny at times!

Another Duggar!?

Another Duggar on the Way!
I mentioned in September that the oldest son of the Duggar family in Arkansas got married to his home schooled sweetheart. Which the marriage brought the family to 20, but then Michelle Duggar was expecting baby 18 which was born shortly after this. So I think with the baby on the way that brings the count to 21. I don't know if the baby should be included in the count or begin a new count, like 2.1 or something.

Starfish Really Loves You!

Charlie the Unicorn 3
Close to 6 minutes of your life that you will never get back!

Dog Steals Cats Blanket

Cutest Video Ever!

Peep Show

Washington Post has a Peeps Diorama contest every year in which all the characters have to be made out of peeps!
Peep Show II

I Heart Cake Wrecks

I don't know how many people pay attention to the links on my side, but these are places I go at least once a week for some entertainment. Cake Wrecks is AWESOME! I have tried to get her to put up the one I found from my cousin's birthday because it is also awesome. However, I have some showers come up in the next couple weeks and if my cakes look like anything on this site I will cry and beat down whoever is responsible for it.

Did You Know?

Lance shared the link to this video the other day with the office. He said Sony played this at their meeting this year.

Baby Birds

I was talking on my cellphone today on our ramp outside the building and some crazy bird was attacking a squirrel which was pretty funny. I figured there was a nest around and found some with some baby birds behind our parking sign. I ran inside to get a camera, went back out, and was attacked by I am guessing Mama bird. I ducked and felt her claws or something snag my shirt. She was pretty pissed. I made April go out with me and distract the birds so I could get a picture of the babies. It was totally worth it because they are adorable!

Today is All About Bears!

Bear Pole Dancing
I like the warning at the end about this video came from wildlife trigger camera and it is dangerous to get close to wild animals!



Polar Bear Twins
They have apparently been hibernating for the last 3 months and are just now coming outside. I am not sure how I feel about one of the bears being named Walker which is what I was thinking of if this baby turns out to be a boy!

Back from the Grand Canyon

I just spend almost two weeks at the Grand Canyon for training. It was a looonnnggg two weeks and I was ready to come home at the end (really more like 8 days in). Kevin, Mary Ellen and myself left on March 2 and returned March 13. We drove the airport on the 2nd and missed our flight so we were delayed getting there and that a long drive to the South Rim that we ended up finishing up the second day of the trip. The Canyon was beautiful, but after awhile it all kinda looked the same. The most interesting parks was viewing it at different times of day for shadows. Anyway here are some pictures of our grand adventure.