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Hey, who needs match-light charcoal when you have match-light shrimp?

Funny, that photo is the one that convinced me that I didn't need to see any more. Really, nobody with auburn hair should wear lipstick that color!

Burned right through your boots?

The Naked Capitalism blog reported the same story and frets about the "shadow inventory". Note the kicker for us "aging individuals": from Shadow Housing Inventory: Two Houses for Every One for Sale naked capitalism

Shell drilling engineer goes after BP well design and drilling practices at the Aspen conference. This does not look good for BP. A little shocking. I have never seen a big company go after another like this. Shell Video on "How to Drill a Well" Now Posted - Science and Tech - The Atlantic

In a stunning deal, Tesla Motors announced late Thursday that it is teaming up with Toyota to build its all-electric Model S sedan at the recently shuttered NUMMI plant in Fremont, creating more than 1,000 new jobs. from Tesla, Toyota to build electric cars at NUMMI plant - San Jose Mercury News

Well, now that we are onto converted airplanes.... El Avion is a restaurant/bar at Parque Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica. Very cool. We liked it a lot. The airplane itself figured into the Iran-Contra story. http://www.elavion.net

Err, Um... Happy Bastille Day? YouTube - Les Miserables - Do You Hear the People Sing? (TAC)

Me too. I thought I was being frugal, but it turns out that I was just being cheap!

I haven't heard much about "the money sitting on the sidelines" lately. Anybody see a recent figure? For that matter, does anybody know how such an estimate is done?

Its easy. Just look below the letters to see which holes are punched out.

Wow. Looks like Audrey nailed the I.D. again. Wikipedia says females range from 19mm to 28mm. That must be the body only. This sucker was almost as big as my hand. It is eating a grasshopper. Sorry the photo isn't sharp. It was windy.

Texas sized spiders at Hornsby's Bend today. Lots and lots of them.

Am I looking at this skull wrong or are the eyes on the sides of the head instead of forward facing like most hunters?

Graphics galore +50 Ways of Visualizing BP’s Dark Mess | Inspired Magazine like this one via 50 Ways to Depict the Gulf Oil Spill | The Big Picture