Daily News – Oct 9

Daily news for Monday and Tuesday. Lots of environmental stuff as usual, plus a WOOPS Halliburton and an OH NO Lockheed Martin. Whale Deaths Since 1970s Mostly Human-Caused, Study Finds Early Sunday (Oct. 7), a 50-foot fin whale was spotted belly-up in Boston Harbor. Biologists are still investigating the cause of death, but some scientists

Weekend News – Oct 7th

The weekend edition of the daily news!! The latest in GM crops, presidential elections, and environmental disasters. And sports might you ask? Well the Giants just lost again, down 0-2 to the Reds, and the Steelers won today. It was a bittersweet symphony of pride and disappointment. And I just couldn’t help myself with this

Daily News Clips – Week of Oct 1

Here’s my favorites from Oct 1-5… A Tiny Ocean World With A Mighty Important Future As you take in your next breath of air, you can thank a form of microscopic marine life known as plankton. They are so small as to be invisible, but taken together, actually dwarf massive creatures like whales. Plankton make

New feature: Daily News Clips

I’m back! Okay, I’m going to try to be better about being active on here again. Currently working on the Hill, part of my daily tasks at work are collecting news clips. So, whenever possible, I’m going pull some of those clips and post up some of the news I found the most interesting. A

Blueberry Chocolate Chip Muffins

Tonight I wanted something sweet to eat, but of course I don’t keep desserts in the house. I figured I should bake something with blueberries since I knew we had fresh ones in the fridge. So what did I do? Well of course I got on Food Gawker to drool at fabulous pictures of fabulous

Soup Desires

I dreamt about grocery shopping and making vegetable soup and pasta shells stuffed with ricotta and basil last night. So you know what I did tonight? Made soup from scratch, sans recipe. I thought of the ingredients I wanted, purchased them, and away I cooked. It turned out pretty damn good, if I do say

Goodbye Riley :-(

About a week ago we lost Riley to a 2-month battle with liver problems at only 10-years-old. He was one of the coolest, happiest, and laziest dogs around. He will be greatly missed barking at the pool, greeting us with love bites, and giving the “dinner stare.” Rascal (11) will be lost without him, but

The American Misconception

It was once again drawn to my attention today in spanish class that we as “Americans” misuse the term ‘American’ the most. We call ourselves American, and believe that is what we are. While this is true in some contexts, it is not usually what we really mean. Think about it, when someone says they’re

WWD: Week Without Dairy

WWD: Dairy was behaving like World War 3 in my stomach, or World War Dairy style. So, I took the past week off of eating dairy products, well, foods that are predominantly dairy products. Things such as cream cheese, yogurt, anything with cheese… And what have I learned? Honestly, not much. I now know I

Ray Collins – Portfolio

These are from the latest portfolio featured on Surfline. I love looking at the portfolios they feature, so here are a few of Ray Collins’ images. Click here to see the full portfolio. [All photos Copyright 2010 Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.]