In this year’s South Carolina primaries, John McCain got 33 percent of the vote, compared to 42 percent in 2000, when he received 93,000 more votes than this time. But his 2000 performance knocked him out as a serious contender against GWB, whereas this year’s has made him the GOP frontrunner.
Go figure.
What can one possibly say?
Strange images of a frothy ocean at the Daily Mail. The images have copyright notices on them, so I won’t show them here, but check it out at the original site. I hope they won’t mind my showing a small detail from one of the photos to give just a taste. There are more photos at the site, all attributed to Icon Images. This item via Say No to Crack.
This fellow represents a newly discovered deep sea species called a glass squid. For more see National Geographic’s “Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found in Atlantic.”
via Heida Biddle
Danny Anderson thought he was done after he beheaded a rattler and beat its head with a shovel. But like in some kind of slasher movie, the serpent was just waiting for his chance.
Plus the odd crocodile.
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The author at Copan, Honduras. Photo by Ellen Christensen.
Asian Art Museum curators Michael Knight and Pauline Yao with the author, celebrating a book being delivered in the nick of time for an event.