You can still get them

New camera

Good morning

Isthat enough proof

Love this view

Lunch

Yes that is our seedless paw paw on the right. The salad is much better warned up

Storm coming

Treasury casino

Jessica looking too cool for school

Of course i embarrassed the hell out of her. But that is my job

Panorama

Trying out this on my phone

Before the storm

Good view

Who do you think you are?

One of the scientific fields of study that I have been facinated with over the years is the study of who we are based on our mitochondrial DNA. The book "The seven daughters of Eve" by Bryan Sykes is a wonderful insight not only into our past, but also into the scientific method. The study originally looked at the mitochondrial DNA of European women and they were able to trace most of the population of Europe back to 7 distinct lines. The research has expanded from there, looking at the genetic heritage of the world. It has been used to either confirm or discard variious theories about the early migration and distribution of people around the globe. National Geographic have been supporting this project as we get a bigger and better view of who we are, and how closely related we all are. You can even participate by purchasing a kit for about $100 and having the test done. If you want to add your findings to the database, you are free to do so.



Now that would have to be one of the more unusual presents I could think of (for that person who has everything)

Human age

I found a really cool online rpg game for those of you who love this sort of thing.

Virtual human development game



www.human-age.com

Egg Rings are the Work of Satan

Sometimes I think technology gets it wrong. I was confronted with this awful truth when I was frying up eggs this morning. I am a free range, free flowing egg user. I love cracking the egg on the edge of the frypan and watching the egg spread out over the bottom in a freeform shape. I love the skill it takes getting egg to plate without it breaking. I can enjoy my morning meal comforted in the knowledge that I am a great cook and I have the egg wrangling skills to prove it. The one thing that jars this morning ritual, is my family's insistence on the use of the egg ring. For some reason known only to them (and whomever it was that created that horrid thing) Fried eggs have to be perfectly circular. They don't cook right, you can't get the horrid things off, and they just make the whole thing look wrong.

Make my life easier by science please. But don't mess with my food. Leave my eggs free form, I don't want square watermelons, and please, keep the melon baller far, far away from me.

It's a Conspiracy!!!

Watching the US have a bit of a meltdown reminds me of how some of the best books I have ever read are based on really good conspiracy theories. There must be at least a dozen brewing even as we speak. From the ultra right wing (A racial group is to blame), to the loony left ( it must be the ultra right) and the "I don't have a strong grasp on reality" group (lizard overlords that are to blame). Of course the "end is nigh " people will have their own version, but they take things so seriously that it just seems a little cruel to poke fun at them.

I love conspiracy theories, the crazier the better. I also love the stories that sound like they should be a conspiracy but really aren't. My favorite conspiracy theory is about the moon landing- not that it was faked, but that the film footage was faked as they were worried about the quality of the footage that would come back and prepared some other stuff "just in case". See!, that one is quite plausable and quite believeable.

My favorite non-conspiracy story would have to be the CIA's plan to fake the second coming of Christ over Cuba so that there would be mass conversions and Fidel Castro's reign would end. Now I know that idea got a "You want to do What?" before it got very far, but I would have loved to have seen them try, just to see what sort of reaction they would get.

What is the weirdest conspiracy theory have you heard of? Do you have any really weird "This should be a conspiracy theory but it is all true" stories. Tell me.

Here's some wiki info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories