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- Demand for Sleeping Pills to Plummet
The manufacturer's of prescription and over the counter soporifics were shocked at today's news:Fred Thompson, whose career has ranged from showbiz to politics, including a presidential run this year, is signing on for a gig that promises to draw on his talents in both fields: talkradio.You might remember that this is the same dynamic Fred Thompson that wowed folks on the presidential campaign trail earlier this year:But as Mr. Thompson... - Friday Ark #222
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... - Nebraska's Steamy, Snow Covered Mountains
I'll bet you didn't know Nebraska had magnificent mountains: (2005 stock photo: AP; see article 2 links down) Well this is a mountain of cow shit and apparently these mountains don't have any negative environmental impact. On the positive side Iowa farmers are taking a liking to manure again, specifically hog manure, as it is now less expensive than commercial fertilizer. Will that price differential hold up with the dramatic... - Friday Ark #221
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... - Christmas Bird Count Party
Happening now!! I and the Bird #90 at Jeffrey Gordon's placePour yourself an eggnog, grab a spot by the fire, and let us tell you all the wonderful things we found.Fly in and party hearty!... - Friday Ark #220
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... - Friday Ark #219
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... - I and the Bird: The Three Day Session
Cool! Three full day sessions in Singapore! I and the Bird #89 hosted by the Bird Ecology Study Group. And,...the price is right!! Just a few finger stokes and click, click, click, chirp, chirp, chirp.... - A Slightly Different View of Evolution With A Delightful Result
Via Advertising Age... - Who Should Bail Out the Auto Industry?
The other day Laurie David, writing at the Huffington Post, suggested that the oil industry rather than the us government should bail out the auto industry: "The best idea I've heard in the last few days comes from an unlikely source, the actor Ashton Kutcher on the Bill Maher show, who repeated the suggestion that the auto industry go meet with the oil industry - their partner in crime -... - Nah, No Problems In the Auto Business
it's just that no one is buying...even at half price.....or better... Why buy now when it might be 3 for the price of one next week...you know, deflation mentality. Via Planet Money... - Friday Ark #218
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... - Happy Fourth...
...blogiversary to Bryan at Why Now? who already has a hobby... - Brooks in Fantasyland
In the course of pondering the appropriate fate of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler David Brooks provides some misdirection to his readers. First, and apparently to mask his normal right of center leanings, he tells us who the real bogeyman is:It is all a reminder that the biggest threat to a healthy economy is not the socialists of campaign lore. It’s C.E.O.’s. It’s politically powerful crony capitalists who use their... - Friday Ark #217
We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or...