This morning's sunrise from Broward Blvd and about 13th. Star Trek Style Earthquake!

Slices of the last few days

Repairing Big Brain



Tardy Doctor



Nightmare of my being eaten by a snake. I don't remember drawing this.

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Friday Five

1. Name five things in your refrigerator.

Iced Tea, Olives, Ketchup, a Hershey Bar, bell peppers

2. Name five things in your freezer.

chick patties, veggie egg rolls, smart ones ice cream, bagels, garden burger meatballs

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink.

air, cement, earth's crust, mantle and core

4. Name five things around your computer.

Stikfas action figure, Newt, latest bro letter, walkie talkie, goldfish crackers in a carton

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet.

Disposable razors, cinnamon floss, toothbrush, toothpaste, first-aid kit

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Old purple frog danced with dinosaurs
A bright purple frog shaped like a doughnut with a pointy snout has been discovered in the mountains of southern India.

The seven-centimeter long amphibian hopped around the feet of dinosaurs. Researchers say the small-headed critter belongs to a new family of frogs thought to have disappeared millions of years ago.

Evolutionary biologist Franky Bossuyt of Free University of Brussels in Belgium and colleague S. D. Biju described the new species in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.

The pair discovered the frog in the Western Ghats Mountains of India, one of eight biodiversity hotspots in the world home to unusual species.

Bossuyt says the frog's closest relatives are the Sooglossids, a small and close-knit collection of frogs found only in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

The Seychelles and India are now separated by 3,000 kilometers of ocean. It's thought the two countries once formed part of a huge landmass which split millions of years ago.

The ancient super-continent of Gondwana included South America, Africa, India, Madagascar and the Seychelles, Australia and Antarctica.

Scientists estimated the frog family tree split about 230 million years ago. The discovery suggests this frog branched off 130 million years ago when Gondwana lost its eastern end.

In the mid 1800s, biologists described 29 families of frogs. Bossuyt and Biju have placed their frog in a new family, based on a DNA analysis.

In a commentary accompanying the study, astrobiologist Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University called the discovery "a once-in-a-century find."

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Thinking about having a Halloween party? Here are some delightfully ghoulish "serving suggestions," including full instructions for sugar skulls and brittle merangue bones. (Not to mention cute 1-bit rollover graphics) Not Martha is a good crafty site to visit now and then.

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current mood: Some crisp cider would be nice.
current music: My launchcast radio station

Ok! Big Brain is all better. Sound card, Hard Drive and motherboard are all whizzing along nicely. now, bedtime is overdue.

G'nite dear journal!












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