Archive for March, 2007
Cristo di Cioccolata
Anatomy Lesson
Once, when my nephew Jonathan was a few months old, I picked up a packed of X-rays marked "J. Sacks" that had been left in the lounge. I started to leaf through them curiously, then perplexedly, then with horror -- for Jonathan was a nice-looking little baby, and no one would have guessed, without the [...]
Candle Haircut
Rabbit
Man with Catfish
Recorded Music
52 Weeks
Beware of the Blog
'Buked and Scorned
Fluxblog
Largehearted Boy
Luxuria Music
Monkeyfilter MP3 Blog List
PCL Linkdump
Splogman
Tofu Hut
Unpleasant
Bay Area Land Conservation Organizations
Bodega Land Trust
Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust
Land Trust of Napa County
Landpaths (Sonoma County)
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Muir Heritage Land Trust
The Nature Conservancy in California
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Solano Land Trust
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
Sonoma Land Trust
Tri-Valley Conservancy
Trust for Public Land
A Shark Inside a Wave
William Willis's raft voyage from Peru to Samoa in 1954:
In the patterns of light around the raft, he once thought he saw an octopus extending enormous tentacles toward him, and he ran for his ax. Lying one afternoon asleep on the deck, he suddenly woke and in a wave looming above him saw [...]
A Small Whale Inside a Wave
I enjoyed the Atlantic crossing an indecent amount. Even when the wind wasn't blowing I liked being there -- I didn't want any noise so I just drifted about until the wind came back. I read books, wrote little computer programs, enjoyed the sea. I didn't want it to be over. I wanted to move [...]
Nourishment
Sugar Savvy
The Great Taco Hunt
Burrito Blog
Kosher Blog
The Bacon Show
All Cupcakes
The Lobster Fact Blog
Bacontarian
Burritoville
Candy Addict Blog
Congressional Vote Ratings, 2006
At National Journal: Senators and congresspeople voting liberal or conservative on economic, social, and foreign policy during 2006. Jim Ryun (R-KS) was easily the most illiberal representative.