The short – but eventful – life of Ike – The Big Picture – Boston.com – Fantastic pictures here that really show the scope of the devastation from Ike.
Stormy Science: Hurricanes and Climate Change – Capital Weather Gang –
The Grand Fallacy » It’s coming. – For my Fburg readers – stop by the library […]

This why marriage proposals should always be done in private.

Stock Market Meltdowns – Why they will happen again and again and again – Blog Maverick –
Tesla’s Forever More – Audio Samples Available! « www.hardrockhideout.com –
Narco News: Palin’s Private Tanning Bed in the Alaska Governor’s Mansion –
This is Your Nation on White Privilege | Red Room –

Having solved all other problems, officials in Arlington VA have time to cite animal rescue volunteers for zoning violations. There are no complaints about too many animals, or poor care, or anything like that. They claim providing temporary foster care to pets in your home is a commercial use of the home and thus not […]

Slashdot | Successful Moonlighting For Geeks? –
SNL skit lampoons Palin and Clinton « bore me to tears –
The Meming of Life » An Inconvenient Commandment Parenting Beyond Belief on secular parenting and other natural wonders – Republicans are having a lot of trouble with the whole "Thou shall not lie" thing these days.

Somebody at CBS will probably get fired for this story. Not only is it a very fair and positive 9 minute look at homeschooling, but nobody from HSLDA was consulted or interviewed. The primary family in the story is black, the other family they talk to is upper middle class (at least) in Chicago. […]

FARK.com: (3869959) Brits standed by failed airline are now being flown back to UK — by the lead singer of Iron Maiden –
Fredericksburg.com – He’s fighting to free us from Microsoft –

Not bad, not great. It’s a huge improvement over over Load, Reload, and St. Anger. However, it’s no Master of Puppets or …And Justice for All. Actually, it sounds like the album that should have been released after …And Justice for All. It’s not as heavy as Master of Puppets, but it’s much better than […]

Fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener – Boing Boing – More proof that the school system is just completely out of control
It Beats Working For A Living! » Archives » NASCAR Coverage – Interesting perspective on covering NASCAR races from a photographer

A Deltona father ended up in jail Thursday after finding his daughter’s teenage boyfriend naked in the girl’s bedroom and hitting him with a pipe, sheriff’s officials said.
Raul Colon, 45, didn’t even know his daughter had a boyfriend — or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year. So […]