The Owl has a new roost

I've started a blog with blogspot. Xanga is getting a bit cluttered with all these extra applications, and when I don't like the site map that comes up when I log in. I prefer a barebones realsimple approach. Plus, over at blogspot, my mom can comment as she likes without having to get some kind of account. (*wink wink*) So http://beautyinthebellow.blogspot.com is where I've been lately. The name is a reference to a song from The Mikado: "there's beauty in the bellow of the blast, there's pleasure in the sounding of the gale; information I'm requesting on a subject interesting, is the maiden always better when she's tough?"

I still might hang around every now and then, but in the meantime, I'll mostly be over there

The sting of death

 Westminster, O Westminster, O what you do to me

Frankly, I don't really understand my classmates who have to drink a lot of caffeine when finishing assignments late at night. My conscience keeps me plenty awake.  And if you pick the right music, you might even turn out something relatively coherent.

The old is passing away

from Wikipedia:

"Earthworms are sold all over the world. The earthworm market is sizable. According to Doug Collicut (see "Nightcrawler" link below), "In 1980, 370 million worms were exported from Canada, with a Canadian export value of $13 million and an American retail value of $54 million.""

Who knew?

O Lord, give me the words;

Crack open my stolid brain,

Enervate my heart, form my lips,

Give me understanding.

I'm so glad that God doesn't have a bed time! And tommorrow is supposed to be warmer.

Home in three weeks!

Get a load of these bugs!

http://thailand-adventure.com/insect-images-3.htm "Southern Thailand is an entomologist's paradise."

This is a lightning bug, Animalia, Insecta, Hemiptera. Check out the other pictures--they're pretty amazing

Other cool stuff: diatoms

Radiolarians

volvox