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In honor of Elephant Appreciation Day

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.

The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, [...]

Worst case scenario

This is so ridiculously true that it’s ridiculously funny! Thanks to the dudes and dudettes at XKCD!

To get serious analyses of hurricanes and oil slicks, see Jeff Masters' blog. To get serious discussions of worst-case scenario thinking, see Bruce Schneier's blog. To get enough Vitamin D, don't read any blogs and go outside [...]

Great music and P.D.Q. Bach, too

My Mom introduced me to some great music while I was growing up: Opera and Classical. My favorite music to listen to these days was written during the Baroque era by such composers as: Teleman, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Scarlatti, Handel, Fasch and many others; Vivaldi being my all-time favorite. I like music from other eras [...]

Star Trek: I love good satire