I enjoyed reading about Le Systeme Chappe.

For five days before Helike disappeared, all the mice and martens and snakes and centipedes and beetles and every other creature of that kind in the city left in a body by the road that leads to Keryneia. And the people of Helike seeing this happening were filled with amazement, but were unable to guess the reason.…

In 373 B.C., historians recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice in droves just days before a quake devastated the place.

Who is it?

Woo-hoo!

In Lucifer's Hammer by Niven/Pournelle these books got the science nerd admitted to the stronghold. I saw both volumes at a book sale for a couple of dollars and bought them just in case.

Someone else pointed this out but Walt tapping the pressure gauge and smiling at the very end was a reference to an earlier cook where the pressure wasn't high enough and they had to start over. So it may be that he was happy Jessie was doing it right. Alternately, the pressure wasn't quite up to 90%, which was…

Ha ha. That's great. We would stop there for a ham sandwich and a pie on the way to visit my grandmother who lived in Pineville.

Found a link with some of the Marksville historical info.

He did a great version of "Bad Whiskey" but I was unable to find it online.

Not sure whose defense is worse: LSU or A&M. Very clutch ending today for the Bulldogs.

Saw these photos a couple of days ago on Tigerdroppings. Bear chasing a half-cooked bison down the road in Yellowstone.

Is that why I want to throw a brick through my TV after seeing the old people Swiffer ad 5,000 times?

There are mounds here on the LSU campus.

Watson Brake in Louisiana is even older than Poverty Point. The large Troyville mound site was destroyed during the Huey Long administration to build a bridge.

The nutria rat has been very damaging to Louisiana wetlands. Bounty program was the one thing that has put a dent in the population. I'm surprised it took them that long to implement it because it had been effective elsewhere.

Midworld - Alan Dean Foster

Remain calm. All is well.

We had a big empty room in the upstairs of my house and we would try to see how far we could kick a field goal. The tape with the yardage marker just wasn't enough.

Better than the Astros game a few years ago when a whole swarm was murdered on live television.