I just checked my voice mail for the first time in six months. There weren’t any messages, so I don’t feel too bad. It’s not suprising since I only posted the number here once, last September when I had about 3 readers. 1-877-353-3869. Talk to me.

Straight from the SCientific American is a scheme to turn scrap chicken feathers into plastics and paper.

Speaking of Space Ghost, the first two episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast ever will be on this weekend. Cartoon Network, Friday night at 11pm eastern.

Joel Hodgson (of MST3K and other fame) and his brother Jim have a nice website at www.gizmonics.com. For a long time it was a wildly interesting antmaze of a site that made the weblog rounds, but it’s now changed to an odd coloring book and visual exposition of past and future projects. If you haven’t been there in a while, stop by. Page 24 of the downloadable coloring book shows some shooting work for Space Ghost Coast to Coast

I just spent three hours laying sod. I’d vever done that before, and it was fun, dirty work. The kicker is that we laid it all inside, on stage, for a production of Much Ado About Nothing that opens Friday at Athens’ Town & Gown theater. It came out looking very nice indded. And the smells! We put plenty of pine bark mulch under the sod for padding and bulk, and the smells are very pleasant indeed. It’ll add a whole new dimension to experiencing the show.

Thanks to the hard work of the Pyra crew, the “permanent location” links at the end of each entry really are the permanent locations. Feel free to link to any individual entry without fear of stale linkage. Here’s the time I went shopping with Kim Basinger. (Sorry guys… still no pr0n.)

The US Forest Service’s Passport In Time program is an excellent way to get involved in history. Throughout the year at sites across the nation, projects ranging from archaeological digs to preservation to documentation are available for you to volunteer your services. Usually no special skills are required, but sometimes they’re looking for photographers and other hobbyists. Sometimes they provide food & lodging, other times you camp near or on site. Whatever the project, you’ll find these a great way to spend your vacations. In 1994, I spent a week excavating a late Anasazi/Mogollon pueblo located on the very top of a mesa (“Pueblo de la Mesa”) and was there with my hands in the dirt when the team found a number of things that got them and us volunteers very excited.

Weblog Wannabe made Kestrel’s Nest a poetry subject over the weekend. She claims the poem is the “corniest ever”:

The Kestrel’s nest I saw
It was beige with purple streaks
Didn’t see an egg

The once was a woman named Firda
whose weblog had a yellow bird-a
She’s an [email whore](mailto:firda@cbn.net.id?subject=Feedin’ your email habit…)
(so she likes to implore)
Just call her a “wannabe” nerd-a.

The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument that looks like the neck of a guitar. It’s got 10 or 12 strings and is played by tapping the string against the fret. Since there’s no strumming of strings, both hands are free to play at the same time. With a range spanning the low note of a bass guitar through the high range of a normal guitar, one person can produce a rich wall of music.

Using the The Noel Smith-Wenkle Salary Negotiation Method will help you get paid what you’re worth the next time you’re negotiating for a salary.