Macaroni & Cheese makes me dance, too. Requires Flash.

Mike Gunderloy, author of Larkfarm (a favorite site of mine), has shown me to the Degree Confluence Project. And suprisingly enough, the 34N, 83W point near my house has not been done yet. So, I’ll just have to find a GPS unit to borrow and go hiking…

Lady Luck walks out on the Kilkenny Cats on the one day they need her most as Cork stage a dramatic triumph. You can catch up on all of your hurling news, thanks to a site from Guinness. I think if you were to follow a link labelled “hurling” from an American brewery’s page, you might expect to be taken somewhere entirely different.

As predicted, Toronto beat on the Thrashers last night, winning 4-0. The gameplay was uninspired on both sides, but the Guinness was mighty fine. Very amusing was the second intermission time-killer: a mid-rink game of Sumo Hockey. Six people dressed in those big inflatable sumo suits played a quick game. I’ll be back tomorrow to watch my favorites, the St Louis Blues, deliver yet another pounding.

Greg over at MandomongerFarm ("slouching toward self-sufficiency “) has come back from his blogging hiatus, started the day I found the site. While away, he’s started Goldfish Dreams, a place for homesteading, health, social activism, and other interests.

At Topozone, I was able to find my house on a set of old USGS quad maps. In the center of the map you’ll see an upside-down “T” intersection with three houses shown. Mine’s the one right at the corner, the middle of the three. Since this map was made, the road segment heading west from the house has been abandoned, leaving just a wicked curve. The house shown just to the west of mine has also been abandoned, and my landlords live in the one to the east. Hook up your GPSs and come visit: 34.0863ºN, 83.2713ºW . Hmmm… not to far from 34N,83W. If only I could find the URL to The Convergence Project.

If you’ve ever wanted to see the Wal-Mart Visitor’s Center in Bentonville, Arkansas, you may first want to see RussJohn’s write-up. Actually, if you’ve ever wanted to see anything in Arkansas, RussJohn’s there for you. My wonderful friend Marjorie (hi Marg!) may be particularly interested in the 30 Foot Tall Mr Peanut, just one of the sites listed under Things Which Defy (or at least do not require) Explanation.

If you are upset about Dubya apologizing to New York Catholics, you may be interested in bjunet.com, filtered internet access courtesy of Bob Jones University and Mayberry USA. Keep in mind, though, that Kestrel’s Nest will likely be off-limits to you from there.

It’s been another busy day, with little time for surfing or posting. I did take some time to work on the tour of my new house (sneak peek of floorplan), and I’m on my way out the door to go watch Toronto beat on the Atlanta Thrashers.

[ The financial impact of the NAACP boycott of South Carolina has been heavy in the news today. In case you’ve been asleep for a while, the NAACP is boycotting South Carolina because the confederate battle flag is flying over the capitol building there. I understand that the NAACP has had to pick its battles, and maybe this was the easiest to win, but in South Carolina, there’s one flag flying over one building. The NAACP press release says “South Carolina is the only state to fly the Confederate battle flag over its Statehouse " and I strongly disagree. The picture at the beginning of this post is the Georgia State flag. If you click on the image, you’ll be taken to the state’s official flag webpage. As you can see, the confederate battle flag makes up about 80% of the entire flag design. This flag is flown not just over the capitol building, but at every government office, in every state courtroom, at every public school, at every library. Millions of flags flying on millions of public flagpoles, all either proudly displaying the state’s heritage or cruelly reminding of several hundred years of atrocities depending on your point of view. Why is one flag over one building getting all of the attention? I hope that one flag gets taken down soon so that the NAACP and the presidential candidates and the press can start seeing all of the millions of flags here in Georgia. I’ve called the NAACP (410.486.9227) on this issue to see what their position is, and they’ve informed me that they don’t currently have one.