Bid Now!

Fifty Pounds of Scissors confiscated by the National Transportation Security Administration.

- via Robot Wisdom

Train Tracks,
originally uploaded by xid0r.

Villainy

The dastardly Zane makes his appearance on flickr.

Coincidence?

David Schwimmer is an actor who played a paleontologist in the TV show "Friends"

David R. Schwimmer IS a paleontologist at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.

Baishawan reflection,
originally uploaded by Self-D.

Baishawan

Some poorly-built pod houses in Taiwan that didn't survive the first typhoon. Called "Ghost Houses" by the locals, they are currently decaying and Self-D is documenting the process. Fascinating place.

Kikki's Workshop - The Great Picture Book of Construction Equipment

Papal Names Unlikely to be Reused

Agapetus (535-36, 946-55)
Lando (913-14)
Formosus (891-96)
Sisinnius (708)
Conon (686-87)
Agatho (678-81)
Deusdetit (615-18, 672-76)
Hormisdas (514-23)
Simplicius (468-83)
Hilarius (461-68)
Dionysius (259-68)
Fabian (236-50)
Zephyrinus (199-217)
Telesphorus (125-138)
Cletus (76-88)

-source: Wikipedia:List of popes

And that's a Bad Thing?

"I blame Congress over the last 50 to 100 years for not standing up and taking its responsibility given to it by the Constitution. The reason the judiciary has been able to impose a separation of church and state that's nowhere in the Constitution is that Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had judicial review is because Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had a right to privacy is because Congress didn't stop them. "

- from an interview with Tom DeLay in The Washington Times. (emphasis mine)

Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, Agathidium rumsfeldi

Not a demon-summoning chant, but a trio of newly-named mold-eating beetle species which are grouped under the heading of "Rove Beetles."

Life on Earth:
Eukaryotes:
Opisthokonts:
Animals:
Bilateria:
Ecdysozoa:
Arthropoda:
Hexapoda:
Insecta:
Pterygota:
Neoptera:
Endopterygota:
Coleoptera:
Polyphaga:
Staphyliniformia:
Staphylinoidea (A.K.A. "Rove Beetles") (Latreille 1802):
Leiodidae (Fleming 1821):
Leiodinae (Fleming 1821):
Agathidinii (Westwood 1838):
Agathidium:
(bushi, cheneyi, rumsfeldi)

- news item from BBC News.
- biological classification from Tree of Life

préparation explosion citron

préparation explosion citron,
originally uploaded by no man's land.

This image leads to a small set of photographs of the preparation and aftermath of exploding pieces of fruit.

Unfolded Origami

boat paper equlized,
originally uploaded by lexly87.

Flickr makes it tantalizingly easy to blog pictures. So I think I'll start doing that. Here's a good one.