Another reason to stop eating mammals.

From the AP wire:
"Elvis Presley is No. 1 on Forbes.com's list of top-earning deceased celebrities for the third consecutive year, earning an estimated $40 million."
No. 2 is Charles Schulz, 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien, 4 is John Lennon, 5 is George Harrison. Ms. Monroe was 10th.

Has anyone read Toni Morrison's new book, Love, yet? I want to.

Does anyone else think it's strange that the California fires seem to be receiving more news coverage than the bombings in Iraq?

I read about the Free Staters a few months ago. Why New Hampshire? It's cold there in the winter! Can you imagine living in a state where the majority are rugged individualists? Hmmm..

Watch out for severe solar activity tonight & tomorrow. I want to see an aurora.

Some words for your enlightment (I'm not taking the time to format this nicely - sorry - scroll down - blogger does this weird spacing thing before tables...):

acarine:		of or pertaining to mites
alaudine:		of or pertaining to skylarks
alcine:		of or pertaining to elks; of or pertaining to auks
anacardic:		of or pertaining to cashews
anatine:		of or pertaining to ducks
blattoid:		of or pertaining to cockroaches
caprine:		of or pertaining to goats
cercopithecan:		of or pertaining to long-tailed monkeys
cucurbitaceous:		of or pertaining to gourds
didine:		of or pertaining to dodos
discophoran:		of or pertaining to jellyfishes
hystricine:		of or pertaining to porcupines
juglandaceous:		of or pertaining to walnuts
lemurine:		of or pertaining to lemurs
musteline :		of or pertaining to weasels
otarine:		of or pertaining to seals
passerine:		of or relating to sparrows
quercine:		of or relating to oak trees
rhinocerotic:		of or pertaining to the rhinoceros
scarabaean:		of or pertaining to scarabs
terquilinian:		of or pertaining to a dunghill
syrtic:		of or pertaining to quicksand
tesserarian:		of or pertaining to dice games
xilinous:		of or pertaining to cotton