HSU IT Department

This morning my mom sent me a link to these many many live-stream bird cams!!! Eagles, condors, ospreys, owls, falcons, even a hummingbird on her tiny little nest. Since it's spring, many of them have eggs or live young right now. Man, I could watch this stuff all day long. (There are cams for the non-birders, too -- other categories on the site include bears, oceans, African savannah, animal sanctuaries, etc.)

Ain't nature wonderful?

The Biodiversity Heritage Library has animal sketches, historical diagrams, botanical studies, and all kinds of cool scientific research (do-it-yourself taxidermy, anyone?) collected from journals and libraries around the world, along with 55 million pages of literature dating back to the 15th century. Now, they've made 150,000 illustrations available for free download in high-resolution files. Is this not just the coolest thing ever??? Go forth and create!!

Go to about the 10:05 mark and LOOK, LOOK, LOOK AT THIS WOT THEY ARE DOING!!!



It's pasta with cheese... MADE IN THE CHEESE.

Could there be anything more utterly scrumptious???

Pardon me while I go watch this again. And again. And again....

Edit: There's another excellent cheesy bit at about 4:01, too. Sooooo hungry now!!

Taken this morning :)






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( Snow problem, really )

( Mr Psmith goes snowblowing )

Reveals are up over at sshg_giftfest, so I can now admit to having written "The Price of a Memory" (on the fest community or on AO3) for reynardo! Her prompt was positively inspiring, and I had a wonderful time writing this for her.

I would also like to profusely and enthusiastically applaud and thank dragoon811, who wrote for ME a splendid story containing so many of my favorite elements: entangled souls and seventh year, too-clever-by-half Hermione and sarcastic biting Severus, all beautifully interwoven with canon events and a perfect, heart-tugging ending. Go and read Warmth and see for yourself!

Check out all the other artses and fics while you're there, too, because every single one is top-notch. The amount of talent in this particular 'ship continues to amaze and delight me...

If anyone is wondering what I'd like in my stocking Dec 25th, it's this. Hubba hubba.

No, this isn't photoshopped. It's real. And I could not be happier for the many people for whom today's Supreme Court decision means so much :)



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And there's even a live feed, with the fountain playing and flag waving above. Yay!!