Marking the day of her passing, here is a little bit about one of history’s most remarkable women: Harriet Tubman. Born into slavery, a narcoleptic, she escaped all the way to Canada only to return to the South time and time again to help others escape. Her courage was truly unfathomable.

My old friend Criss Cheatham of August Christopher has broken a world record for the longest concert by a solo artist.

Thanks, Mom, for the headsup.

I saw this 3d dragon video the other day and I was so intrigued i downloaded the plans and made my own dragon.

Upon completion of my little arts and crafts project I proudly showed my creation to Kolbe and Thomas individually. They both responded with, “n?. Doesn’t work. Maybe you taped it together wrong. They head is inside out.”

So today I filmed the little bugger with my camera, and guess what? The illusion worked. Here.

So I guess today’s lesson is that some illusion just work better on camera.

An interesting article that takes a skeptic stance towards the existence of the Force.

No one can hold a grudge longer than a dead man.

crappity crap.
In a hurry to do my laundry tonight; what a dose of mistfortune. Out of the wash, into the dryer; out of the dryer, covered in red streaks. Someone before me left a wax crayon in the dryer.
In one fell swoop, every single dress shirt I own is ruined.

The brothers Chaps have once again turned it up yet another notch: pop up. And the cheat has double twoooos…

Dresden’s favourite newborn now has a name: Thabo-Umasai here.

The name was chosen after a survey of “over 7,500 votes … after the survey we chose the double-name Thabo-Umasai … Thabo and Umasai were by far the most suggested names, whereas Thabo was in first place. Why a double-name? Although Thabo was the most voted for name, some had reservations that while speaking to the Elephants, some irritation might arise, because the second syllable of Thabo is identical with Drumbo. With a double-name, however, it is possible to choose between the two names when calling the elephant” –Wolfgang Ludwig, Head Zookeeper

Thabo-Umasai is the first Elephant born at the Dresden Zoo in its 144 year history. The baby was born without complications on Sunday, February 5 2006 at 11:30 pm after a 629 day gestation period. He weighed 107 kilograms and is the child of the 16 year old cow, Drumbo, Dresden’s oldest living elephant. She was artificially inseminated by Tembo, a bull in captivity in England.

Julie and I went to see the little baby yesterday. He is adorable.