A year full of Joshua trees
Forgive the crass commercialism, and I won’t even mention that thing that happens toward the end of the year with the orgy of consumption and the stress and the Carol of the Bells driving you into a tightly choreographed stabbing frenzy, but 2010 is coming up. You’ll need a calendar. Other people you know will as well. I have one for sale with my photos on them. Actually, I have more than one, but each one is the same. They’re all collectively called “Sentinels of the Mojave.” A sample page, from Se

Hey, desert-related blogs!
There are a whole lot of slots waiting to be filled in the Nature Blog Network‘s largely deserted Desert category. At the moment, it’s just Coyote Crossing and the wonderful Desert Survivor blog. Getting listed there is a great chance to get some like-minded readers. There are some requirements, described in the below-cut-n-pasted text: 1. Your site must be a BLOG

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Bogs in Elk
Wait. I guess that should be “elk in bogs.” The foreleg splash at 0:30 just kills me. Via.

If David Byrne had written “Lost In The Supermarket”
I’m all lost in the supermarket I have never been happier so many aisles with so many products so many grownups get their shopping done here. Hey mama mama, come here and find me wrapped up in the cereal aisle you know Trix are just Kix with more colors I eat a bowl and I scream for a while. They got the fifty-pound dog food they got the corn in a can they got the guy stacking apples he is a good-looking man they got the black and white floor tiles they got the checkout machines they got pineapples marked down to just a dollar fifteen. I wanna ride in the supermarket mama ple