It can never be said that I don't have rather eclectic tastes in music. From Alison Krauss to Albinoni, from Cowboy Junkies to Chopin, f...

First of all, I hope all my American friends had a wonderful, long, relaxing Memorial Day weekend. Hopefully the weather cooperated for you ...

As promised after Wednesday night, it's time to return to our regularly scheduled programming--er, make that blogging--which naturally h...

Every now and again, things turn out the way they should. Behold your weeping American Idol, David Cook, with his mum. (photo via one of the...

I rarely go offtopic from gardening, at least not too far. But right now, I'm gonna do so. The image above is is Eta Carinae, said to b...

One has to wonder why there are people in this world who have, apparently, nothing more important to do than to create malware programs that...

The Rum Tum Tigger-Tugger, January 1996-15 May 2008 It's a perfect spring day here--the wind has exhausted itself, the sun is a warm bal...

Is anyone else having a May like this? We went through a spell of very nice, warm and sunny weather for a few days in a row; a little bit of...