So Mt St Helens has burped again... four days in a row now. They've closed off the observatories closest to the mountain because of the danger. I want to go down sometime and take Torvald for a picture with the mountain, but I think I'll wait until this latest activity is calmed down before going. I have wanted to go up to Johnston Ridge Observatory since I first learned about it.
By the way, the "big one" hasn't happened yet. It will probably be similar to some of the dome building that happened in the early 1980s. There's magma building under the current dome, deforming the ground. The scientists they keep interviewing on the local news are clearly in heaven. Here's a Volcano Cam if you want to watch what's happening now. The "Hall of Fame" doesn't have much fun except a fly caught sunning itself on the lens.
A powerful bit on KOMO TV today... they showed an old car with a KOMO logo on it that was very nearly the final resting place of a KOMO photographer during the 1980 eruption. It's now part of a museum in the Mt St Helens area to the strength of the mountain.
I'm not terribly interested in the baseball playoffs since my team didn't make it, but I do have mild preferences. My friend Peggy from work is a big Minnesota fan, and I hate the Yankees anyway, so GO TWINS. Eric wants to see Boston go to the world series, and Anaheim is one of Seattle's rivals, so GO RED SOX. The National League is much more difficult to pick since I'm used to the AL teams, but I definitely prefer Houston over Atlanta and I guess I'd like to see the Dodgers beat St Louis.
In other baseball news, Little Toy Robot sums up the season.
As usual, read Mike Sterling. Some good stuff there, including the link to Fred Hembeck's "discovery" on a page of Who's Who.
Yes... the X-Prize has been won. See also: Slashdot.
TangognaT has some pips for us.
Boing Boing has a linking policy. Right?
Ok, here's an album I want: Barenaked for the Holidays. Yeah. That's one Christmas album I gotta have. Via Various and Sundry.
Everything There is to Know About Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (If You're Not J.K. Rowling). I signed up for the e-mail update when they learn what the actual release date is. Via The Leaky Cauldron.
I agree with the Modulator. Why is the government forcing through a change to digital TV, against the apparent desires of the buying public? Why is the government wasting money on advertising for the electronics industry?
A guy in Texas believes he can pull enough water from the air to solve water shortages. I'm skeptical, not of the method, but of the idea that he can generate enough water. On the other hand, if he can make it work cheaply enough, then there's something good there.
Some insane people have put together a chart that shows the links between 164 TV shows. I'm fond of TV series crossovers and such, but this seems a little extreme, even to me. And the name is hilarious, "Tommy Westphall's Mind". It refers to the final episode of St Elsewhere in which it was revealed that autistic child Tommy Westphall had dreamed the entire run of the show. Via Atrios.
However! Stop the presses! Crooked Timber has some objections to the Westphall hypothesis.
How about finishing this one off with a picture of a flower at the Winchester Mystery House? I knew you'd appreciate it.
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