As those of you who are fans of the show know by now, Captain Phil Harris passed away February 9, 2010 after having a stroke while in port off-loading crab on St. Paul island. It’s taken me this long to be able to post anything about it here. Phil was my favorite captain on the Discovery [...]
Archive for the ‘Interesting Stuff’ category
Rest In Peace Captain Phil
February 24th, 2010
What does your fridge say about you?
January 6th, 2010
I read this fascinating article tonight about a photographer named Mark Menjivar who decided to take pictures of various people’s refrigerators, on the idea that if you are what you eat then your fridge is the window to your soul. I think it’s a good premise. I found the results very interesting, but also a [...]
UPDATE – What happened to Amelia Earhart?
October 26th, 2009
If you recall, I blogged about this as my very first entry last fall. It looks like Richard Gillespie and TIGHAR are planning another expedition to Gardner Island/Nikumaroro next summer, in 2010. For some reason, this article was published recently on Discovery.com, as if it were already a fait accompli. While I think it’s [...]
Amazing Cakes
October 17th, 2009
Every once in awhile I get sucked into watching one of those cake shows on TV where the chefs have to create a 5 foot high cake in 9 hours. They come up with some pretty amazing creations, particularly considering the short amount of time they have to do it. And of course there’s always [...]