Just wondering

Am I the only person who's visited the website for the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities and thought the banner resembled - however improbably - the Christian fish symbol?

Texas Board of Education Follies

Scott Stantis nails it pretty well, I'd say:


via Millard Filmore's Bathtub

Visual spring

From the Maps-L listserv, see how much snow has disappeared from the ground in Wisconsin between March 8 and March 15:

















See more MODIS imagery at Wisconsin View

America-haters in the White House!

It's being reported in the foreign press:

Robert Gibbs, the press secretary to President Barack Obama, made good on a bet by sporting a red and white Team Canada jersey at the start of his daily briefing with the White House press corps.

On Fox News, the headline will probably read, "Obama Official Betrays America to Pay Gambling Debts!"

Friday photo

Eastern Gray Squirrel, Ann Arbor, Michigan. March 2010.

I saw this guy yesterday as I walked across the UM campus and decided he was worth a few million pixels. It looks like a precarious perch, but I suppose it's plenty spacious for a squirrel. I'm sure he finds it more comfortable than Daniel Radcliffe does sitting on a broom.