http://www.daffodillane.com/ 2008-08-05T11:54:19-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/08/whats_happening_61.html Rare gorillas found in Congo. Morgan Freeman doing well after an automobile accident. How Global Warming works. Primates facing an extinction crisis. An eclipse slide show. Dinosaur dig in Wyoming. Edouard moves on land in Texas.... FYI Dianne 2008-08-05T11:54:19-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/50_things_about.html I found this on Leann's blog and decided to give it a whirl! 1. Do you like blue cheese? Absolutely! 2. Have you ever been to Yellowstone Park? No, but I want to go there and it's on my list... Dianne's Rants Dianne 2008-07-31T14:07:58-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/a_first_hand_ac.html Go read a first hand account of what happened at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville. Very well written. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them.... Sad Dianne 2008-07-30T14:17:08-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/votethebayorg.html I did a paper on the Chesapeake in undergrad and John Smith's descriptions of the Bay are vastly different than that of today's Bay and have stuck in my head every since. There were reefs of oysters where the... Environment Dianne 2008-07-30T10:07:54-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/whats_for_dinne_1.html It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Mental Floss has a great tribute to Mr. Rogers! An earthquake hits LA. Stephens indicted. Snoop does Bollywood. A new era of space tourism? Total solar eclipse Friday night.... FYI Dianne 2008-07-29T16:29:45-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/how_to_survive.html The title says it all.... FYI Dianne 2008-07-28T18:56:22-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/whats_happening_60.html You've got a problem so what? We all have problems. The solution is NOT to go in somewhere shooting because you don't agree with their ideology. Sick! Violence is never the answer. Secrets of the Polar Lights. Has the time... FYI Dianne 2008-07-28T12:23:26-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/eureka_wont_you.html Television and Movies Dianne 2008-07-24T12:22:46-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/what_if_stop_si.html How could corporate America screw that up? ;oP... Humor Dianne 2008-07-22T16:48:29-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/a_fishy_pedicur.html Would you let a fish give you a pedicure? Or more aptly would you put your feet in a bowl of fish and let them eat off your dead skin? Sounds weird to me, but to each their own. Where... Interesting Dianne 2008-07-22T16:02:31-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/rip_estelle_get.html I loved her as Sophia on "The Golden Girls". Estelle Getty passed away early this morning. Read more here.... Television and Movies Dianne 2008-07-22T13:19:34-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/elizabeth_edwar_3.html She does an excellent job!... Political Dianne 2008-07-19T12:48:16-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/lets_talk_some.html I love orchids. I buy the "cheap" ones (Phalaenopsis), but I still love them none the less. Right now I have 3 of my orchids that are in bloom. Let's start with the yellow first: I've had this orchid for... Nature Dianne 2008-07-19T11:23:05-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/whats_happening_59.html The disappearing blue crab is changing life along the Chesapeake. A 5,000 year old tree in Scotland? Did da Vinci sketch a car? How to choose an energy efficient TV. Do bumblebees lose their buzz when ill? Can't say I'm... FYI Dianne 2008-07-16T10:49:00-05:00 http://www.daffodillane.com/movabletype/archives/2008/07/whats_happening_58.html Finally a Hollywood mom says that there is no excuse for her daughter driving drunk! There is no "woe is my daughter" here, just "there are consequences you must face if you do the wrong thing"! Baobab fruit has more... FYI Dianne 2008-07-15T15:43:43-05:00