NORAD – our vaunted defense command – is tracking Santa today, with help from Google Maps.  M is really going to dig this.  Can you imagine if we had this as kids?
NORAD Tracks Santa
UPDATE: If you have Google Earth, it’s even better as you can track in 3D!  This rocks!

We’ve always thought that our ducks are just adorable. Unlike chickens, they have beautiful eyes, expressive faces and are just cute & cuddly. Chickens, on the other hand, have hard, soulless eyes & unexpressive faces. When Quint was talking about ‘black, lifeless eyes’ in Jaws, he might as well have been talking about chickens.
We found proof that ducks are cuter than chickens in our library in the form of a histrionic book on avian flu titled The Monster at Our Door. What’s on the cover? (below left) …

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
This is one of the coolest animation I’ve ever, ever seen.  Ever.  (really) Of course, that’s colored by me not knowing that anyone made animation out of doors.  Sometimes I think people spend too much time searching for meaning in things.  I’ve been guilty of that and have tried my best to let go and enjoy things for what they are.  Skip the how and why and just enjoy the moment.  I’ve always been interested in learning animation (I see stop-motion …

I gotta figure out how to make this stuff – it’s apparently just cornstarch & water.