Use this utility to find out what this would look like superimposed on your neck of the world. Here it is over Ithaca, N.Y.:
How big is the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
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Senior arrested for felonious pruning
Dallas Morning News article, Unsanctioned pruning at Oak Cliff park drew complaints, but 67-year-old’s arrest makes neighbors uneasy raises some interesting issues.
Update 4/21/2010: And speaking of raising issues: The Dandelion King in the NYTimes Opinionator blog.
Swiss spring (1957)
It was a good year, the year of my birth.
Dragon Day
A Cornell tradition, the last day before spring break: Costumed architecture students parade a dragon past the engineering quad and back to the arts quad. Usually the whole dragon is burned. This year, just the heart.
Arriving late, I missed the costumes. But University Photo has a nice photo montage.
The dogs smell spring
Jade and Fred have 25 years between them. But they were acting like puppies in the melting drifts (still 3 to 4 feet deep in places) this weekend. (Click on images for larger views.)
