I always say this when he finds a quote that resonates with me.

Good old whiskey river:

WR has been on a bit of a “quotes about writing” tear at the moment. It’s worth perusing his recent entries if that sort of thing interests you.

I always say this when he finds a quote that resonates with me.

Good old whiskey river:

WR has been on a bit of a “quotes about writing” tear at the moment. It’s worth perusing his recent entries if that sort of thing interests you.

There is something in this story that endears me to Io, Jupiter’s spitting moon. I think it’s in the tagline: “Beware: Io Dust. Jupiter’s moon Io is shooting tiny volcanic bullets at passing spacecraft.”

Apparently Io’s volcanos are erupting all the time, shooting streams of dust into the solar system. These streams get picked up by Jupiter’s gravity and accelerate to around 300km/s which is pretty durn fast.

If you happen to be a spaceship passing by, you get pelted by high speed smoke.

It’s an elegant defense for our solar system’s gas giant, even if its not terribly effective.

The Tyee ran a short photo essay from the Tribal Journeys 2004 event this year. This is an annual celebration of the canoe culture of west coast First Nations.   Photographer Elaine Briere captured some of the spirit of the gathering:

Check the photo gallery on that page.

At a meeting the other day someone was heard to utter the phrase “lead, follow or get out of the way.”

Quietly, the reply came:

“You mean lead, follow AND get out of the way.”

That changed EVERYTHING!