Should we call 2008 "The Year of the Pearl"?  Already two cases of people finding pearls in steamed oysters or clams.  It makes you want to have dinner at that seafood place more often.

A few weeks ago there was a news story about the fossil remains of a giant bug.  Now one about a rodent the size of a hippo.  So how long will it be before they find a giant?

Not long ago I heard the  Great Barrier Reef referred to as the largest "living organism" on the planet.  At the time, that didn't make sense to me because a reef isn't a single organism, It's a colony.  Ant the great barrier reef must have millions, if not billions, or individual coral living it.  Then I realized that calling the reef an organism is really no different that calling a human an organism.  Aren't we colonies of many living things as well?

I guess I wont have any difficulty at the beginning of next year finding a list of stupid gun tricks to post.  Already we have one for this year with a robber that shot himself in the groin when he stuck his gun in his pants.

My dog Cocoa likes to show off how he can sit up on the sofa like me, with his butt down, his back against the sofa back, and his front paws lifted.  I finally caught a picture of him doing it.  His paws look enormous because they were right in front of the camera.