Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Monday, December 10, 2018

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – “Surly Joe” Tim Blake Nelson

DSShakespeare

Alert: U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group, USS John C. Stennis Arrives In Middle East



The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Kenneth Abbate  https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-sends-carrier-to-persian-gulf-as-tensions-with-iran-rise-2018-12

Youtupe Mania

Dog that survived California wildfire guarded home for weeks

Madison, who apparently guarded his burned home for nearly a month (Shayla Sullivan via AP) 
https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/dog-that-survived-california-wildfire-guarded-home-for-weeks-890861.html

Plato: THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE, Translation by Thomas Sheehan


Plato: THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE,  Translation by Thomas Sheehan https://web.stanford.edu/class/ihum40/cave.pdf

Newly discovered cave in B.C. park might be the largest in Canada

A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia's Wells Gray Provincial Park just might be the country's largest such feature. The entrance to the cave, nicknamed "Sarlacc's Pit" by the helicopter crew who discovered it, is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine Hickson

 The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia's Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be the country's largest.
The feature was spotted by a helicopter crew from the province's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in March, when they were conducting a caribou census through the northeastern part of the park.
Geologist Catherine Hickson, who first went to the cave in September, said the discovery promises a dramatic new chapter in the story of Canadian cave exploration.
“It was absolutely amazing,” she said. “I immediately recognized that this was very significant.”...https://www.cp24.com/news/newly-discovered-cave-in-b-c-park-might-be-the-largest-in-canada-1.4201928

Majestic Scotland

Friday, December 7, 2018

Cat on a cold snowy day in Hallstatt, Austria

https://twitter.com/welcomet0nature

A dog lost his owner but just couldn't let go