Saturday porch.

Wow! The Sistene Chapel restored to its original glory. An interactive virtual tour that doesn't require a trip to Italy.

www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Here is the size and scale of the infamous Blowout Preventer ( BOP) that sits on the bottom of the seafloor above the well head. A little bigger than I pictured it. Too bad the one at the Mississippi Canyon well malfunctioned.

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In honor of all you test taking students out there, here is a little collection of great answers to tough questions.

Pictures from the red planet, Mars. Rover tracks stretch across a bleak Martian landscape. Familiar, yet entirely alien at the same time.

Possible major change for the worst in the flow of oil out of the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico. At the link it appears that a blowout of oil through the sea floor has occurred. This news must be confirmed, but it does not look good.

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Mill Creek web camera shows unseasonable snow on the high desert. The cottonwoods are already beginning to leaf out, but that old man winter just won't go away.

Cabin kitchen.

Cluttered, but fun.

Hey look, Jennifer, knitted pears!

Saturday porch.

Funny but not safe for work or kids. Good very good way to start the weekend.

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Happy Friday!

Fascinating insider discussion over at the Oil Drum on the blowout disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Good stuff.

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