Mary's Ramble

This is why I lurve Flickr . This picture was taken by Voyager 1 in 1977, but I don't think I'd ever seen it until NASA Goddard Sp...

I've also left a few solder blobs in my time...okay more than a few...okay it was probably the only thing I ever actually did to a cir...

I came across this last night and thought it was just gorgeous and a bit reminiscent of Lord of the Rings . If you click through, the phot...

I don't know why, but I think these little trails are adorable - I love how they sort of make a chain of footprints.

Every year, Forbes publishes its " Fictional 15 ," a ranking of the richest characters from fiction. Here's this year's l...

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I bet it didn't take David McCullough this long to write the darn thing, but I finally finished reading John Adams . Maybe that should b...

Google has done some awesome April Fools jokes over the years ( CADIE , Virgle  and hiring for jobs on the moon , for instance), but I don...

The National Archives of the UK recently joined The Commons on Flickr , and today I came across this gem: I haven't dug very far th...

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...I married my sweetie! I love you, Dan!

I've had a very crabby, headache-y day (poor Hubby, poor LilGirl). I finally retreated to my cave...I mean, the office, and eventually I...

*my attempt at spelling Swedish Chef's words

Last Christmas, our Pomeranian tried to imitate a  famous squirrel .

Like a lot of other people, I watched the Oscars last night. I was mostly unimpressed by the show, the speeches (mostly meh), the dresses (m...

Everyone else has tweeted/blogged/facebooked/shouted about OK Go's latest video, I may as well, too. I mean, it is pretty cool...

Hot off the...er...presses? Here's a just-released video from Funny or Die . Hey, he makes a good argument. :) Stan Lee's Oscar C...

Darth Vader tweeted this  today (yes, he tweets), and I had to laugh... I've been taking a little accidental-on-purpose break fr...