Mary's Ramble

Emergency Sirens Triggered Accidentally - Omaha News Story - KETV Omaha : "OMAHA, Neb. -- Douglas County officials said emergency siren...

So you've probably heard the Bronx Zoo is missing a cobra , unless you're living under a rock (and if you are, have you seen the co...

I spent many many many hours in this building, working on the college newspaper. There are some great memories in there. It's a little s...

A few days ago, we had 70-degree weather along with with hail and tornadoes (which, thankfully, missed us). But winter apparently isn't ...

A chuckle for you at the end of the day: Facebook Photos Help to Incriminate Bigamist : "A word of caution to any would-be bigamists w...

Neither could we, so we brought Quinn home from the Nebraska Humane Society  six years ago yesterday (Yes, yesterday. We never can remember...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! For those of you not familiar with runzas , they're a mix of ground beef & cabbage baked into a bun. ...

Kevin Rose posted a couple emails from a friend of his who works in an Apple store in Tokyo. Whatever else I may think of Apple, I think it...

Beware the Ides of March... YouTube - Julius Caesar: the Ides of March

Today is Pi Day ! Why not celebrate with pie? :) By pauladamsmith

Mom-101: The awesomely terrifyingly amazing power of counting to three : "I love that the mere act of counting to 3 can make my childre...

Someday, will we look back on Facebook, Twitter, et al in the same way? Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civili...

I've been in a Nyquil coma for days, so I almost missed noticing today is International Women's Day . The Google Books blog has a gr...

I got a kick out of this post by Chris Baty , depicting his workday as a series of online "games." I'll have to ponder a bit ...

Saturday,  Rainbow Rowell's latest column for the Omaha World-Herald  focused on how writers in Omaha often don't realize how many o...

Hey, they're cheaper than a TV :-)

Photo by  prayitno Highlights from  Accepting Your Oscar: A Guide : Thank the spiritual being of your choice. Point up/over/ wherever (pr...

I wish this was real: Lost Choose Your Own Adventure by ~ Hartter on deviant ART

Hey, it could work...

Some amazing pictures from New Zealand, both of the devastation but also of people helping out in such a tough time: via a search set up...