Walking, red and pink

From the Westchester (New York) Magazine (October 2004), "The Eight Wonders of Westchester," p. 71:

The extraordinary 134-year-old Armour-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington: You can see the red-and-pink painted structure walking along the Croton Aqueduct; the house resembles nothing you've seen before.

WSJ Bushism of the Week

"Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your life."

wholesome fun

At caribou:

Many people never bother to change the default password on their Telecom answer phone service (it's the last four digits of the phone number): this simple fact has provided me with hours of wholesome fun. I once broke into the Presbyterian Support Services answer phone and re-recorded their message word-for-word, but with an oddly camp Polish accent. At the end of the message I sung a little song of my own devising. I spent a happy afternoon listening to the messages left by bemused parishioners; the vicar had re-recorded the message by the end of the day.

Exploding pants

Exploding pants betray meth suspect

"A flash of fire went through the car along with a red flare..."

Moon, or temporary clump?

Scientists cannot yet definitively say if the object is a moon or a temporary clump.

Recent Acquisitions

I bought Gloria an iPod mini:

Cole wanted a book on knots:

I've liberated a shell that's been sitting on a dresser in our bedroom. Now it's in my office, instead. It's got a pattern on it that looks like output from a cellular automaton:

I don't know what type of shell it is. Do you? (answer in the comments, perhaps). I bought this book for myself: