I just ran across this website (Planetary Photojournal) just a little bit ago, and Holy Cow, are there some wonderful image son there. That is where I retreived this beauty of Saturn.

With thousands of images on all of the planets, and information on the equipment used to make the images - there is a wealth of information on this site. This is a really nice image of Mars from the Rover. The galleries are organized well, and the site is searchable too - so it's pretty easy to find images that might interest you.

There are a ton of wallpapers for download as well as audio, video, and other media as well.  Check it out - it's worth poking around for a bit.

Merry Christmas to all! I'm sorry, but I'm not sayin' Happy Holidays one more time. It's Christmas. And here are some random photos to ring in the day....

Come to find out, if I pause my DVR, and change the channel to a music channel - the image stays behind the song title. Both of these I find very fitting for Christmas music... don't you?

Recently, a mass grave of Dodos was discovered on the island of Mauritius. A team of Dutch and Mauritian scientists discovered the 20 skeletons, and are hoping to discover more information as to the life of the Dodo.

Several other articles are linked to from that article page, providing a bit more insight into the Dodo Way.

It took its name from the Portuguese word for "fool", and was hunted to extinction within 200 years of Europeans landing on Mauritius.

I still prefer the depiction provided in the movie Ice Age, which has a sequel arriving soon, seems to be a perfect description of a bird whose name is fool.

Considering that they were able extract DNA from the flightless fowl, we should be able to pull a Jurassic Park on the dippy birds, and recreate a duplicate Dodo for all the world to be amazed and astounded by its stupidity. That sounds like a plan. Combine the Dodo DNA with Ostrich DNA and viola!

So, I'm not exactly sure what the deal is with this new movie. I've watched the trailer, and the teaser - but Mel's vision escapes me. What doesn't escape me is that this guy has spent too much time suckin' the juice from fermented kiwis.

Go out to QuickTime.com and watch the trailer. Then when you're done. Cycle back to 1:46 and take a gander at the still. It's not different than the shot you see right here, but WTF? Mel? Smokin' the wacky weed?

So for a bit more info into the movie, check out the movie site here. Now don't get your hopes up though - the entire site is basically "coming soon", but there is a paragraph about the story. Now mind you, it really isn't anything you can't decipher from the video clip.

I'm not going to put any more effort into figuring out - right now it isn't that intriguing. I just find this movie still pretty damn funny. This guy is a nut case.

So we were playing some games a couple of weeks ago, Halo, and XIII to be specific. And after a couple of rousing rounds of invisible opponents with rocket launchers, good ol' Br4x decides to give us all a message.

I took me a sec' to figure out just what in the name of Sam Hill he was up to, but it shortly became clear. And he only had to sacrifice his life a mere 5 or 6 times before his own personal Crazy Horse was scribed right onto the gib-laden wall.

This is one of the best screen shots I have. I always forget to take them so, consequently the really funny gib shots are all in my cluttered cranium - not doin' any one a whole lot of good I know - but I gotta store them somewhere.

While I'm thinking of it, since I'm on the subject of Halo. If you haven't ever checked out Red vs. Blue. Go, be a web junkie and have a look-see. It's worth it. These guys make videos of Halo game play and add dialog to a scripted scene - all created in the Halo game engine during normal game play action - no special engines used.

See. Now whodathunkit? This is amazing. If the fact that this Lego creation itself is a work of immense proportions. A Rebel Attack Cruiser from Episode III, over 8ft long and 150lbs. HUGE!!!! If that wasn't enough to make your brain sizzle, the thing is on eBay right now and it's currently bid up to $13,500.00!

It makes it a bit easier to swallow that all of the money goes to Habit for Humanity, but still! Hey, at least shipping is free. But sorry to you non-Americans out there, US shipping only.

This is Lego's Shop at Home store on eBay, so if you are interested in Lego, as I am, check it out. I'm poking around in it right now, and see quite a few things I wouldn't mind getting fro myself to play with. Nothing else as cool as this ship though, man I wish I had won the lottery last month!

It was built by Lego master Builder - Erik Varszegi. I found this interview with him about this model - the guy is a big brain to say the least. It's really pretty cool, amazing, and tons of other adjectives I can spew forth over and over. I am in awe, and a puddle of drool. Here is another interview on another project, the Moon of Endor.