Tiny Chameleon Carbon Footprint

Perhaps the way to deal with scarcer resources is to become smaller and therefore require less sustenance? There are some inherent dangers with this, but then size doesn't always matter, and won't always protect one from predators. Giraffes are fodder for cats, afterall. But a tiny thing that changes appearance to look like a leaf, or a twig, or a stone, now that's intelligence. Evolve small and create the illusion that you are NOT what your predator likes to eat.

Read this fascinating research on the tiny Leaf Chameleon published today by

Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend, and Miguel Vences, on Plosone.org.

JERRY HALL

Jerry Hall,

He is so small,

A rat could eat him,

Hat and all.

LITTLE HUSBAND

I had a little husband,

No bigger than my thumb;

I put him in a pint pot

And there I bade him drum.

I gave him some garters

To garter up his hose,

And a little silk handkerchief

To wipe his pretty nose.

NOTHING-AT-ALL

There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all,

who lived in a dwelling exceedingly small;

A man stretched his mouth to its utmost extent,

And down at one gulp house and old woman went.



Attacks on Egyptian Women Sparks Uproar

An informative article on today's Reuters Africa details the plight of women activists in Egypt. No one should be kicked in the belly. Stripping a muslim woman of her veil, baring her torso, exposing her bra and then beating her is an outrage on so many fronts. Given images and events like these, it is astounding that so many brave young people still march in protest. Our thoughts and best wishes are with our activists, all over the world, as they try so hard to show us a better way to live.

Punch and Judy

Fought for a pie;

Punch gave Judy

A knock in the eye.

Says Punch to Judy,

Will you have any more?

Says Judy to Punch

My eye is too sore.

OWS March to Washington D.C.

It's Happening! Brave Kids, we love you!

Robin Hood

Has gone to the wood;

He'll come back again

If we are good.

Unfair and Biased Negative Journalism Hurts our Democracy

Today's Los Angeles Times reports on a study by The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. The findings, using software developed by a Harvard University expert on Quantitative Analysis shows biased and unfair reporting on our current President. Here is the link:

Media coverage of Obama largely negative, study finds

Go to www.Whitehouse.gov if you want to see what President Obama and his strong administration are doing for our country.

I'm not surprised that the current reporting is so biased in support of Perry and other candidates and to the detriment of President Obama, but I am sad.  What would Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and all the other hero reporters with principles have to say about this?

Miss One, Two, and Three

Could never agree,

While they gossiped around

A tea-caddy.

Ponyo, Ponyo, Ponyo, fishy in the sea!

I want to devote this entry to the wonderful animation of Hayao Miyazaki and the amazing brave spirit of the Japanese people as they survive the earthquakes, tsunami and radiation nightmares of the last week. We love you Japan!

My children are uplifted by Miyazaki's beautiful animations: Ponyo, Totorro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Nausicaa, Howl's Moving Castle...the list goes on.

I recommend absolutely all of them.

If you are ever lucky enough to visit Japan, you might like to visit the Ghibli Museum, created by Miyazaki and his team. I hope to see it someday and until then, will make do with websites that celebrate the museum. (Google "Ghibli Museum" to find many fan sites.) The museum opens tomorrow, March 21, the 2nd day of spring, after being closed for earthquake repairs.

 Totorro takes tickets!

a growing green view from above...

  cup of cafe au lovely!