Some of his graceful weather vanes and other works can be seen here.

Devised by Australian and Netherlands scientists, it emphasizes seven foods that lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Here they are:

Wine, 150 ml/day, the red kind
Chocolate 100g/day, the dark kind
Fish (four meals/week)
Fruits and veggies 400g/day
Almonds 68g/day
Garlic 2.7g/day

An extra six years could be added to a man’s life and almost five for a woman.

He was carrying a five-month old, his little brother. There were five more children, babies really, all holding hands.

Later, health workers discovered that Deamonte Love had taken very good care of the others after being handed up to a helicopter for evacuation. Meanwhile, his mother and the mothers of the other children were moved to San Antonio. Six days later, they were reunited.

Why Einstein and Van Gogh, among many others, acted as they did.

Many beasts, both alive and dead, haunt the Malagasy, the inhabitants of Madagascar. Some are ghosts with red eyes and long fingernails that are particularly suited for removing the viscera of the local citizens. There are the wild men of the woods, who run on all fours. The mpakafo eats the heart of its victims.

However, visions of mythical creatures sometimes are not the product of an overly stoked imagination. The aye-aye proved to be real, although many will admit that it is more surreal than not.

Between Old and New York, about a shoe-shine man who drifts between two worlds - that of the shoes in front of him, and the other, where he is hitting them out of the park with Maris and Mantle. ‘Stranded on the baseline between old and New York’.

It’s at iTunes.

Is another man’s treasure. After a Japanese politician turned his nose up at a ‘hard, dry slice of cheese’, those who recognized a good Mimolette when they saw one ran out, and bought all they could. The harder the cheese gets, the better it tastes.

The famous wild boar that captured the hearts of the Dunblane, Scotland citizenry has been caught. They had named him after William Wallace, and rooted (sorry) mightily for his escape.

He has been felled by a tranquilizer dart, and is resting at the SSPCA.

The pigs are force-fed and confined until they weigh almost a ton. Then they are sacrificed in a religious festival that honors local soldiers in an 18th century rebellion.

Some say it is an exercise in cruelty, others defend their actions, saying they are paying tribute to the warriors who are regarded as gods.

No one even mentioned vibrating buttocks yesterday when I posted the item about keeping drivers alert.

Or vibrating trousers.

Innocent passenger: Um, dear. Are you cold?
Driver. Hmmmm.
IP: Dear. You’re shaking all over. Even your butt. Let me drive.
Driver: Hmm. Mmph.
IP. Are you having a seizure? Stop it!
Driver (snaps to): Umm. No, no, it’s a new feature of the car. (yawns) No worries.

Grace is not involved. Instead, participants propel themselves into the water generating enormous amounts of spray and racket. Bonus points for those who manage to hide their pain.

This is very big in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands.

Still getting his daily ration of raw chicken tossed into Lake Machado.

It may be cruel, but shouldn’t they toss in a bucket of KFC now and then? Maybe he’ll come bobbing up once he’s gotten addicted.

Hoping that Blue Gardenia will soothe the ankle, which is a less vibrant shade of purple today. Includes Love Letters, Come Rain or Come Shine, and These Foolish Things. ‘The winds of March that made my heart a dancer.’

Canadian defense officials are looking into the replacement of their fleet of CF-18 jetfighters with unmanned drones.

A system developing near Florida might develop into a tropical storm that could dump up to 15 inches of rain on parts of the state.

A bit distorted due to the sidebar. If you want to see them at their full plumpness, click on the photo. I should resize, but then they wouldn’t look this big.

More than 4 million players have bought the game, then they spend a monthly fee of $15 to play online. The serious gamers spend more than 30 hours per week playing.

Mamas, don’t let your babies (college-aged) grow up to be WOW players.

During a training exercise over Hokkaido, one brushed against another. No pilot injuries, but the planes sustained some damage.

As can be expected.

According to the Farmer’s Almanac (as distinguished from the Old Farmer’s Almanac), there will be spikes and dips in the temperatures.

Dress in layers.

Origen Therapeutics has implanted chickens with human genes, which enables them to produce eggs that contain cancer-fighting monoclonal antibodies.

Who does it on a regular basis, and why they do it.

Before 1974, they mixed mercury amalgams used in tooth fillings by hand. Research shows that those nurses had a much higher percentage (about four times) of hysterectomies. In addition, they experienced fertility problems, and had more children with birth defects and learning difficulties.