Whitman boys.

I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT THIS PAUL HAMM FIASCO, BUT LINDA DID IT BETTER.

OK, A POST TO SEE IF BLOGGER CONTINUES TO SCREW UP MY LINKS. I am a regular reader of Penny Arcade, a three-days-a-week online comic that focuses on computer gaming. [I have now established geek cred.] PA’s creators, the pseudonymous Gabe and Tycho, are candid are about their goal–money! And theirs is that rare site that actually succeeds at making money on a non-subscription basis (PvP is another). They are expanding their niche and this weekend are hosting a gaming convention in Bellevue. Interesting feature of the piece is a picture of PA’s creators Mike and Jerry, who do not bear much resemblance to their comics avatars.

BLOGGER IS RANDOMLY SCREWING UP MY LINKS. I speculate it might have something to do with its “enhanced” posting engine, but I’m not sure. In any event, some of my links are gorked–they look fine in raw html, but then when clicked they don’t got through–blogger appends a blogger referent prefix that leads to a 404. I have complained, but this may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, leading me to get off blogger and onto my own domainname, hosting, usage of MT, etc.

All of which makes me cranky.

A “NO-DRIVE” LIST, I COULD UNDERSTAND.

BY POPULAR DEMAND: NAKED MOLE RATS! They were the best exhibit at the Zoo last time I was there, but I see from the website that they now have a display of Matschie’s tree kangaroo. The website tells us this:

Birth: usually one joey (about 1 inch at birth) * female isolates herself before birth * Birth position - sitting on base of tail with tail between legs * Takes 2 minutes for joey to crawl to the pouch * pouch contains 4 mammae * joey attaches to nipple for 90 to 100 days, at 250 days joey looks out, at 300 leaves pouch for first time, at 350 leaves pouch permanently * long pouch life compared to other kangaroos