A follow-up on something I recently rambled about, hopefully in passing enough that this won't require a Hudson-Hater link... That barking that all the local dogs (including Hudson) were doing on the recent passing of another of the local dogs has subsided, so it's pretty well certain that their barking was somehow spurred by his disappearance (though I guess that wasn't very much in doubt). Anyway, I imagine the neighbors are as relieved as we are... Airedales are LOUD!

We're semi-short-handed this morning, as Frans' cable connection has gone down. As my nana, Nana Rosannadanna used to say...

Stories of the Day:	Crocodiles tear apart Thai suicide woman. Thanks Jesse van Dijk. Man! Workmen are cone idle. Thanks Ant.
Weird Science:	Reviving an Old Technology for a New Kind of TV Screen (NY Times free registration required). Thanks Jonathan C. Forster.
Wild Science:	'Asian Brown Cloud' poses global threat. Thanks Mike Martinez.