We’re off the see the wizard… I have no idea why that seems to fit, but it’s probably best not to think about it too hard! We’re headed to Washington, D.C.
As of this post, comments are temporarily disabled so I don’t have to stress over how much spam is accumulating while I’m on vacation. Comments will be re-enabled when I return.
I celebrate new discoveries like the first living giant squid photographed (slideshow), but what I really love is that there are still mysteries in this world! Listen and then tell me, shouldn’t “Bloop!” be the word we use to describe anything that is beautifully peculiar and not yet understood? 
By the way, there are some word phrases that should never be used, even in a scientific setting, and the following paragraph contains a couple salient examples:
Octopi porn? Yikes… I wonder how they wrote up the research grant request for that one!
With just 4 hours to go until my prediction of rains in San Antonio expires, the weather outside is idyllic — partly cloudy, breezy and cool (low 70’s). Unfortunately, after a week of 99-102 degree temperatures, today is also forecast to meet/surpass the century mark.
With our luck, rains won’t come until Friday when we’re getting ourselves to the airport for our flight to Washington, D.C.! 
NON-RANT Section:
I wrote about him a couple times here on the Habitat. CBFTW was one of the more notable “soldier blogs,” chronicling the experiences of one American soldier in Iraq. His blog resulted in several high profile articles, and has now resulted in his writing a book, My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell, which you can pre-order on Amazon.com.
This is why everyone still searching for shelter, or God forbid still trying to traverse the Texas highways and backroads, needs to get to safety before this evening and STAY PUT until the danger has passed:
