Posts tagged news
Algae blooms at Olympic sailing venue
Jul 3rd
Quindao, China Algae Bloom at sailing site, originally uploaded to Flickr by beijingente.
China’s latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one third of the sea where the world’s best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a month. Athletes call it “the blob”, “the carpet”, “the fairway”, and “the serious problem”.
Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 12th
I was just telling Tracy that she should read Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
He died last night.
I met him once. Great writer.