Yes there IS. Leonard Cohen is on tour right now at age 75. Check the audio on the link. It's just as true as when he sang it wayback when.   more »

A great blog article here,hehey. It actually makes sense though, Arnie goes into various stretches that actual yoga asanas are named after. dog, cat, and cow, and almost every other familiar stretching techniques are derived from watching animal friends stretch. This could be a great educational feature for kids yoga especially, but most yoga afficianados are animal lovers, it's the zen... and the life force itself.   more »

Remember the timeless wisdom that HG Wells put into "War of The Worlds"? Mother Earth was saved by the lowliest of God's creatures, the virus. It looks like a fly, and a virus, and a greedy corporation all wotked on this potential pandemic. Read this excellent piece in Grist by Tom Philpot. For me it ties up the case. Is the pig, the "filthy animal" that eats it's own waste to blame, or is it the filthy corporate citizen that is to blame.   more »

This wasn't news to the blog world, we have been pointing this out for years. but finally it's getting some traction with main stream media? maybe:   more »

Try this,you'll like it. Stand by me cut from continent to continent,different artists,blended. Like twitter blends us.   more »

Get it now. These eagles are getting ready to fend for themselves. Watch as they grow and learn.   more »

From the Huffington Post blog: video/transcript of Elizabeth Warren explaining just how depression era regulation prevented the 15 year cycle of US financial crisis.   more »

Check the story and video from @cbellantoni   more »

Jon said,"Google muppet scat". Here's the video   more »

Latest ice disaster video news from Reuters: very alarming!    more »

You tell me: is going around from blog to comment on Grist to twitter and all around ..way too much? It all could get confusing. Just hope no one adds timetwitter&, where we tweet into the past through a solar orbiting tachyon accelerator.   more »

I just called firefly,the price will be around $490 per battery. Available from their website this summer. Three of them will move my honda plugin hybrid conversion (work in ((DIY)) progress) 30 to 40 miles. For 1500 bucks? Not bad.   more »

With his own 38. More from Tom Waites   more »

From the NYT: "WASHINGTON — Lawrence H. Summers, the top economic adviser to President Obama, earned more than $5 million last year from the hedge fund D. E. Shaw and collected $2.7 million in speaking fees from Wall Street companies that received government bailout money, the White House disclosed Friday in releasing financial information about top officials."   more »

The latest from David Roberts: "Responding to the 'energy tax' attack"   more »

I decided to post gristmill article links with short comment, then offer up my blog for comments. No official Grist connection, but why not revive comments unoficially? No harm, no plagirism, hehey.   more »

The ultimate musical philosopher, a comment on our financial crisis?   more »

Very nice job!  From the country whose president insists on international financial regulation. They both RULE!