So far we’ve purchased — Go to Central Park Zoo, Go bald eagle watching, Go bike riding at Willow Creek, Play more basketball with your father. A dollar well spent.

So fun and useless. I love them.

Useless Fliers

We all enjoyed reading about Uncle Abe’s recent adventures with honey bees. Getting his first hive going sounds very exciting. Arlo loves honey too…just one more reason to make it down for a visit!

Giant George certainly lives up to his name, he holds the current Guiness World Record for the Tallest Dog (43 inches from paw to shoulder, or 7ft 3in when ‘standing’ on his back legs.) I wouldn’t want to have to feed this greatest of great danes (George eats 110 pounds of food per week!), but I’d love to run into him at the park someday.

Found via the Mail Online

A new telescope called VISTA (for the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy)  has just been turned on at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, and has made its first release of pictures. From the ESO site:

VISTA is a survey telescope working at infrared wavelengths and is the world’s largest telescope dedicated to mapping the sky. Its large mirror, wide field of view and very sensitive detectors will reveal a completely new view of the southern sky. Spectacular new images of the Flame Nebula, the centre of our Milky Way galaxy and the Fornax Galaxy Cluster show that it is working extremely well.

Based on this lovely image, I’d say so!

I had no idea there was a world of modded “My Little Ponies”. These custom ponies are delightful, if not a tad creepy.

Found via Spoon Graphics

Not sure how this partnership came about, but I love this new Adidas Star Wars Collection. You can buy everything from Darth Vader sneakers to shiny jackets and funky tees, all with a decidedly Star Wars bent. Sign me up for the orange high tops and the Millennium Falcon sneaks. The Yoda athletic moccasin loafers are intriguing, too.

Don’t get me wrong. I love my Lego bracelets, my Lego earrings, and my Lego hair clip. I enjoy using our Lego ice cube tray, Lego salt & pepper shakers, and Lego minifig kitchen timer. I’m just not sure yet how I feel about these Lego nose studs. Maybe there is a limit to alternative uses for our household’s favorite polymer-based plaything.

Oh Bret and Jermaine, say it isn’t so!

I’m still reeling from the news posted on the Flight of the Conchords site yesterday that there will be no season 3, no more episodes, no more Flight of the Conchords. It was our family’s favorite show. Ouch. At least we still have the music. If I could just get my kids to stop singing “Mutha’uckas” at school…

Found via What’s Alan Watching?.