We'd like about five more . . . They provide really great protection for our nice foam terrain, although transporting them internationally has proven to be a great way to get special attention from customs inspectors. So call your local surplus store . . . Because we don't want to pay fines of up to a quarter-million dollars for a first offense, and go to jail for up to 3 years, we will carefully not reprint a word of the CNN story about the new copyright bill that Clinton has just signed, including harsh punishments for copying things on the Net. Go read it yourself . . .
Bugs outnumber all other forms of animal life on the planet.
Stomping them is noisy and exhausting, and poisons have a tendency to get out of hand. Well, the creative folks at Iowa State University have come up with a number of Tasty Insect Recipes . When you get past the home page, of course, some knowledge of German will be helpful. Cool Dino Noises Sandia National Laboratories has announced a joint project with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science to recreate the sounds that Parasaurolophus might have made 75 million years ago. You can download sound files at the Sandia website .