04-29-2007: Blood on the Poles

As I was watching 'Five Disasters Waiting to Happen' on BBC Climate Change, this image flashed in my mind. This Howies Art Think winner for 2007 by Norwegian photographer Pal Hermansen is a surreal masterpiece that tells us that it's not just the ice caps that are melting, lives are also fading away.

01-27-2007: Pet Search

The hunt for a pet can make you learn about new animals you have never heard before. Thanks to my wife's search for a pet, I got acquainted with a new fellow called chinchilla. This one in the picture is actually the pet of the petshop owner. And as you can see he sure can do some good publicity stunts for his owner. We found our 5-month-old chinchilla from a private owner.