i was drawn to the ocean

Though sadly not surprising, this is appalling.
EDIT:  i don't know what's wrong with Yahoo news (besides the fact that it's Yahoo news that is) but this link originally went to a story about the rape, torture, and murder of civilians, NOT to one of the ubiquitous car bombing stories.


REALLY stupid young female criminals in Northern KY



and, on a lighter note:

some really cool art/craftsmanship

And now, kiddos, i have GOT to get ready for bed.  G'night!

Some cool links, both ganked from the linklovely box_o_spiders:

chocolate deities

beautiful photography, artistic/tasteful nudity so possibly nsfw

Gratitude List
~ Milena's love, patience, and affection
~ that i rather like Math now
~ that Milena likes that i like Math now ;-)
~ friends
~ all the beautiful black locust trees that i'm seeing everywhere now in bloom

Check out the artwork of Jim Warren.

Some of my favourites:
ta2dmrm8, box_o_spiders, and marymoon, i think you gals will especially enjoy these works!

This one has a mer-horse and a mer-tiger!!

another oceanscape

Birds, dolphins, etc.

a surreal feline

Pele - i actually have this as one of my LJ icons...how ironic! i hadn't known where it came from...

just very beautiful and peaceful to me

The artist's interpretation of Mother Nature in the new Millennium

Hope you enjoyed!!

Word of the day is lowing.

And on a completely unrelated note, do your creative juices a favour and check out this photographer. If this isn't Muse-worthy, i don't know what is...
http://bsimple.com/home.htm