Celebrate American Indian Heritage Month

The National Museum of the American Indian has a wonderfully attractive entry page.

The NewMexiKen masthead

No one has ever asked but I’ll tell you anyway. The photos in the masthead were all taken by NewMexiKen. Seven of the eight are from National Parks; the sunset is from my front courtyard (taken in November 2002).

From left to right — Great Sand Dunes, New Mexico sunset, Grand Canyon, Saguaro, Yellowstone, Arches, Crater Lake and Bryce.

Happy Birthday Charles M. Schulz

Born on this date in 1922. He died in February 2000, the night before his last Sunday strip appeared.

Man says fish stick has Jesus’ face

First loaves (the grilled cheese sandwich), now fishes:

KINGSTON, Ontario - An eastern Ontario man is hoping to make a bit of money by auctioning a fish stick he says looks like Jesus.

Fred Whan, who has kept the fish stick in his freezer since burning it at dinner a year ago, decided Tuesday that it was time to thaw it out so he could sell it on eBay.

A Florida woman recently sold a decade-old grilled cheese sandwich with the toasty visage of what’s purported to be the Virgin Mary for $28,000, according to the eBay Web site.

From Canadian Press via AZCentral. Click image to enlarge.

How fast can you count?

Play 12MANY and see.

How to Kill a Mockingbird

A silly but amusing 21st century school book review of To Kill a Mockingbird (sorta). [Video]

[Update: This is actually way too long to be worth it, but I'll leave the link here in case time is of no value to you.]

Rolling Stone 500

Rolling Stone has published a new list of the 500 “greatest rock & roll songs of all time.” All 500 are listed with a discussion of each (ranging from lengthy to a sentence). There is a sound clip for most songs and a link to purchase many for just 79 cents each (from RealPlayer).

At the moment, NewMexiKen has 358 of the 500 on the iPod.

Hand at position 10 or 2

A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests that drivers who use hands-free cellphone adapters are actually no safer behind the wheel than drivers who hold the phone with one hand and steer with the other.

From a report in The New York Times.

Hail to the Chief

Presidential succession:

• Vice President Richard Cheney
• Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
• President pro tempore of the Senate Ted Stevens
• Secretary of State Colin Powell Condoleezza Rice
• Secretary of the Treasury John Snow
• Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Attorney General John Ashcroft Alberto R. Gonzales

There’s gold in them thar hills

Gold hit $450 an ounce yesterday, its highest in more than 16 years.

In case you were wondering

Seven years after they won a civil lawsuit, relatives of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman have collected almost none of the $33.5 million in damages awarded.

Read article in the Los Angeles Times.

Do you think the real killer took all of OJ’s money, too?