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The Abbey Habit: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery for the Beatles, as 'most famous' album cover inspires dozens of imitations."
The UK Daily Mail found more than 50 knockoff album covers, all spoofs of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road.
The collection ranges from the Peanuts gang to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and even the Fransciscan friars walk the walk.
Slugs: How to Lick a Slug. Nicholas Kristof, NYT:
While backpacking here with my 11-year-old daughter, I kept thinking of something tragic: so few kids these days know what happens when you lick a big yellow banana slug....
All About Slugs -- a slug-friendly page.
...One fascinating thing about this slime is that even though its fairly slippery, which you will notice petting or (if you're like me) picking the slug up and letting it crawl along your hands, is that they can use it to hold on to sheer surfaces like glass.Another fascinating thing about the slime is its a natural anaesthetic. If you lick a slug enough, your tongue will go numb. In fact, some Native Americans used to put slugs in their mouths when they had a toothache and let it crawl around. I don't recommend licking a slug, because I'm sure it's not good for them....
How to Get Rid of Snails and Slugs
...Set yeast traps in troublesome beds. Sink a shallow jar so the top is flush with the ground. Fill the trap with beer, regular or nonalcoholic to 1/2 inch from the top and wait for the slugs to fall in and drown. A recent survey on what kind of beer slugs like best tells us they prefer Budweiser, Bud light, Coors light, Michelob, Old Milwaukee. Pretty good taste buds huh?
Alt-design:
Erich Schlegel for The New York Times
Away - A Straw-and-Clay Cob House near Austin, Tex. - NYTimes.com
LAGO VISTA, Tex. -- As a senior systems analyst at the University of Texas, Austin, Gary Zuker lives in a high-tech world all week. But when the weekend arrives, Mr. Zuker retreats to a home that's about as low-tech as possible. His getaway is a 900-square-foot cottage that he built himself out of straw and clay. To come upon it, tucked away on two acres in the wooded Hill Country outside Austin, is to find a storybook dwelling that could be Geppetto's workshop or a Hobbit house.
The audio slideshow, full of still photos, is worth clicking.
Its walls are two feet thick. Because it's in Austin, Texas, it will never, unfortunately, be surrounded by snow, which would make an even more stunning photo.
Related: A Low Impact Woodland Home
Inside the Hobbit House Appreciating a modern-day cottage based on mythical literature
