Above is a picture I took yesterday of a little cluster of mushrooms I discovered on a pile of mulch in our yard.

Below are a few Internet links from the last couple of weeks. Highlights include why creative people are eccentric, six exercise machines to avoid, word of a new Sherlock Holmes story …

A little something for everyone this time–happy reading!

• “Big Bang Theory” meets “Green Acres”: the trend of IT onshoring
  • US electrical grid too crappy to be vulnerable to terrorist attack, say physicists
    • the music business is perhaps healthier than you thought
      • Oops she did it again: A few …

Last night when I pulled into my driveway it was dark out, but I could dimly see by the light of the stars and moon. So I was startled when I thought I saw someone’s brain in the middle of my driveway.

After a brief investigation, with the reassurance of this morning’s light, I’m not sure if I …