Fish for Friday

Edited by Morris Dean

[Anonymous selections from recent correspondence]

You said that you and your wife were trying to decide whether to participate in a trial program from Duke Energy whereby you might be able to reduce your energy costs by lowering the amount you use during peak demand periods, but you were having trouble figuring out whether it would be to your advantage. Perhaps you need to have a clearer understanding of the difference between kilowatts and kilowatt hours: "kW and kWh Explained." Their simple explanation is easy to understand. Most basically, "kWh is a measure of energy, whilst kW is a measure of power...."

Richie not in disguise

Perhaps Jason Whitlock is the world's best sportswriter: "Martin walked into twisted world." [Martin is Jonathan Martin, and the twisted world he walked into is known as the National Football League.]

A classic Scalzi essay...about horseshit: "On the Creation Museum: Here's how to understand it."

I'm at a loss for words. It's for real, not satire:


From the International Mosaiculture Exhibition Montreal—Summer 2013:

Broken Boat:

Lake Louise in Canada:

Reflections:

Shan Hai Guan. Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea:

Sunrise over Lofoten, Norway:

Tamblian Lake, Indonesia:

Limerick of the week:

Thursday was for official thanks-giving,
but I am thankful everyday I'm living;
    when I feel grateful
    for every plateful,
there's more vivacity in my viving.

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