MetaFilter posts tagged with pond

To the Bat-pond!

bonehead — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:36:33 -0800

Thirsty bats caught in the act! ...by Kim Taylor. More of Mr. Taylor's work here Bonus bat-link with extra Taylor photos.

Lesbian partner denied access

Morrigan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:54:10 -0800

Suit alleges that her partner of 18 years and her children were denied access to dying woman in Florida hospital. Due to her organ donation, however, Lisa Marie Pond’s heart survives.

10th July 2003

ZachsMind — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:39:16 -0800

To Whom It May Concern: If you are reading this then I can only assume that you have removed the pond under which this note is buried... For those of you who have not yet clicked on the first link, go click on the link. We'll wait here, but don't make us wait all day. I have a tuna casserole in the microwave. ... For those too lazy to click on the link, a young woman named Vero has a friend named Simon. They live in the UK. Simon recently moved to a new place that had a pond. He didn't like the pond, so he emptied it out. At the bottom of the pond was a letter from the previous owner. The makings of a cable movie? Probably not. Still, it made me smile. If it doesn't make you smile, I hope your head falls off. You snivelling pond destroyer. What I found curious was that only five years had transpired but the laminated letter is already difficult to read. Being under the water all that time was causing the ink to run. Like duh. Even laminated, didn't the original author anticipate that? The letter would not have survived more than a couple decades at most, so the original author probably expected the pond to be destroyed relatively soon after she had put it there. Otherwise she would have left a note in such a way as to survive the test of time better. This begs the question: why do it in the first place, if you KNOW someone else will come along and destroy it? Are garden ponds in the UK the new sandcastles? Who was this person? Why did she make the pond? Why did she lose the pond? Why did she know as she was making the pond that she might lose it? If she loved the pond so much, why sell the property? Please discuss, and no you can't have any tuna casserole.

wsg — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:30:20 -0800

National Geographic has a lot of cool webcams. Pete's Pond in Africa is my favorite. (previously) It's up and running again for its third season till mid-December, the end of the dry season. Best viewing times are 4-8 PM EST and 12-4 AM EST. Lots of highlights can be found at youtube, of course. NG also provides the Seal Cam from Año Nuevo, California, Bald Eagle Cam from Maine, the Kakadu Cam from Australia and and the Polar Bear Cam from Canada. There are a lot of grizzly bears fishing right now on the Bear Cam from Alaska, but the Crane Cam from Nebraska is down right now. To view these cams you have to sit through a short commercial at first, but after that it's all live wildlife goodness. There are also very active forums where people share their screencaps and vicarious adventures.

interrobang — Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:13:49 -0800

Vovox: An alga consisting of photosynthetic, flagellated cells, organized into a spherical colony, which may contain daughter colonies. But the main issue is: they're really neat-looking. And here they are in anaglyph 3-D.