Australians

You may recall the line delivered by Paul Hogan, better known as Nick "Crocodile" Dundee, in the movie of the same name. When a would-be robber pulls out his knife to convince Dundee to hand over some money, Dundee calmly points out to the robber, "That's not a knife...

I have an image in my head of the continent of Australia. Beautiful land, interesting and welcoming people, fascinating animals, and man-eating sharks surrounding it all. I've always been amazed at the "I don't worry about it" attitude of your average Aussie when it comes to the perils of the sea...

For the last week, it's seemingly been non-stop snow stories. Not around here so much, but the east coast of the U.S. has really been getting hammered with it. Predictions of 3 feet or more of snow didn't come true for New York, but Boston and other nearby areas got a pretty large amount...