[Falstaft]

Time to revive this thread!

In the past year or so I've been getting into birdwatching, which is admittedly difficult when you a) live in a crowded city like Boston and b) have no car! Relatedly, stargazing, which is very difficult given the insane light pollution here!

I also enjoy collecting field guides, playing certain computer games, hiking, blogging, and the websites wikipedia and TVtropes.org.

 

[Falstaft]

I took this photo of a magpie 'mobbing' a fox three minutes' walk from my home.

Great pic sospiro! Bet you were glad you had your camera on hand when that happened. And though I've never been to New Zealand, it's definitely up there on my places on the globe I most want to visit.

Weston, I know the draw of virtual environments -- I spent probably an "unsafe" amount of time exploring the weird world of Second Life, though I never contributed anything except perhaps my own feelings of confusion . A friend recently pointed out this online world to me: http://www.minecraft.net/ -- very simple and user friendly but has quite a lot of quick-and-easy building potential for a casual user like me.

mamascarlatti, you'll have to let me know how Darwin's Dangerous Idea turns out. I read most everything Daniel Dennett writes, but for some reason I never completed that book (though maybe I was just too busy). He's a wonderfully clear writer (and looks like Santa Claus to boot!).