Just what the pandologist ordered

I leave town for four days (post on this later) and return to find Indonesia underwater again, and Israel bombs Lebanon. (Oh yeah and the President swore, woop-dee-diddly-doo, with his mouth FULL of food, FAR more egregious than the potty mouth! He also addressed the Prime Minister of England as "Yo, Blair" but that's just funny!)

Here's some news that I find happy or funny, or at least distracting enough from the depressing stuff.

UNSECO adds Pandas to World Heritage Site List
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convened last week in Vilnius, Lithuania to discuss additions to the World Heritage Site List. In China, the panda reserve in the Sichuan Province was named to the list,due to the giant panda's status as an edandered species and the reserve's role in protecting and replenishing the species.
*gratuitous cute panda photo at the above link-we love national geographic photogs!*

Ladies, start your engine!
Two English women and the fiat panda they adopted from eBay, set sail for Outer Mongolia this coming Saturday, as the 2006 Mongol Rally gets underway! Five weeks of treacherous terrains, hostile road conditions, and 190 bangers (that's English for sh*tmobile, I think), all of which are guaranteed to break down at some point over the 8,000 mile journey, sputtering their way toward Ulaan Baatur.

BTW, the two women, Glaswegian Lorraine Hutchison, 26, and Sussex(ian?) Nina Rooke, 32, have no experience with vehicular maintenance whatsoever, and have planned a dangerous route winding through Afghanistan, Iraq and Uzebekistan. Check out some of the routes here. Ladies, you are my American Idols!

Cool images from space
umm, it's just cool that's all. One of Super E's coworkers sent him a link to this site space.com who forwarded it to me and now I've bookmarked it. Thief compensates victim for stolen bikeno explanation needed!that's all for now.