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Wavy-lined emerald moth caterpillar, dressed for work. Crafty Caterpillar Puts Flowers on Back for Camouflage

( eight more pics and a video, with article links; child/work-safe, warning for big leggy centipede action )

Due to some recent discussions at randompictures, I've been thinking about the nature of random pictures and random posts. (I'll leave out the existential stuff because it didn't get me anywhere useful.)

I played around a bit and this is what I came up with.

Details of how I did it are ( under this lj-cut. )

( Twenty-five pictures; child/work-safe )

Video courtesy of splodefromcute.

( 'Scuse me, I'm redecorating )

Brought to my attention by my awesome brother.

( Crane lower that rover )

Also posted to lolscience.

This is from dt_pic_daily and I absolutely had to repost it here. (C'mon, how could I not?)

( David and a teeny tiny human Dalek! )

David on the Olympics (sort of), his recent and upcoming work, and the treasures of his wardrobe.

( I could listen to that voice all day. )

I came across the video here: I Can Haz Cheezburger, scifi department

A wonderful discovery, just twenty-eight miles west of where I live. Article is quoted in full from the North County Times website.

ENVIRONMENT: Scripps students find deep-sea oasis off coast of Oceanside
BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN
July 30, 2012

( Click for article and bonus video. )

At San Diego ComicCon 2012, last week, Matt Smith reassured one of his littlest fans. From http://www.doctorwhobbc.com/.


( Video here. )

Abby is a five-year-old sea otter rescued as a newborn pup in Santa Barbara. She was raised at Sea World San Diego with the help of experts at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She was transferred from Sea World to the Aquarium in June and is now living in the public exhibit with several other otters.

( Further info, picture and other fun stuff. )