Plat du jour

A blast from the past: Britannia rules the waves

UK navy seizes pirate 'mothership'

I also liked a bit of related news in the last paragraph:

British and U.S. forces freed the cargo ship [the Montecristo] in a dramatic rescue last week after retrieving a message in a bottle tossed by hostages from a porthole alerting ships nearby that the crew was safely sealed inside an armored area.

A message in a bottle. How high tech.

90,000 visitors!

Tuesday evening this blog received its 90,000th visitor. It was someone in Philadelphia Googling "Pennsylvania bobcat."

Yay, me.

Living with bobcats LIV

Here's the round-up from the first half of September (I admit it: I'm slow.):

Texas: Bobcat in North Dallas!, Bobcat stalking prey in Plano, Denton Bobcat, Bobcat sightings raise concern in Texas neighborhood, Drought has wildlife roaming into residential areas

California: Bobcat seen prowling in Burbank neighborhood, Bobcat Sighting In Lake Elsinore, LAKE ELSINORE: Officers on ailing bobcat's trail, Bobcat Spotted in Burbank After Mountain Lion Warning, Bogue: Sit in your yard for an hour and what do you see

Arizona: Wild animals: better on television, Landowner shoots bobcat on his land, Bobcat recovering from backyard trapping, shooting, Tucson man faces investigation for trapping bobcat

Idaho: Bobcat sighted on Boise State campus

Connecticut: Bobcats Put Families on Alert