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1. Submarines! Undersea Boats! Submersibles! My fascination of the underwater world probably started when I read Jules Verne's book, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Then, watching the Disney movie of the same name in the theaters probably got my interest going even more. Click Here To See a Coo...
2. Trains - Riding the Rails With the price of fuel going through the roof and with more and more concern about the environment--as well as the traffic congestion with all of the world's city streets and highways, trains are becoming a viable and attractive alternative to cars a...
3. Parrot Taming and Training Plus Teaching a Parrot to Talk This site is for everyone who loves Parrots or Parakeets and wants to discover the best way to tame and train them in a loving and fun manner. Included are pictures, descriptions, and videos. Find out the pros and cons of each type of bird. Our Compr...
4. Tilapia - Fish Farming in the Philippines Tilapia are some of the most farmed ("cultured") fish in the world--right up there with carp, catfish, trout, and salmon--and are considered the fifth most popular seafood eaten in the U.S. During a recent trip to the Philippines, I saw various meth...
5. Guam - Where America's Day Begins - A Tropical Paradise!  View of Storm Approaching Cetti Bay on Southwest Side of Guam - Photo taken from Cetti Bay Overlook People in Water at Tumon Beach with Amantes (Two Lovers) Point Behind, Tumon, Guam Photographic Print Elk III, John Buy at AllPosters.com...
6. Komodo Dragons and Relatives - the Monitor Lizards My experience with the Western Pacific monitor lizard, Varanus indicus--also known as the mangrove monitor--has been over 12 years of living on the Western Pacific island of Guam, with side visits to Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Belau (Palau) (The big lizar...
7. Quonset Huts, Well-Rounded Architecture! A Quonset hut is a particular kind of elongated, prefabricated structure (many times resembling a "building" -- just kidding! --) of corrugated steel with a semicircular/semitubular cross section--if a bunch were side-by-side and painted yellow, they...
8. Japanese Movies - The Old, Modern, Fun, and Bizarre! My first glimpse of a Japanese movie? When I was a kid, my sister and I would watch the Saturday matinee "Creepy Creature Feature" on our local TV station (we only had 3 in those days). The set was B&W, the sound was scratchy, but we saw our first Go...
9. Geckos - Wall-Climbing Lizards! Found in warm climates throughout the world (mostly the tropics--but also in desert areas in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas), geckos are amazing critters! Belonging to the family Gekkonidae, they have specialized toe pads that enable them...
10. Darkroom? It's possible to be negative and positive about it. I learned my photography back in the Dark Ages--namely, when images on film and paper were still developed in dark rooms. The Darkroom.  Although it truly is amazing what one can do with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and other software.....
11. Sea Turtles - Nomads of the Sea Okay. The first big question is: What is a Sea Turtle? From a purely biological point of view, there are 3 reptiles that have the thing called a shell, or better term, carapace, which causes folks to lump them under the general term, "TURTLES&qu...
12. Advertising the Disappearing Anglo-Indian community This lens is about the Anglo-Indians, who are a minority race in India, having originated in India during the Colonial period in India. British soldiers married or had affairs with Indian women and their children came to be known as Eurasians or Anglo...
13. Carabao - The Domesticated Water Buffalo of Southeast Asia The Carabao. The Water Buffalo. Bubalus bubalis. Sort of like a four-legged, non-gas-burning tractor. Can help with hauling sugar cane. Can handle the mud while plowing rice paddies. Can swim very well. Can get rid of a water hyacinth problem. Useful...
14. Coral Reefs - Living Rocks or Jellyfish Cousins at Home? Coral reefs are misunderstood by most folks who are unaware of the biology existing there.  Coral reefs are not dead areas of rocks just beneath the surface of the sea, but are complex communities of diverse animal and plant types, which provide...
15. Palau -- Republic of Belau Two seasons of the television reality show "Survivor" have been filmed here in Palau--the Republic of Palau (including the most recent season 16!). Check out the Survivor Micronesia Website -- you can see more sights of the beautiful Rock Islands of P...
16. Why I Love Thomas The Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine has been around for over 60 years. It has been a big deal in the US for the past 10 or so years. There is a whole story line to this: There are videos, TV shows, books, etc. The main thing is the variety of characters (trains &...
17. Sea Cucumbers - Vacuum Cleaners of the Sea! Sea Cucumbers are interesting creatures. Yup, they are animals, and not plants or--as their name might imply--vegetables. Sea cucumbers are relatives of the starfish and sea urchins, of the phylum Echinodermata--Echinoderms have radiating parts--and...
18. Gout - An Inherited Ailment. Hyperuricemia. Wow! Although I'm not the "poster boy" for GQ or even reasonably "fit", I never expected to be hit by an ailment like gout.  hyperuricemia! GOUT!   Note: As a Hyperuricemia (aka "gout") sufferer, I do NOT endorse the p...
19. Cardboard Boxes as Activities for Kids -- Keeping Them Busy! Let's say it's a miserable rainy or bad-weather day or your kids are stuck at home with the sniffles. How does one keep the boredom from getting to them (and to keep them from causing you to loose your mind)? Chances are good that you could go out in...
20. Digitizing Color Transparencies -- What You Should Know When I stumbled over a large box full of color transparencies (35mm slides) from my early photography days, I wanted to see them again.  Although I had spent many years of taking pictures using transparency films such as Kodachrome, Ekt...