Actually my make-up was wind-swept and tear-stained already after being WHIPPED FROM PILLAR TO POST (OMG -What do you think that aphorism is referencing?) by that asshole Jack Frost when I was walking home from my shrink appointment, but DON’T EXPECT COMPLETE TRUTH in this blog and if you’ve got a problem with run-on sentences SCRAM while you have the chance because I may be a big fan of Joan Didion but I AIN’T HER. Got it?

Update: The blog has migrated to justinbond.com.

In the last several years, the reefs have drawn swift open-ocean fish, like tuna and mackerel, that use the reefs as hunting grounds for smaller prey. Sea bass like to live inside the cars, while large flounder lie in the silt that settles on top of the cars, said Mr. Tinsman, the Delaware official.

According to the article, though, there have been problems with
overcrowding.

The New Jersey Scuba Diver website has an in-depth look at the artificial reef program, with diagrams, video, and amazing photos of the cars being dumped from a barge on to the Shark River Reef.

And from YouTube, here’s a short video of the last Redbird to be in service:

I guess it just brings out the “foamer” in me, or, as Wikipedia gently corrects me when I search for the term, the “railfan.”

There, in a cloud of white satin bedsheets, Ms. Webb tirelessly worked the phones, persuading and cajoling, often nursing a live baby raccoon from a bottle. Besides the live ones, which she tenderly rescued, Ms. Webb had more than 1,500 stuffed raccoons and countless raccoon figurines. It was her favorite animal. She also owned seven cats, a macaw and a live peacock.

Ruth Webb, 88; talent agent took on the once-famous and the infamous (LA Times)
Ruth Webb, Talent Agent Who Revived Flagging Careers, Is Dead at 88 (NY Times)
Broadway, Film and TV Talent Agent Ruth Webb Dies at 88 (Broadwayworld.tv)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dave Menke

For the sound of a raccoon trill, click here.

Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bob Hines