Gallimaufry

• Pluvialis weighs the utility, aesthetics, and snob appeal of Moleskine notebooks, thus creating a debate in the comments section.
• The "O Lab" at Cornell says not to worry about catching bird flu at your home bird feeder. Ducks Unlimited is not yet alarmed.
  
• David Zincavage at Never Yet Melted looks at Time's reporting after Dick Cheney's hunting accident and says that the "mainstream media" still don't "get" hunting. Considering that there is an excellent blog that makes the same point about religion, should we have a Get Hunting blog?
• A drought story from The Pueblo Chieftain with a photo taken about three miles from here. Don't know how long the link will last.