Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

In cool science news, a possible key to identifying stars that are more likely to spawn planets has been found. The more heavy metals a star has, the more likely that star is to harbor a planetary system. Cool.

And in a shameless attempt to simply take up space with a nifty picture, here's a satellite image of Mount Kilimanjaro, from this slideshow.