West African Black Rhino Extinct.

Extinction fear for black rhino [BBC] - one of the six species of rhino in Africa is now extinct.

Fast Food Nation

Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behaviour. -- Eric Schlosser

Fast Food Nation is a good book. I expected it to be something akin to Super Size Me, but it is much more like The Corporation. I enjoyed reading it and would definitely recommend reading it.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Defending liberties in high-tech world [MSNBC] is a good description of what the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is all about. (Via Slashdot)

Running With The Bulls

Man partially paralyzed at bull festival [CNN]

Running with the bulls in Pamplona would be a crazy rush. But I don't think I'm crazy enough.

An Inconvenient Truth

Last night I went to see An Inconvenient Truth with Dave and Caroline. I thought it was well done and informative. I would recommend seeing it.

Lake Serene

I went hiking to Lake Serene [Seattle PI] yesterday with Suor and Nabeel. We got a late start and it was a bit of drive to get there - it's 8 miles east of Gold Bar (Highway 2). The bottom part of the trail was relatively flat and a little boring. After about a mile in a half, you reach a rock face with water trickling down that was cool looking. Then the trail got really hard. The signpost at the fork in the trail listed the distance to the top as 2 miles, but it seemed a lot longer than that. And the trail was very steep (wooden "stairs" were often necessary) and extremely rocky. Near the top, there was a decent view of the valley below and the nearby mountains. The lake at the top was awesome - small, but a nice colour and surrounded by trees, cliffs, and snowbanks. We chilled out at the top for a while before heading back down.

I'll post some photos to Flickr once I'm done sorting through all my Europe photos.