As the World Peeks

I love sites like this one: "The Cleveland FalconCam is an entertaining and educational project that follows a pair of peregrine falcons nesting on Cleveland's historic skyscraper, the Terminal Tower."

Many thanks to William the Coroner, a new member of the He's-A-Very-Good-Boy Club. Don't ask me to release The Members List as it is protected under some amendment or other and you'd have to climb over my dead body to get it.

Stop harrassing me! Stop harrassing me, I say! Start your own damned He's-A-Very-Good-Boy Club Chapter! It's not hard -- I mean it's not like there are scads of candidates just waiting for this coveted nomination. Guillaume-dissèqueur-des-cadavres? He's only #15 (order is by Date of Inclusion and does not imply any sort of Ranking by Very-Good-Boy Values).

The most costly items to get your Chapter started? Definitely the uniforms, sashes, and badges.

Okay, du calme, du calme.

When you are a confirmed world traveler, it is a shock to the system to be stuck at home, even a home as splendid as Marlinspike Hall, deep, deep in The Tête de Hergé. Brother-Unit TW -- soon to be a Birthday Boy -- keeps my lungs expanded and my feet tucked in imaginary hiking boots with his blog, American Idyll -- illustrated by his photos of the Grand Canyon.

I bet most blogonauts have wholesome webcam favorites of the natural history sort -- another that I love to watch -- you know, on a slow day? Le collectif des écureuils (squirrels) -- either at the blog or over on Facebook. It's not exactly a webcam dealie -- more a family story along the lines of Meerkat Manor.

We love Meerkat Manor and used to watch it religiously -- until we decided to do a Meerkat Manor Festival and discovered that, yes, it *is* possible to get sick of meerkats.

Less wholesome, but nice with a glass of wine, is the panoramic view from the restaurant atop the centrally located Printemps department store. Someone tried to stick their tongue firmly in their cheek, but there was apparent slippage -- the cameras sit in Restaurant Déli-Cieux: Ouch.

And yikes.

Of course, you can find something for everyone over at EarthCam.

Today, they are featuring New Yorkers running for the Post Office to get those taxes mailed...
Yes, it is Tax Day Cam!