Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Iceberg Ahead!

Have you been following the story of the huge iceberg that is headed toward Australia?  It’s really big.    Big as in 144 sq. kilometers big (that would be 54 square miles big).

If you’re not sure how big that is, then think on this: Manhattan is 88 sq km. It would fit comfortably inside that iceberg.

Wow. 

And the worst thing about it?  I now have that Celine Dion song from Titanic in my head and it won’t go away.   

Middlemarch by George Eliot

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