Charles the Yellow

[karlhenning]

Strollers along the snowy Esplanade paused to gawk; Red Line riders did a double take. The reason: The Charles River seemed to turn yellow during the major nor'easter that hammered the state Sunday and Monday, raising fears that the storm had somehow tainted the iconic waterway.

But not to worry, environmental officials say. The river's natural color is a yellow-brown due to tannins from organic matter that seep into the slow-moving water, according to Julie Wood, a watershed scientist at the Charles River Watershed Association.

Nor'easter churns up Charles River to a yellow hue

[MN Dave]

I.P. Freeley. 

[snyprrr]

That Vanilla Pudding.

[Lethevich]

I notice that the site has in its recent articles a Notable deaths of 2010 - 64 of them in fact. They're just bursting with New Year spirit.

[DavidRoss]

I notice that the site has in its recent articles a Notable deaths of 2010 - 64 of them in fact. They're just bursting with New Year spirit.

Wow.  Given all the sports and movie folks included, it seems as if the most important people in our society are entertainers.  Come to think of it, even the political figures included are probably best understood as entertainers, too, for as Frank Zappa once noted, "Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."