Dear NYC or Philly based friends, do you know a place which sells fresh freshwater fish (preferably fresh, not frozen, and preferably whole, not fillets). Carp, catfish and rainbow trout do not count. I am particularly interested in yellow perch and pike, though I will take walleye as well ( Read more... )

I stumbled onto an animal shelter website and the photos just make me so sad... so many sweet kitties I would have loved to take home, but it is not possible at this time. And I miss having someone soft and purring around... I signed up to volunteer at the local shelters, so hopefully they contact me and we can work out like a half-day every other ( Read more... )

1. Went over to the scientific side for the first time yesterday. I felt like I was being back in school - labs, white coats ( Read more... )

РУССКИЙ Вчера ездила в парк, видела стадо ящериц - это при том, что за все 8 лет жизни в Небраске, не видела ни одной. Видимо, не зря переезжаю, будет мне удача и богатство. Красивые ящерки, головки зеленые, хвостики бурые, а тушки меняли цвет в зависимости от того, на траве они сидели или на песке.

Отстаю от графика, а до часа Х осталось вторник, ( Read more... )

РУССКИЙ. Сегодня ко мне на дом приезжал концерт. Три финча спели мне не то Отелло, не то Ромео и Джульетту. Сидели совсем рядом, и минут пятнадцать пели на разные тона, то хором, то ариями - сам красноголовый финч и две пестренькие финчихи. В том числе перемещались по сцене (балкон-виноградная лоза-крепления лозы). Когда я вышла поблагодарить ( Read more... )

Эти ушасто-пушистые мерзавцы устроили брачные танцы на нашем и соседском участках, шустро пробегая под забором. Причем под конец они совсем оборзели и начали лопать какие-то мамины цветы. Мама обиделась и пошла их выгонять - бегать пусть бегают, но есть цветы, которые уже пару недель как должны цвести, но не цветут т.к. бутоны безжалостно ( Read more... )

Why is it that any team that has a misfortune to attract my attetion starts loosing like crazy? Out of 4 (four!) of my favorite teams in three different leagues that I wanted to win today NONE won? One tied, and three lost, two of them badly. Is it impossible to be favored by both fate and me? Too much for any one entity ( Read more... )

After I came home from work today, I spent a couple hours sitting in the backyard next to the cherry tree, reading an old sci-fi written back in the 1930s (quite fascinating, actually, in more ways than one) and chasing away robins trying to eat the nearly ripe cherries. Finally it was dark enough for robins to go away, and my mom found some gauze ( Read more... )

It was a good day. I went to the wildlife conservation park, and bobcats were awake for a change. It always amazes me that all kitties from little servals and wild cats to the largest siberian tigers all have white spots on their black ears. I also saw some kind of a prairie bird - it was less than a foot tall, but when I approached it, it ( Read more... )

I ordered Harry Potter boxed set of five books and two CDs (one of which is the new one by Blind Guardian, The Night at the Opera) on Sunday, and I got it today. Wow ( Read more... )