We got snails. Man, have we got snails. They are less destructive than the slugs, but they are getting to be a problem.


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Remember how Shoeless George wants to auction off public lands near the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in Utah so that they could be despoiled in the pointless search for oil and natural gas? Well, Tim DeChristopher singlehandedly threw a monkey-wrench into their plans by bidding up the parcels and fucking up the entire auction.

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Several interesting news items, about the previously unrecognized capabilities of common animals we see/interact with almost every day:

Cattle shown to align north-south
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575459.stm
Nobody noticed until now.

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Xeriscaping (click through to Wiki for more info) is the bomb. We need to do this on the terrace. Not sure how well we can actually do in making this three dimensional, but we certainly can to the plant grouping thing.


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Since I seem to be YouTubing today, this is a great interview with Evo Morales on The Daily Show. Watch it.
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