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Abandon ship!
All the action is at FaceBook now. No idea why, but that's why I haven't been here. Well, that and work. -
Ye Old Comments and Suggestions
I'm sitting here in my favorite nook at Uris Library at Cornell. It's just across from where Yoram Szekely, esteemed librarian, kept a "Comments and Suggestions" notebook during my freshman and sophomore years. Where once was a faded denim three ring binder, with cardstock pages divided into a question area at the top and a response area at the ( Read more... ) -
Freaky scene
Imagine if you will the quiet repose of an early dawn. Lounging with some light reading, slowly gathering energy to face the busy day. Listening to the gentle drips of a warm summer shower on the lush greenery of an overgrown yard-jungle ( Read more... ) -
RIP little shark
There is a sort of macabre humor to this story. But I do feel bad about it ( Read more... ) -
What th'!??
Who can tell me why the Red Cross shows up in a search on "exterminators columbia maryland"
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Wrong, just wrong
Saw a guy fishing in the pond in front of the Applied Physics Lab yesterday. Now, that's odd in itself -- it's a carefully manicured campus and not the kind of place I'd go to get away from it all ( Read more... ) -
Raindrops keep falling
After a couple of drought years I can't believe how much rain we've been getting.
There. I blogged. I know it has been a while. Real life and all that. What's up?
1. I got a new job! About six weeks ago at the Entomologists Party (TM) various folks were sharing stories of the long and twisted paths they took before finally landing their dream jobs ( Read more... ) -
Yes, we have no technology
Most of my blogging lately has been over at Fieldmarking.
Our dryer died a couple of weeks ago and (surprise surprise) the Y chromosomes in the house have not yet discovered the ability to hang up wet laundry. They are supposed to do their own, but for some reason I've been doing the mom thing more than usual on that front. The good news is that it ( Read more... ) -
The fairies mourn Shaky Jake
I just found out that Ann Arbor's Shaky Jake died last fall. I would never have known except I was enjoying learning about Urban Fairies and came upon a photo. So here is the unlikely juxtaposition. There is a fascinating world of tiny mysterious doors around Ann Arbor, Michigan. The fairies who live there are only rarely seen, respond to letters ( Read more... )
