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Giant Daytime Bats
Some of you may already know what I'm referring to here. We're watching Survivor for the first time in about 25 years, and the current season on Fiji features a lot of bats- sizeable ones that are regularly out during the day. Y.I.K.E.S. Also (if I'm interpreting early footage correctly) flying fish and small sharks. \o ( Read more... ) -
Idol Mini: "Asynchronicity"
Asynchronicity
Idol Mini | Week 14 | 1604 words
A genius is the one most like himself
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Sad and disgusted
It is staggering to me that half of the country chose a traitorous, fascistic, child-raping con-man to be president again (especially after he failed the first time around ( Read more... ) -
Zuul, is that you?
I suppose there might come a day when someone builds a refrigerator that does not groan and grumble and clank to itself, but... today is not that day. Maybe if I found the Keymaster, it might shut up? I can guarantee that when we move back into our house next week in two weeks, the new fridge there will have something to say. Usually, late at night ( Read more... ) -
Overheard on the bike path
I was taking a water break while cycling this weekend, and I heard these other cyclists coming up behind me:
Man: -suicidal!
Woman: It's not suicidal, because it doesn't have a concept of whether it wants to live or die.
Me: Squirrels, right?
Woman: *waves in acknowledgement as they go past*"Suicidal squirrels" is how HalfshellHusband and I refer ( Read more... ) -
The running of the fisks...
We're getting close to the salmon run time of year in Sacramento. It starts sometime in late Fall, and I don't know when it typically ends, just that parts of the bike path become foul-smelling in December and all through when the heavy rains begin ( Read more... ) -
Votey McVote-Face
We're nearing the end of this week's Idol poll, and I could really use your help with the votes. I'm in the middle of the poll here. All the authors' entries are linked there-- please read and vote for your favorites ( Read more... ) -
The birthday, it was good
I had a nice birthday on Saturday. It was low-key, as we can't plan much of anything with all of the effort needed to get the house ready to move back in. But our son visited, and we were able to go out for dinner (new-to-us Italian restaurant) and then have chocolate cake at home ( Read more... )
