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Some grim news on the environmental/global-warming front today ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Bobby and I took a four-mile hike along the Ridge Trail in the Orange Grove area of Patapsco Valley State Park. The trail was a nice mixture of hills and varied terrain that followed the rim of the Patapsco River Valley.

( Ridge Trail (lots of pictures--dial-up warning!) )

Yesterday the environmental and conservation movement lost a true legend as Steve Irwin a.k.a “The Croc Hunter” succumbed to injuries sustained while snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef. Apparently, in what amounts to about a ten million-to-one freak accident, the barb of a bull stingray struck Irwin between the ribs and hit his heart as he snorkeled ( Read more... )

I am really pleased that my first official post to this community can be good news. It seems that Governor Ahhhnold Schwarzenegger--who, yes, I have dismissed as a fool in the past and mocked quite heartily--has backed the Democrats in passing groundbreaking global warming legislation for the State of California ( Read more... )

Well, the week finally arrived. This week I started my Chemistry 102 class, and more importantly, I embarked upon the next stage of my life: pursuing my bachelor’s, and then advanced degrees in the biological sciences. The decision that Dawn and I made that day, standing along the shoreline in Ocean City Maryland, has brought a new sense of freedom ( Read more... )