Author Archives: liveoaklinda

Grinning @ The Driver Next Door

Posted on July 2, 2012 by liveoaklinda

Still on the silliness kick I guess, but hey, why not? Plus there’s evidence that smiling more makes you feel like smiling more…who woulda thunk? I’ve noticed that something changes when we get inside that little wheeled mobile unit – … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged climate change, compassion, DrDriving, everyday practice, high speed rail, highway widening, road rage, smiling | 3 Comments

Frasier @ Bedtime

Posted on June 27, 2012 by liveoaklinda

WARNING! The contents of this post contain absolutely no science, pop-science, or bonobo references. Hey baby I hear the blues a-callin’, tossed salads & scrambled eggs… Just signed up for cable TV a couple of years ago. We didn’t own … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life | Tagged everyday life, Frasier, Niles, tossed salads and scrambled eggs, TV remote | 11 Comments

Next Movie: Disney-fied Bonobos?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by liveoaklinda

A few weeks ago, I talked my 8 year-old niece into seeing “Chimpanzee“, again. She’d already seen it & even though the reviews were so-so, I felt it was my duty as the everyday primate to see Disney’s take on … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Primate Nature | Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, chimpanzee movie, pan paniscus, pan troglodytes, primate | 4 Comments

Yay For Pop-Science!

Posted on June 19, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I almost included “Good” in the title – as in Good Pop(ular) Science. But of course, good goes without saying. Just as we like good science, we should also demand good science communicated in ways that the general public can … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged evolution, evolution poll, human primate, neuroscience, pop-science, popular science, science communication | 2 Comments

Revenge of the Oak Moth

Posted on June 11, 2012 by liveoaklinda

They’re trying to compete with the human takeover of Earth. They camouflage themselves with fluttery, seductive, feathery-sweet wing-light in the late afternoon, but we know better. The California Oakworm or California Oak Moth (Phryganidia californica) is in its first mating season in Santa … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged California Oak Moth, human awareness, human primates, live oak, oak caterpillars, Phryganidia californica, Quercus agrifolia, Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line, Schwan Lake Park | 8 Comments

What Would Samwise Do?

Posted on June 7, 2012 by liveoaklinda

So I’ve been doing alot of musing these days about loyalty, struggling with it, really. The loyalty stuff on my mind isn’t at all equivalent to the drama of trueheart Sam’s famous loyalty to Frodo & the Quest-To-Deliver-Middle-Earth-From-Evil…no, nothing like … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged E.O. Wilson, Frodo, human primate, Kuumbwa, loyalty, Middle Earth, Mount Doom, primate, Samwise Gamgee, science | 8 Comments

Cheese and Chicken Bark

Posted on May 24, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I was standing in line at my favorite go-to market the other day & the fellow in front of me incredulously asked if I was “really going to eat” that (lovely) bucheron cheese I’d just placed on the checkout counter. Slightly (but … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans Love Food!, Our Primate Nature | Tagged bark, Bishan China, bucheron, bucheron cheese, cheese, chicken, chicken skin, herding animals, human primate, Pig's Inn, primates | 8 Comments

People on the To-Do List

Posted on May 21, 2012 by liveoaklinda

An acquaintance of mine sent me an email this morning informing me that my email to her is now in her “to-do” folder & she’ll get back to me next month. I’d have to say that my reaction to this was complicated. … Continue reading →

Posted in Just an Everyday Life | Tagged efficiency tool, New Years Rulin's, to-do list, Woody Guthrie | Leave a comment

Gay Marriage, Cousins, & Bonobos

Posted on May 16, 2012 by liveoaklinda

About a year ago I took a trip to San Diego to visit cousins – both the human & non-human primate kind. First stop with cousin Roy after he met me at the airport: San Diego Zoo to visit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Primate Nature | Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, cousin, dominant female, Franz de Waal, gay marriage, pan-sexual, primate, primate sexuality | 5 Comments

More Waterworks: Scottish Showers & Desal

Posted on May 9, 2012 by liveoaklinda

After that last post I thought I’d try for something more pedestrian. (Please bear with me, I really love that word & will no doubt use it alot.) So, here’s a question: how often are you in the shower, blithely standing under our pretty-much-always-running-water-on-demand, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged cold shower, desalination, drought, fresh water, hot water, running water, Santa Cruz, santa cruz desal, Scottish shower, scwd2, water, water on demand | 4 Comments