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Category Archives: Just an Everyday Life
funky thursday
I think I’m still in recovery from that last post. I didn’t intend for it to be a tribute to Kelsey, but of course it seemed that way by publishing it on her birthday. I’d been working on it for … Continue reading
Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life
Tagged climate change, mondo guerra, project runway, vehicle mileage fee
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Schizophrenia Quartet
1 A recent Facebook post asserted that “FB is schizophrenic…enough to make my head spin…!” A local hospital administrator misused the term in a public presentation, and a recent letter in the local paper ‘accuses’ U.S Supreme Court Chief Justice … Continue reading
Grinning @ The Driver Next Door
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
Frasier @ Bedtime
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
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Yay For Pop-Science!
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
Revenge of the Oak Moth
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
What Would Samwise Do?
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
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People on the To-Do List
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
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More Waterworks: Scottish Showers & Desal
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
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