This BBC story, Survey turns hill into a mountain, about Mynydd Graig Goch in Snowdonia in Wales sounds like the movie that starred Hugh Grant, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. Maggie Mountain in the Sierra Nevada I’ve worked in the Sierra Nevada at Mountain Home State Forest. IContinue reading “Life imitates art”
Category Archives: WTF
Swift Icing
Sarah Palin gets “Swift iced.”
Existential or Nihilistic Sports?
Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life
Jury Duty
Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 (less than a week until Labor Day Weekend) was Jury Duty Day. Oh, joy. Still, considering that I’m a writer, it’s a great time for people watching and gathering names, faces, clothing and hair styles, body shapes. It started a few weeks ago when the jury summons came in one ofContinue reading “Jury Duty”
William Shatner should demand a recount
A poll of musical experts has said that Celine Dion is responsible for the worst cover song ever. Six years ago in Las Vegas, Dion performed AC/Dc’s You Shook Me All Night Long. See the BBC story. Hear a clip of Celine Dion singing You Shook Me All Night Long. William Shatner did not makeContinue reading “William Shatner should demand a recount”
Football (soccer) Koan?
Perhaps German striker Lukas Podolski meant to psyche the opposition at the 2008 European Football (soccer here in the US) Championship, when he provided a koan–a puzzling statement used in Zen Buddhism to meditate on. Or, perhaps, it came from one too many headers. “Make haste slowly” while you meditate on this one: ‘Football isContinue reading “Football (soccer) Koan?”
And I Thought Stinging Nettles Were Bad
Stinging nettle (Urtica spp.) can sting and hurt for a few minutes but it’s completely benign when compared with Gympie Gympie (Dendrocnide moroides). According to Neil blogging on jennifermarhasy.com, “[c]ontact with human skin can cause extreme pain, starting as a rapidly intensifying burning sensation. The pain may persist for days, but upon exposure to coldContinue reading “And I Thought Stinging Nettles Were Bad”
Okay, But How Do the Lesser Ones Fare?
It seems “[at] least one of Britain’s birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food.” I am relieved. Read the BBC story, “Great tits cope well with warming.”
What’s for Lunch
My wife and a neighbor walked the dogs this morning. Neighbors stopped them on three separate occasions to warn them of a mountain lion sighting. It seems that a cougar killed a deer yesterday in a neighbor’s yard and then sat with his lunch all day in the shade of a oak. Who knew thatContinue reading “What’s for Lunch”
What's for Lunch
My wife and a neighbor walked the dogs this morning. Neighbors stopped them on three separate occasions to warn them of a mountain lion sighting. It seems that a cougar killed a deer yesterday in a neighbor’s yard and then sat with his lunch all day in the shade of a oak. Who knew thatContinue reading “What's for Lunch”
Nullius in Verba 