The pups are maturing swiftly and moving out slowly. Soon I may actually have the time (and the sleep) to write. Last weekend Paul, Nate, Nan, and Monica came to take or visit pups. Paul’s Zoltar and Nate and Nan’s Maty left. A good time was had by all– here are a few photos. Parents …
Author: Steve Bodio
Giant Yellowjacket Nests
… in Alabama. I mean, GIANT. One fills a’55 Chevy– see photo– and consists of possibly a hundred thousand individuals and several queens. “Without a cold winter to kill them this year, the yellow jackets continued feeding in January and February — and layering their nests made of paper, not wax. They typically are built …
Dangerous Book For Boys
This book sounds like grand fun, although some disagree. “The sort of fun promoted has also raised eyebrows. In a society that is preoccupied with safety, The Dangerous Book promotes activities in which boys are likely to get scuffed. This is a book for tree-climbers who occasionally pause to decipher enemy code or erupt into …
Whack- A- Mole?
“Intelligent Design” is like a whack- a- mole game– knock it down and it just pops up somewhere else. Here, John Derbyshire does his usual splendid, reasoned, and even good- humored smackdown of the IDers. Why oh why can they not see how “irreducible complexity” is a very dead and smelly horse?
Small town blues
Prairie Mary has a very good (well, aren’t they all?) essay on the inevitable conflicts that happen when the (relatively) rich and restless move to small towns and begin to throw their weight around. It is happening here too and I don’t have a clue about what you can do about it, save having rural …
Sea Creatures
Courtesy of Peculiar, soon to disappear into the wilderness with his bride for a bit, an astonishing gallery of deep sea life. I was particularly taken with the piglet squid. By the way, it has been PUPPIES who have kept me from blogging much. Three depart this weekend so things (like sleep and typing without …
This SHOULD be true
The Alpha Enviro recently sent me this gem, which he got from a friend: “Ted Nugent on deer hunting. “He was being interviewed by a British journalist. The journalist asked, “What do you think the last thought is in the head of a deer before you shoot it? Is it, `Are you my friend?` or …
Cute Puppy Pics
Exactly what I said– no comment on my part necessary!
Rain
Rain in arid country is a difficult phenomenon for those in better- watered terrain to understand. We obsess over it, and always hail it despite its destructive force. Who cares if the roof leaks a little? In such climates all but the newest always will– heat and freeze and dry and wet will see to …
I’m Baaaack!
LONG week or so– many (delightful but many) guests, puppy insomnia, and the notorious Magdalena Old Timer’s (New Timer’s, Alzheimer’s) Fiesta with hordes of oddly- dressed tourons making the dogs bark about 20/ 7 all have conspired to make me a bit tired… But good news: for the first time in two years we have …