Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi oppose re-instating the so- called “assault weapon” ban.
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On Sale Now
Over a Terrierman’s Daily Dose, Patrick has enlisted Darwin himself to help thumb his nose at the dog show world. Need a tote bag?
“Oldest English Words” Identified
I stumbled across this piece in the BBC website that discusses a computer-enabled mathematical model that analyses the rate of change of words in English and related languages. It appears to be me that this is a new application of glottochronology , a technique that has been around for quite a while. The researchers at …
Rocky Mountain News, RIP
This isn’t unexpected, but Scripps finally announced they are pulling the plug tomorrow on Colorado’s oldest newspaper, founded 1859. When I first moved here in the 1970s, I much preferred the tabloid Rocky to the Denver Post, but it’s been evident in recent years that the owning chain has been starving the poor girl to …
Philip Jose Farmer, RIP
This esteemed science fiction writer died yesterday at age 91. I especially enjoyed his “Riverworld” series of novels that featured Sir Richard Francis Burton as a main character. Phil Farmer and I are not related, but when I was in graduate school at CU – Boulder, I remember meeting his step-daughter at a party. How’s …
Landscaping Crew Discovers Clovis Cache in Boulder
Exciting news – the Denver Post and NY Times picked it up, but the best account comes from this press release issued by the University of Colorado. A cache of 83 lithic tools was discovered by Brant Turney’s landscaping crew while they were working in Patrick Mahaffy’s yard in Boulder last May. Mahaffy contacted the …
Visit with Good Photos
Our friend Tim came by this weekend. We hadn’t seen him since before he was busy rediscovering the Ivory- billed woodpecker. He is also an accomplished photographer and took a lot of good pix of Casa Q and its surroundings. Here Libby, Ataika, and I walk up the main street. My library. I’m looking at …
Out of Date Puppy Pix
These are at two weeks and yesterday made three. Eyes open, wrestling now. I promise more soon!
Random weirdness links
If you were a former dope smuggler, would you put it in your resume? English Russia has a fabulous Soviet anti – drug poster. Personally I doubt I could have survived in the Soviet Union without drugs and vodka. And what’s with the smoking CAT? Great line plus the immortal Stonecutter’s song. HT David Zincavage …
Web Miscellany
Yes you can write too much. What authors do you think have committed this sin? A goose is a man’s best friend. Just in case you were tempted, don’t eat Chinese pork liver. And to think some of you don’t like cilantro. Competitive yoga? Only in the US. Study of fossils shows prehistoric fish had …