What happens to water after we’re done with it? Is it wasted? My kids want to know because I keep yelling at them to turn off that tap while they brush. But actually, I came to terms with this question a while back, finally deciding that if a hydrological cycle was good for anything, it …
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Exposed
John Burchard, Sir Terence Clark, some coursing salukis, and a falcon were filmed in a chase by the BBC for the show “Pedigree Dogs Exposed”, showing healthy alternatives to most purebred dogs. Most of their footage (all but a half minute I’m told) ended up cut, but what is left is more than valuable. Patrick …
Tell Us How You Really Feel
One of our field biologists brought this back from an assignment monitoring some pipeline construction.
Feeder Friend
Mourning dove.
Roger Ebert on the National Debt
Does anyone read Roger Ebert? I used to watch him on TV, reviewing movies with his svelter pal Gene Siskel, and I enjoyed their show. But its simplistic trademark “Two thumbs up!” rating system and geeky banter didn’t give me any reason to suspect either host might be a great writer. I don’t know about …
Boletus!
This weekend we found some. Odd– not many, but HUGE, two the size of my head. Although we only got about ten big ones they made up into a generous risotto, a side dish with elk steaks, and two gallon jars of dried ‘shrooms. You can get an idea here: We had so many that …
In Memoriam: Bear and Bidaari
Bear, one of the last survivors of John Burchard’s Tepe Gawra salukis, died last week. He was 13. Int. Ch. Tepe Gawra Baariz, CC, CM, FCh (“Bear”)(October 9, 1995 – August 13, 2008)photo by Else Karin Rossebø, 10/28/2006 He was a great hunter and always a gentleman. Here he is at Casa Q in his …
Random Weirdness
Do you believe that these guys have Bigfoot in a freezer? As Tam says: “The find of an Appalachian Bigfoot is especially amazing, since the critter has to be stealthy, living in a neck of the woods that has had sports stadiums and outlet malls since neolithic times.” I mean, I love cryptzoology as well …
New Links & More
Sorry for light posting. Matt and I have both had deadlines (and his office is moving) and you probably know how busy Reid is already. I am writing some material that COULD lead to something big so posting after today will still be lighter than usual, though I’ll try to get in a review or …
Decline & Fall
From one terrible speller who nonetheless would not like to be let of the hook, I bring you this: “Fed up with his students’ complete inability to spell common English correctly, a British academic has suggested it may be time to accept ‘variant spellings’ as legitimate…“ If the English are contemplating this, they must truly …