Patrick Burns, whose exceptional blog we noted earlier and added to the Q. ‘roll, has recently added us. We…are…pleased. Burns has been “playing in the gutter” (that’s old school lingo for updating his nav-bar), and his blog now offers a good post archive. I spent some time browsing this morning and see, to my amazement, …
Prairiemary, Blackfeet and Fossil Legends
Mary Scriver e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago, telling me of a large and powerful mythic creature from Blackfoot legend known as a “water bull.” Mary suggested that it might have its origins in tribal memories of mammoths from the Pleistocene and asked what I thought. I replied that was possible, but also to …
Coso Rock Art Blogging
As I posted on here and here, the prehistoric people at Coso, up in Inyo County, were obsessed with big-horn sheep. I like this image of sheep in the rain.
Bird Rock Art Blogging
A prehistoric Chumash pictograph of a hummingbird. From CA-SBA-550 at Honda Ridge on Vandenberg AFB here in Santa Barbara County.
A Close Call
This post has it’s origins in an e-mail I sent to Steve, Libby, and Matt last Monday night. I have updated it, added some pictures that I took Tuesday evening, and included Libby’s reply that tells a similar story.I had a close call yesterday. In the afternoon I took the dogs hiking on the Jesusita …
Brown Eyes and a Taste for Steak
Heritability of food preference in children is the subject of a new study (in press with the Journal of Physiology & Behavior) by researchers with University College and Kings College, London. Wire service reports can be found here and here and the original article by Fiona M. Breena, Robert Plominb and Jane Wardle can be …
A Corporate-Sponsored, Televised, “Non-Fatal Hunting Tour” for Points, Cash Money and Valuable Prizes
“For far too long, hunters have looked forward to the day when we would eventually get our own professional sports league. Well, that time has arrived and we are extremely excited.”—Brett Hankins, a WHA Tour hunter It’s hard to choose which target to shoot first. Call it a bass tourney with guns, or paint-ball with …
Three quick links
I am writing two articles today (and one is for free, proving me a fool by Dr. Johnson’s dictum), so time is limited. But I am taking a break, and you must see these. First, as I said Larissa is going to London. Here is her account of her trip to set things up, which …
Blog Family
Two essential additions to the blogroll: First, the writer and falconer Rebecca O’Connor, from Banning, CA, a longtime Q. reader and member of the Not-Technically-Extant-But-Devoted-And-Sincere-Nonetheless, Steve Bodio Fan Club. And Patrick Burns (see Terrierman, below) whose own fan club just got a couple new members in Steve, Reid and myself. Enjoy!
Terrierman
Paul Domski sent me to this wonderful blog. It is the best working dog blog I have yet seen, and is not just for fans of “earthdogs”; Patrick Burns writes gracefully and knowledgeably about dogs, nature, politics,and conservation. For instance, his post on genetics, inbreeding and closed studbooks should be required reading by not only …