Walter Hingley sent this link to John Hawks writing on the kurgans, the icy tombs of the Altai. I hope Reid has time to say more, as he can put them in context more than I can. Actually I have seen quite a few, in the Altai region of Bayan Olgii in far western Mongolia. …
Tag: Random Weirdness
Weaselry & Seton &…
Self- perpetuating thread on Twitter & more re weasel tenacity, skulls, more– see here. Ernest Thompson Seton, childhood influence on me & RT Peterson & Gorbatov & more, born in Canada, trapped wolves in NM, had a Leopoldian change of heart, died in Santa Fe. He combined art science & whimsy in ways I miss. …
Just a few links
(I have a million but) Neutrino Cannon links to an unusually clear video of what tumbling pigeons do. He is also the only blogger of my acquaintance to note the passing at 83 of the man who invented hard rock– in 1958!– Link Wray, the man whose “Rumble” was the only instrumental ever banned on …
A quote…
One you could only get from Dr.John Burchard. A friend on our Asia canine list mentioned letting salukis sleep in the bed, as even Arabs once did a generation ago, when salukis were not dogs. “If the bed is big,”, she asked, “why not? They make such good sleeping companions.” He replied: “That’s what we …
Quote for the (dismal late sleeting) day:
From Annie Davidson, quoting from Ron Swanson on fishing: “It’s like yoga, except I still get to kill something.” Neither of us know who Swanson is. But I particularly like that “still”…
Snake Alphabet
Tom McIntyre’s Ophidian Abecedarium (story below with “Gun Alphabet”). Pix, anecdotes, suggestions all encouraged. Right click photo to enlarge… SNAKE ALPHABET–A to Z AspBoomslangCottonmouthDeath AdderEastern Diamondback RattlerFlying SnakeGarter SnakeHognose SnakeIndigo SnakeJapanese Striped SnakeKing SnakeLyre SnakeMamba (Jonathan Hanson’s friend Neels with pet)Night SnakeOlive Sea SnakePythonQueen SnakeRat SnakeSidewinderTaipanUrutuVine SnakeWater MoccasinX (Equis in Spanish, another name for the …
Gun and Snake Alphabets Project
Tom McIntyre writes: “Here’s a school project, if you’re game (might even work into a blog post). “Enter my great-nephew, age 7. On a recent visit, unbidden, he asked me to create a “Snake Alphabet” (why an alphabet, I’m not sure) for him. So I did, as best as I, a non-herpetologist, could… His task …
But this has to stop
Zombies. Zombie targets? ZOMBIE FRICKIN’ TEDDYBEARS?Call me old- fashioned but I would rather my grandson did not play with the facsimile of a rotting bear corpse. I’d almost rather the real thing. Oh and– they have “cute” vampire teddys too. With dreadlocks.
Front Page
The local (not bad) paper. It is probably A Good Thing that the biggest above- the- fold news is that a dog killed another. But that damn COLON…. I am getting old…
Boston Speak
After thirty- some years in New Mexico I must confess I find “Burqueno” more natural than Bostonian. But during George’s visit, both accents provided a lot of amusement for all involved. Annie D, who spent many years there (we met at the fabled Childrens’ Zoo– use search bar for “Real Zoo” tales)– sent a long …