Living in a city with “Tree City USA” status, we have come to expect explosive color in the autumn. This year it has been harder to find, as it would appear that our dry summer and prolonged warm may be curtailing the process a bit. Yet, there is some to be found where I park the Ol’ Reliable Pathfinder.
Unintended consequences from nonspecific language …
A couple of readers, as it turns out, misinterpreted the last post in which I was meaning to indicate that the arborist gave us a negative health report on one of the birch trees — not me. The thing’s upper trunk is becoming hollow and has a life expectancy of only a very few years, if that.
My own health, by the way, has never seldom been better.
This BBC feature helps you understand how earth and the world have changed within your lifetime. click here!
Co-worker Maury appeared today with his Mona-Lisa-wife and brand new baby in tow, so you know what happened next …
How nice to have some like-minded friends. Like John, who has made me aware of Serial, a season-long, once-a-week episodic series of podcasts from This American Life, the wonderful public radio (and online) program of true stories. The host of This American Life, Ira Glass, even made this video to help anybody who doesn’t understand podcasts or how to deal with them:
Take the quiz. Just for fun.
If you wish, report back with your results.
Meet Whisper, a BASE* jumping mini Australian cattle dog. For the full story, click here.
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*BASE = building/antenna/span/earthcliff, named for the jumping-off points in this extreme sport.