On Spring and Life Choices
- me: how is GA on this fine day?
- jesslyn: partly cludy, 71 farenheit
- me: it has hit 70 in massachusetts!
- jesslyn: the bird is on the wing, the lambs are nickering in the fields, etc
- me: hahaha
- jesslyn: heaven be praised! congrats!
- me: love those nickering lambs
- i know
- soon there will be BBQs and the ceremonial putting away of wool layers
- jesslyn: ohhh!
- me: for about two months until it is crappy enough to bring them out again
- jesslyn: yeah
- me: so get this
- jesslyn: keep those wooly layers close at hand
- me: i just came from a seminar on fish dispersal
- jesslyn: rawr
- me: the dude does all his work in Paupau New Guinea and Belize
- and i realized I AM IN THE WRONG LAB
- jesslyn: hit that!
- me: good god
- jesslyn: for realz
- me: why am i in some cold system trying to catch bats with a butterfly net and a helicopter when i could just SCUBA my fine self around petting clownfish?
- jesslyn: hehe
- me: geez
- jesslyn: i ask myself that question every single day
- me: dumbass
- me, i mean
- jesslyn: also, salt water is wonderful for the skin
Maimed Teen Calls For Federal Safety Oversight Of Thrill Rides - Louisville News Story - WLKY Louisville
Way to go, Ed. I’m happy to see that someone is tackling this oft-forgotten subject. Having a best friend who was severely affected by an accident at an amusement park, this hits close to home.
I never liked “thrill rides” much at all growing up. Part of it was my propensity for motion sickness, but in general I didn’t get the idea of such fabricated adrenaline seeking. You want a thrill? Get up early and watch the sun rise from a beach. Fall in love. Climb a mountain. Swim in a cool, clear, quiet pond on a warm day. Give a 6’5” man a piggy back ride and laugh til your sides hurt. Watch your dog catch herring in a stream.
Them’s all the thrill I need.
Nudibranchs—Photo Gallery—National Geographic Magazine
Brilliant photos — amazing creatures. If I were going to study something without a backbone it would probably be nudibranchs. Though I am quite in love with cephalopods so it would be a tough choice between the two.
Fotos Tormenta eléctrica en erupción del volcán Chaitén - TERRA
Thanks to Buck for the find. Amazing photos.
A Pampered Champion’s Finicky Taste - New York Times
Oh Derby Day will bring out some quirky horse stories. This is a whole article about a former Derby winner’s lack of libido, in sometimes overwhelming detail. To each his own.
CSUB Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Owl Cam
Owls are wicked cool. I am kind of shocked that there was no nest involved.
Chinook Salmon Vanish Without a Trace - New York Times
I find it surprising that no one mentions sea lion predation in this article.