Hummingbird Trapped in My Office!
If anybody has any ideas how to get it out, please let me know. It keeps flying into the skylight and hovering near the glass. Several of my coworkers have a large ladder and some cardboard, but I’m afraid it’s not going to end well…
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Busy weekend: Parking Day and the “Build it Green” Home Tour
Perhaps you’ve heard of Park(ing) Day? It started in San Francisco by Rebar (an art collective focusing on public space/urban design etc) and has now caught on around the world. In a nutshell, people get together and create temporary parks on city streets by renting a parking space for the day (i.e. paying the meter). […]
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Best of the Craigslist Pets Section
I just saw this ad on craigslist:
FREE EMAIL PET READING
Reply to: tarotchick29@cs.com
Date: 2007-09-18, 10:39PM PDTHow about a free pet reading?I will be avialible all week till 10pm to answer one question intuitively reguarding your pet.Does your pet pee in the house?,have social problems?,or are your curious about your pet’s past?Try a free reading this […]
Rust Belt House of the Day: Vinyl Madness
Sick of expensive real estate? Tired of stucco? Have I got a house for you. You can own a three-unit building in Cleveland sheathed in an acres of white vinyl for only $17,000. With an estimated payment of $86, even if you only rent out one of the apartments you’ll still come out ahead.
15705 Holmes […]
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Moment of silence for Alex the Parrot.
An African Grey parrot who learned more than 100 words, Alex was the subject of years of scientific study. I took animal cognition when I was an undergraduate at the University at Buffalo, and Alex was a big topic in the class. Follow the link to a NY Times story about this amazing animal. read […]
Bay Area Housing Suggestions, Part I
I found out that I’ll be moving again in the next few months, which has led me to fine pages of Craigslist to see just how much rent prices have escalated in the past year. It’s pretty scary to see studio apartments in marginal neighborhoods renting for over $1100 a month. It’s even worse if […]
Music Review: In Our Bedroom After the War by Stars
This latest album from one of Canada’s finest bands comes as a surprise, as it wasn’t originally due for another two months. The band decided to release it to the internet almost immediately after they finished production. I have enjoyed each release since Nightsongs was released in 2001, and their live show at Bimbo’s in […]
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Dinosaurs died because of sin!
excerpt from “There Go the Dinosaurs”
My friend Mark Miller pointed me to this fascinating cartoon that offers a thorough explanation of how creationists explain dinosaurs. I’ve heard a lot of this before, but never so succinctly! This cartoon comes courtesy of Chick Publications, “publishers of Gospel publications for over 40 years” (according to their […]
Orphaned Hedgehogs
I can’t believe I’m posting this, but I think the photos are hilarious. You really have to read this…
Baby hedgehogs with their new mother. Picture from the Daily Mail.
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Sweeney Ridge “adventure”: cold and windy
view through the fog at the Sweeney Ridge trail
Natasha and I decided to go hiking on the Peninsula today, thinking it might be a little warmer than San Francisco. We were wrong. As you can see in the photo above, the trail at Sweeney Ridge was covered in fog and possibly haunted. Granted, the […]
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