Friday, July 31, 2009

What's the difference between a piss-ant, a psocid and us?

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We were lying on our backs in a too-big bed (it was a king, we are comfortable in a double), the window AC was on (it was 90+ outside and th...

the hardest thing I have ever done

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Until the next time. Did you ever begin something by thinking " this is (is going to be) the hardest thing I have ever done in my l...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

murdered child

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On The Page, Poet Mourns Daughter's Murder : NPR Source: www.npr.org Slamming Open the Door, the debut collection of poems from Kathleen...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

euthanizing Martha

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As I stopped by the vet the other day to pick up the dogs, a woman with her son(?) was standing in the parking lot holding a very hairy smal...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A story of guilt

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I heard a story the other day about a young girl that had been sexually abused by a relative (that's mostly who does it) for 3 years. Sh...

Orchid flowers

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Orchid flowers are very complicated and highly evolved. The plants are similarly evolved. Some live in trees, some in water and some in the ...

Thoughts on a leaky boat and HUTAs

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The boat leaks. Fairly significantly. Out over 100 feet of water in the Atlantic off the Keys with only a bilge pump between fishing fun and...

Fat? May not be all your fault.

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In a just released study, a mechanism that may explain a part of why overweight people get fatter rather than slimmer . It has to do with an...
Monday, July 27, 2009

human learning and why online computer based instruction is wrong for many.

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OK, so I am an old fashioned guy. But keep in mind that I am "tech aware", so don't have a built in bias in using technology f...

Back with a vengence

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Boy, there are so many things to talk about I don't know where to start. The trip to the keys was good despite the leaking boat. No, I h...