Nora sends along this, a climate change threat of which I was unaware: I can’t believe a company like Amazon would promote global warming by allowing those bastiches at Dole to continue to melt icebergs just to get the head of lettuce that lies at the center. Sure, it tastes like ambrosia, but look what …
Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz: Nothing will ever be the same. Nothing ever is … once your milk goes bad. Then it’s just too late. And nothing will bring it back.
sunflowers Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. This clump of sunflowers doesn’t seem to mind that its source of water is the concrete channel draining the parking lot in a semi-industrial Albuquerque business park. Another example of why I love alleys, bike trails, train tracks and other routes along the back side of society.
If you’re the mysterious Garden Fairy who left that bag of delicious home-grown tomatoes on our porch, thanks.
Poking around the logs, I was happy to see I’m one of the top Google hits for “SpongeBob’s gay agenda“.
phenology: The first couple of years after we moved to the neighborhood in 1993, we grew explosive, fantastic tomato crops. But in later years, they became increasingly disappointing. It was like a slot machine calibrated to pay off early and get you hooked, then suck the quarters out of you. I love fresh tomatoes in …
Some months ago I blogged in puzzlement over what might connect Matt Busby, Doris Day, B.B. King, etc. A commenter who goes by “total info” popped in this morning with the answer: Those three people were all replaced by doubles upon their deaths, like Paul McCartney. This kind of activity is perpetrated by intelligence outfits …
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In Frank we trust (a great old video clip of Frank Zappa debating freedom of speech – hat tip Ed)
Earlier this week, Kevin Vranes helped explain something that had been puzzling me: how members of Congress could use appropriations bills as vehicles to make policy. The item at hand for me was the Yucca Mountain language included in the most recent Senate version of the Energy and Water appropriations bill, which I’d been writing …
Added a couple of feeds to the planet: Roger Pielke Sr. and David Appell. David’s back in fine form, and I keep forgetting to read Roger’s blog and then kicking myself when I finally get to it because I’ve missed something interesting days earlier.