So, I met a student in the local botanical garden this morning, and afterward took a couple of passes through the garden to see what there was to chase. I have a post in draft form, coming soon, that’s going to have a few images of jumping spiders, plus a whole collection of other [...]
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I was thinking about the animated feature Ratatouille earlier. The head chef, Skinner, was the villain in the movie, but I’m not sure why. His primary action throughout was trying to prove that Linguini was harboring a rat in the kitchen, which was true; it even turned out that Linguini was a fraud and [...] April 28th, 2013 | Tags: Pixar, Ratatouille, the moral is "Be cute" | Category: Humor, Random |
 Leave a commentIt’s Earth Day, the day we celebrate our planet’s independence from the Barren Hegemony of the Solar System! It was a hard fought battle, especially since there was no one to fight it, but we (well, not specifically us; the planet, anyway) persevered! We typically celebrate our defiant animus by going outside and gloating. [...] April 22nd, 2013 | Tags: Earth Day, ecology, Terra First! | Category: Humor, Nature |
Leave a commentMaurice Williamson, a member of New Zealand’s Parliament, addresses the floor yesterday on a bill that would amend the state of marriage to apply to same-sex couples as well: Initially, I really liked his statements. There’s still (despite my efforts) a lot of emphasis in this country on not speaking sarcastically, especially in [...] Well, it’s my 500th post, provided you ignore some deleted update markers and having to rebuild the blog long ago when the last software failed to perform, and the idea that everything I write goes through a few drafts. But anyway, it’s an important milestone, since it’s halfway to 1,000 posts, which is where [...] “Hello?” “Hey, Al, whatcha up to this afternoon?” “Uhh, wrangling spiders.” Long pause. “Wrangling…” “Spiders, yes.” Another pause. “Is this difficult?” A shrug [yes, I shrug and gesture while on the phone.] “It’s frustrating at times, but a skill set like everything else.” “Probably not like everything else.” “Well, okay, true.” “So, why are [...] March 16th, 2013 | Tags: creepy is what creepy does | Category: Humor, Nature, Photography |
 3 comments - (Comments are closed)It’s funny – as a species, we seem to have a propensity for discovery, to explore uncharted areas in the hope/belief that something magical awaits just over the horizon. It’s probably responsible for most of our explorations across the planet. There is definitely a cool feeling when you’re traveling, and you see a new [...] I just find this amusing. The Girlfriend, like probably 85% of the world’s population, isn’t terribly fond of bugs, most especially not the big ones. But she’s watched me pursue numerous arthropodic subjects, and still finds fascination in the details revealed from macro work. The net result of this is seen here, what I’m [...] Sorry. Couldn’t resist. But at least I waited a day just to thwart all that goofy ‘Caturday’ stuff… So, here’s a thought I had the other day about the nature of good and evil, which theologians and philosophers call theodicy; I’m pretty sure philosophers have a name for those little lint balls that you get in your navel. And theologians have some kind of explanation that they’re god’s plan – just not [...] |
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