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T-minus
I just bought this timer with a delightful one-button interface.
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meaty
I occasionally come across broadly-stated quotes about the effect of meat-eating on my carbon footprint — for example this quote on goveg.com: ‘…”refusing meat” is the “single most effective thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.’ That always … Continue reading
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Uninvited guest
Yesterday in one of my murkier aquariums I discovered something that did not belong: It appears to be a tiny adult red-spotted newt. There are a few plants in that tank that were floating in an outdoor pond (in … Continue reading
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Buried Treasure, part two
I am getting the roof of my house replaced and my attic insulated. A day into the project, I received a call from the foreman. “You’ll never guess what we found in your roof!” Yes, that last photo is of … Continue reading
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Grunion Run
I stayed up late tonight in hopes of seeing some fish flop around on the beach. There wasn’t a lot of action — for a while I worried that I’d fallen victim to the maritime equivalent of a snipe hunt. … Continue reading
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Rail Trail
The hotel I’m staying at faces Highway 101. This being California, I expected to need to drive everywhere, but there turns out to be an excellent sidewalk running alongside the highway for most of the length of Solana Beach. The … Continue reading
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Birch Aquarium
I’m in Southern California for work this week. The aquarium at Scripps is doing some kind of Easter-related promotion. In the entryway there was a table with trays of various underwater eggs, including these hilariously-shaped shark eggs. (The table has … Continue reading
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Cute… in…. space!
Last week I went to a puppet theater anthology which featured an excellent piece about the first mammal in space, Laika’s Coffin. It begins with a solo sung by Nikita Kruschev: “Put something / anything / put it / into … Continue reading
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Recycling day
I really, really hope that I have the date right.
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