Category Archives: Nature
It’s Early
Willamette Valley 4.25.2012 Coming into the end of April, amphibians have plenty of water. It hasn’t been the wettest of winters in NW Oregon but there is plenty of healthy habitat for now. Some egg laying was observed in early … Continue reading
T’is the season
for amphibious spawning in the Northern Hemisphere. Frogs have been singing sweet songs of romance all spring. Toads, newts and the like have been looking for love in all the wet places. Now is the time to inspect the spawning grounds and see … Continue reading
How to prepare the turkey
Click if it doesn’t animate… HOW NOT TO PREPARE A TURKEY- not animated- click for full size-
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…damp, drizzly November in my soul…
Note: this blog will have it’s 100,00th visitor sometime this week. Maybe tomorrow. Really. But that isn’t the point- When I was about 11 I decided to memorize “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. I had read the book … Continue reading
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Here is a list of useful constants, etc.:
Length: 1 inch = 2.54 cm 1 mile = 1.6 km 1 km = 1000 m 1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 109 nm Planck Legnth = 1.616252×10-35 m = sqrt (hbar G/c3) Classical Electron Radius = … Continue reading
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Day Off
As a State employee I have the perk of getting tomorrow off without pay (part of the Furlough Day program to cut budget deficits). I decided to take today off as well, using a vacation day, to make a 4 … Continue reading
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Better post something before the next full moon
Pete Townsend – There’s A Heartache Following Me Click when you want bigger size- some of these are biiig. Click sound thingys where they appear. Click click click. This is just for fun. Obviously. Abandoned- top > down Sub Base … Continue reading
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Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park
“The Bemaraha National Park, situated in the west of Madagascar, has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. And for good reason… 752 km² of breathtaking scenery with this incredible stone forest known as the Tsingy. From … Continue reading
Radio Night, Frog Spawn Days
Getting the announcement part out of the way, tonight is Mad Liberation by Moonlight at 1 a.m. PST on KBOO, 90.7 FM in Portland, Oregon. Streamed on the web at http://www.kboo.fm/. It’s a call in show, blah blah blah, call in at 503-231-8187 to … Continue reading
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