I had a little chat with my tomato plants yesterday. It went along these lines:
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Pictures from my birdwatching trip to Block Island over the weekend. Is this a lynx, or what? This guy hits it on the head: On Saturday, August 27, 2005 — two days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall — President George W. Bush assumed responsibility for the coordination of “all disaster relief efforts” in the State of Louisiana. Here’s the State of Emergency Announcement on the white house web page. . . . → Read More: Blame game…is nothing beneath these people? I don’t deal well with phone support people. Take that back, it’s the broader category of “moron” with which I have problems. Narrowing it back down, it’s “morons who are in my way, and have a little recipe that I have to dance through before they’ll let me pass” that really bug the crap out . . . → Read More: Phone wars Did the 8 mile run again. It’s getting easier. I had this wacky idea that most people approach running wrong. It’s just not a great starting point for physical training. It’s brutal on your whole body. Knees, ankles, muscles, lungs, heart … running sucks if you’re not in shape. I see tons of people . . . → Read More: 8 miles… I’ve been meaning to put together a couple of survival kits for a long time now. Given New Orleans, and the painfully obvious fact that nobody is going to come help (at least for a couple of days) when a city floods, it seems like a fine time to put together some realistic kits. * . . . → Read More: Survival kit This guy. at least, has his shit together. Here’s the recording of the mayor of New Orleans flipping out: right here. We need to elevate this guy to national office. Sure, he lost his cool in the clutch, but he’s speaking truth to power. Excellent day, but I’m far too tired to write about it. Suffice to say that the extreme fitness challenge (EFC) has been combined with a trip to the island and EXTREME birdwatching. In the meantime, here are some baby badgers. I’m going to bed. At my current events discussion group / karate class today, we were trying to figure out what we can learn from the disaster in New Orleans. Here’s what we came up with: * In the event of all Hell breaking loose, you are fundamentally on your own. The government will not be there today, and . . . → Read More: New Orleans I can’t help it. Here are the funniest things I’ve read about the NOLA disaster: . . . → Read More: Assorted badness |
