This is entirely too cute. A baby hippo orphaned by the tsunami has bonded with a tortoise, and now the two hang out together.
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The wind is varying between outright howl, moan, and whine. On this wind is wave after wave of snow. It’s moving pretty darn close to horizontal. We just did a cursory check for drafts, and determined that we *really* need weather stripping on the back door, and that the fan in the master bathroom may . . . → Read More: THUNDERSNOW Here’s the first sentence from my first post of each month this year. Jan: We went into town (Providence) and checked in to the Westin downtown for New Years. Feb: We apparently had a mouse. Mar: This morning, my neighbor started snowblowing at about 6am. Apr: Just before I woke up this morning, I was . . . → Read More: It’s that time of year again. Why is it that every time somebody new gets an old idea, they have to make up a new word for it? Cohousing near Boston It actually sounds pretty nice: Plans call for 34 typical condominiums, which will be grouped together to encourage neighborly interaction. The complex also will include a ”common house” that will . . . → Read More: Cohousing Two of my colleagues are working for the evil tobacco company this week. Apparently at dinner last night, one of said colleagues was smoking. He endured mockery because he “doesn’t fit the demographic for Newports.” A Newport smoker, according to their market research, is “poor, forgetful, behind on his bills and unhappy in life/job.” . . . → Read More: On demographics A brief cautionary tale: One of the people I’ve had the chance to work with this year just got fired, for good cause (not my company, one of our clients). He’s a nice guy. Has a new kid, less than a year old. He’s completely screwed, and it was totally avoidable. I post it here . . . → Read More: Don’t be dumb! I think that my body as just as short an attention span as my mind, these days. I spent the last two days sitting still in the same chair and answering support tickets (down to 30 from 70, of which 13 are from two extremely prolific users). Now my back hurts. I find that I . . . → Read More: Procrastinate, whine … I’ve been trying to refrain from posting quite as much random crap from the web in this space. However, this one just scared the crap out of me. I think it’s art … I really do. It’s the sepia tones, the german, and the long hallway that somehow combine to make it chilling. Blixa Bargeld . . . → Read More: Art. I’m looking out my window at the snow, and it occurs to me that a smart person would probably do something to help his roses through the winter. In MN we would BURY the damn things (the “Minnesota Tilt,” they call it). Nobody in RI has heard of this practice, so I’m assuming I . . . → Read More: Rose care in the temperate zones… |
