Fourteen years this month since she first took note of Capricorn wheeling his ancient cryptogram again and again across winter skies and ushering her child into the world. He never seemed to mind sharing his show with Christmas, probably felt in his younger years a jolly Jesus-camaraderie, a knowing unalloyed by age and sophistication that […]
The thought of algae conjures up an image of slimy green gunk covering water no one would want to touch. Or a pool not properly maintained. Or a putrid smell. However, many fail to recognize the severity of an algae bloom’s impact on human and animal health, the environment, and even a region’s economy. The
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Word origin has always been fascinating to me. Maybe it’s because I love the history of things, where they come from and how they might have changed through the years. The written language is filled with words and phrases that can be traced back for centuries. Consider the word milestone. The origins of this word
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Carli pointed the BELIEF-B-GON at her would be ex-husband, Carl, and pressed the machine’s blue button. The instructions for the BELIEF-B-GON were clear: STEP 1: Press red button to record new belief. STEP 2: Aim front of device at target. STEP 3: Press blue button. They were written by a man of science marketing a
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The only thing as bad as the naïve, self-promoting bureaucratic, self-pitying, excuse-making, manipulative, overly idealistic, pretentious, system-sucking Democrat is the self-righteous, birth-entitled, Christian “Right,” “everyone-has-a-choice” preaching, bean-counting, in-denial-of-their social advantage, and blind to how the other half must live Republican. The only thing as great as the forward thinking, solution focused, empathetic, compassionate, self-sacrificing, social-class
It’s easier to sink than swim. That’s what they don’t tell you. But sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between sinking and floating stagnant. My father taught me that everything takes its time. No matter how great the desire to motor through every problem until every one of them is solved—a thankless dream by