Monthly Archives: July 2010

Here are photos of this week’s new arrivals at Barb and Steve’s farm. Watch for updates at their blog, Out To Pasture. This is what Barb says about them: We are enjoying the two immensely. They are scared. But the … Continue reading →

What a lovely and sometimes chilling assortment of creature stories we had yesterday. It is now clear that bats, deer, moose, raccoons and baboons are reaching out to us with their various appendages offered in friendship, but we always seem … Continue reading →

Barbara was kind enough to share this video Docu-Baboonery yesterday. Baboons vs. Lion Cubs. No Contest. If you haven’t got the time or technology to watch the video, it’s a pretty simple story. Young lions will try to eat anything. … Continue reading →

Two current news trends at once – leaked documents and felons voting! Memo to: All Candidates From: Strategy Team Re: The Felon Vote The assertion that convicted felons were a crucial swing group in the 2008 contest has taken us … Continue reading →

Ever put a playing card in the spokes of your bike tire, or hear a noise in the engine compartment of your car that sounded like something was hitting something it wasn’t supposed to be hitting? Or maybe you’ve heard … Continue reading →

Dear Dr. Babooner, Recently I fired an employee because others had been spreading lies about her – lies that I quickly believed because to do so was easier than uncovering the truth. Not a lot easier, though. If I had … Continue reading →

Next month Wal-Mart is going to start putting radio frequency ID tags (RFID) on some of the jeans and underwear sold in thousands of U.S. stores as a way to closely track what is on the shelves and to streamline … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Clyde told us this story about a photograph he’d seen in a book. My extensive research* into the man in the song we know as Ol’ Blevins, is I am glad to relate, an actual historical figure, as I … Continue reading →

Here’s a text message from the woods! Hey, Bart here. Not much time to text today. I’ve got family visiting from out east. Yeah, bears go to see their relatives! And all bears are related, so I never know who’s … Continue reading →

You have a legal right to read the notes your doctor writes regarding your office visits and your treatment, but few people do it and physicians and clinics aren’t always eager to share. But a test project is underway this … Continue reading →