Can you tell that I'm very bored on Reference this morning ( Read more... )

I was just reading book reviews (and you can learn an awful lot from book reviews...) and came upon a sociological study, the premise of which is that the two least religious countries in the world, Denmark and Sweden, also rated the highest as the happiest countries in the world. Denmark was number one for both. Isn't that interesting?

I was looking online about the recent floods in Racine, and I went to Google maps and lo and behold! They have street view for Racine! I found our house - here is the link although I don't know for sure if it will get you to the exact street view - Read more... )

1) 4 LETTER WORD: bird ( Read more... )

Sadly, I must report that Kai died on Tuesday, after a period of failing health. He was not eating or drinking much for the last 2 weeks, so we took him to the vet's last week and they did blood work, etc., but it came back normal. No fever either. He continued like this until Tues. morning, when his pupils were very dilated and he couldn't walk ( Read more... )

Look! I am actually posting! I have a tale to tell. Coming down the steep hill from our ( Read more... )

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines ( Read more... )

Wow! People actually read and commented! This is cool. Wish I actually had something to say... (Help me out here, Switzer.)
Our field got mowed last week. It now looks like a gigantic green lawn, with large white marshmellows (21 of them this year!) around its perimeter. Many, many argiopes (those large yellow and black spiders that I love) and lots ( Read more... )