Discovery slow in coming

With hard bony shells to shelter and protect them, turtles are unique and have long posed a mystery to scientists who wonder how such an elegant body structure came to be.

Since the age of dinosaurs, turtles have looked pretty much as they do now with their shells intact, and scientists lacked conclusive evidence to support ( Read more... )

Listening to country music today.  I don't know why, just stopped on that station.  Now I remember why I never minded it that much all those years I lived in Texas.  Those funny lyrics keep me laughing.  I started writing them down after I heard several that made me laugh out loud and made heads turn.  I started to realize some of these lyrics may ( Read more... )

There is something strange about packing " my entire life" into boxes and then realizing I don't really need or miss anything in those boxes ( Read more... )

You are a
Social Liberal
(73% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(15% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

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They just "discovered" hundreds of new species on and near the Great Barrier Reef.  Funny how "we" discovered them.  Yet, I am certain "they" have been there a lot longer than "us".  It always amazes me when things like this happen.  The great barrier reef and we don't even know what lives there.

One thing they found was a shrimp like animal with ( Read more... )

Brer rabbit has nothin on Old Man Tarrypin!

Brer Fox Catches Old Man Tarrypin
retold by
S. E. Schlosser

Well now, Brer Rabbit had made friends with Old Man Tarrypin, a big turtle that lived in the pond near his house. Brer Rabbit and Old Man Tarrypin liked to pull tricks on Brer Fox, and that rascally fellow got pretty mad about it.

Since he couldn't ( Read more... )

In the past few days I have heard two of the best barters ever.  Interesting how these things come up all at once.  I believe things happen in 3's a lot.  So, I am waiting for the third barter story any minute now.  Until then…..

Friday I went with Mouse to the tattoo parlor.  She was getting a tat to represent her newest family member and touching ( Read more... )

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list ten things you LOVE that begin with that letter. Afterward, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.  Wander gave me an N.

1.  Naot's--- I wouldn't be able to live without them.
2.  Night sky--- preferrably clear and with no city lights to obscure the view.
3.  Nice ( Read more... )

Screech-  I awoke and turned off the air conditioner, only to look back up and make sure I had actually turned the knob in the right direction.  It sounded like it was still on.  Then I realized what I was hearing was hard rain.  It has been so long since I have heard it rain from my bedroom, I had forgotten what it sounded like.  I got up, got ( Read more... )

I took all of my mail from the past week of vacation to work so I could go through it.
I got an unexpected card from
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