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buy wisely
It's really tough to be 100% organic in this economy, but at least Environmental Working Group has a list to help prioritize which foods you can let slide and which ones you probably shouldn't.
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Lunch discussion
The lunch discussion today revolved around the exceptionally unusual sex characteristics and reproduction of opossums.
... The largest difference between the opossum and other mammals is the bifurcated penis of the male and bifurcated vagina of the female (the source of the Latin "didelphis," meaning double-wombed). Male opossum spermatozoa exhibit ( Read more... ) -
Red Gold trailer
"[Red Gold] may ultimately prove to be one of the most influential environmental films of our time."
-Tom Bie, The Drake Magazine
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garden planning
The seed catalogs have arrived! While you are planning out your vegetable garden consider "planting" some habitat for native pollinators and other beneficial insects. Your plants will love you for it!
From Xerces Society:
Spring is the time to plan for pollinators
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Metabolize snack! I want to go home!
Long, hard day at work, but I had a really good day. Didn't touch the computer until now. We planted a few hundred of the leftover plants form the plant sale onsite to fill in the gaps left form the recent landscaping. It is going to look marvelous in a few months. I'm a little to tired to hop on ZIppy just yet so I'm having a snack and resting ( Read more... ) -
Dangerous species released back into Wyoming wilderness
Casper, Wyo. - Wyoming officials earlier this week confirmed the necessary reintroduction of an aggressive, notoriously mean-tempered species into the state’s vast wilderness. Two Cheneys, a male and a female, were set free Jan. 21 in central Wyoming - a reality that has left some local residents uneasy. Officials are optimistic the Cheneys will ( Read more... ) -
mixed fortunes
"Your lucky number this week is nine."
on the reverse
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Dear Insomnia,
I greatly enjoyed your absence on Friday night, and it showed. Perhaps you could repeat that disappearing act on my work nights? I welcome your visits on Friday and Saturday, even Tuesday nights within moderation. You make it possible to stay up past 10pm to hang out with family and friends.
Really, it's me not you.
Sincerely,
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oh and another thing
My phone is dead until tomorrow. I stepped on the charger end that goes in the phone, and now... well... it doesn't.
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