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posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

A REAL BOY John Locke always knew he was special. It's just that it didn't seem like being special was such a good thing to be. He was specially misunderstood. Specially unpopular. And specially unwanted. Rejected. He just wasn't a regular sort of guy. He wanted to be the kind of guy who liked boxing and fishing and cars and sports, but try as he might to deny it, he was always the kind of guy who liked.... ...backgammon. Our culture can be hard on boy

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

After raining all night and forecast to do so through the morning, it let up earl and the sun came out early enough to make a walk to Lake Calhoun. I was interested in seeing if there were any urban anglers out for the fishing opener, but there was nary a fisher man, woman, or child to be seen. There was, however, a sail boat just taking off from the dock as I arrived. With a steady breeze from the northwest, they were in their element.

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

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posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

My Picks From ScienceDaily Category: Science News Dying Bats In The Northeast U.S. Remain A Mystery: Investigations continue into the cause of a mysterious illness that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of bats since March 2008. At more than 25 caves and mines in the northeastern U.S., bats exhibiting a condition now referred to as "white-nosed syndrome" have been dying. 'Early Birds' Adapt To Climate Change: Individual birds can adjust their behaviour to take climate change in their st

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

Related Post I am pretty sure most of you are familiar with the announcements made on a plane prior to departing and landing. One good example would be, “Ladies and gentleman please fasten your seatbelt as we are about to takeoff/land”. Its so common that everyone knows the drill. A few months back i was on a flight heading to Penang. It has been a routine for me to sleep off during the flight and just as i was about to doze off as others were getting to their sits, the captain of the plane mad

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

By David Roberts Though the nation's pundits have decided that the primary race is over, someone failed to get Clinton the memo -- she is determined to stay in to the bitter end. The next primaries are in West Virginia and Kentucky, states where the number of poor whites is high and consequently the Obama campaign expects to get crushed; there's a good chance that even if Clinton dropped out tomorrow, she'd still beat Obama in those states. West Virginia and Kentucky are the second and third

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

Arrow marks the spot where we sat! When I had a phone call from Tigger Lamb Girl telling me, that she was coming to Bristol to watch her son play in a cricket match, and asking me if she I would like to join her I naturally jumped at the chance. TLG and I have spoken on the phone before so I had a feeling that we would get on fine. TLG offered to make a picnic which was so kind of her (you all notice how quickly I agreed!. My meagre contribution was a couple of small bottles of sparkling wine

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

We tried hiring a freelancer to do some work in Northern Minnesota yesterday. Journalists in Duluth, Ely and St. Cloud were very friendly (of course), but all -- and I mean all -- politely turned us down. Why? Fishing opener, of course. You just don't mess with the chance to be out on the lake catching walleye for the first time this year. Heck, the governor even has his own Web page about it (a little on the small size there, gov). At first this was a joke around the office, but by the end I

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

*reposted from Slava's blog Gio and Brian fishing for some starfisk, lobsters and shrimp FMF Chair Gio's wall of NYC Subway Map Drawings My Jockstrap Dawg (Guillaume), Gio's Go On Do It, and our AMERICASS paintings (Brian and Slava) STARFUCKER FISK is after Lobster and 3 Shrimp Lobster vs. 3 Shrimp (Lobster always wins) STARFUCKER FISK detail 3 Shrimp Chair Lobster Brain My Shut Up Drum Gio and Brian's Asstronaut Balloons SPUTNIK 3 is on v

posted by Jason Barrett on May 11

summer is suddenly upon peckham. i can tell because it smells of blue ice lollies and warm dog shit. also, the ice pole season has started and ice pole opening duty is a prerequisite for jolly smalls who otherwise have a tendency toward histrionics when frustrated by unopened packaging. outside play is one of the best bits about summer and i like to encourage outside eating, outside toilet training and outside colouring in. if i thought i could get away with it i'd probably have them sleep out