January 2011
24 posts
Jury Duty
The government asks 4 important things of its citizens: to vote, pay taxes, obey laws, and, when summoned, serve on a jury. My Jury Duty finally came today! Dont worry, dont worry…I can hear you chiding me now about how jurors are not to discuss their court cases. Well rest your worries, I was ultimately (after nearly the entire day) excused and not selected as a juror on this particular...
the last hour of my day
Some nights I spend the entire hour immersed in one book; othertimes I hop from book to book reading a chapter in each. I thought I’d share them with you because a few of them are oh-so-delicious and you might actually like them too! Here are the books I have been rotating through:
*The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, And The Future Of Human Survival Marq De Villiers. What I...
loved this article excerpt in today's paper
Web makes animal die-offs seem unusual
“…So what’s happening this time?
Blame technology, says famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. With the Internet, cell phones and worldwide communications, people are noticing events, connecting the dots more.
“This instant and global communication, it’s just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous...
every ant has a purpose
upon observing leaf cutting ants, scientists have discovered that young ants are the leaf-cutters and as they age and their “teeth” dull they become leaf-carriers.
