Siberian Irises at evening.

For some reason, I seem to be rather low on time over the last couple of weeks. But there are some blog posts/articles floating around out there that I really want to write up a couple of posts on. But those posts are not going to happen tonight due to an extended power outage and Click Here to continue reading.

We have a nature theme today, folks.
If you’d like to read about the kinder aspects of nature, like geese and turtles, you can read a nice little post here.
Filed under Letters.
If you’re interested in learning about more violent out-bursts in nature, discover a vulcanic eruption more deadily than Pompeii by reading here.
File under The Odd […]

Wild geese reproduce at a prolific rate. I have read about how wild Canadian geese populations have become a problem in some areas, their numbers have grown so large.
We don’t have that problem in this neighborhood.
Yet.
But, watching the wild geese that live in this area, I see how it does happen in other areas.

Geese Grazing

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Most of my regular readers probably already know this, but for those who missed it— Clause Vistesen posted an edited version of my post Does an aging demographic structure lead to an export-oriented economy over at Demography Matters.
Edward Hugh (A British born Spanish based economist who specializes in economic effects of demographic change) has posted Click Here to continue reading.

So often grade school science books paint the life of a predator as being so easy. You sit around in a tree all day, and grab yourself a snack when you need one. This is especially true with lions, which are portayed as being so fast an powerfull nothing can keep them from dinner. I Click Here to continue reading.

I think this is the first time I have seen good quality video footage of Alexander Kiss. It’s easy to see why he’s become so famous throughout the juggling community. I have heard a lot about him in the past, so I knew he was a very smooth and technically advanced juggler, but I didn’t Click Here to continue reading.

1902 eruption of Mount Pelée

You’ve probably heard of the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, but have you read about the eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902 and the destruction of Saint Pierre?
Probably not.
Do you know which caused greater loss of life? If you said the destruction of Pompeii […]

A week or so ago I finally bought a copy of the WJF 2006 DVD. The WJF DVD’s have always been the most entertaining Juggling DVD’s I know of, and this one was fun to watch as well. Most juggling DVD’s get pretty repetitious pretty quickly, and end up seeming too long for the material Click Here to continue reading.

I found this article to be fascinating and informative. It’s all about how sheep-breeders are milking the hype over super-fine wool (you may have heard them referred to as Super 120, Super 150, Super 180, etc). At the end of the article, it kind of points out that all of this super-fineness has it’s downsides, Click Here to continue reading.