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June 2006



The Rock

Friday, 23 June 2006 5:17 A GMT-05
 Newfoundland isn't called "The Rock" for nothing.  With very little topsoil, when it rains the rivers rise fast.  The water is tannin rich and dark as tea.  And right about this time of year, at the beginning of June, t

Time time time, see what's become of me....

Thursday, 22 June 2006 5:40 A GMT-05
Researchers at Oxford University Press scoured the internet to create a snapshot of the English language and came back with this very important news:  The word "time" is the most popular word in the English language. And it's a good t

Battle of the Sexes

Wednesday, 21 June 2006 6:02 A GMT-05
I was minding my own business, flitting around, preparing to walk into a store to buy something on my way home.  A huge van with a couple of guys in it had been idling a few parking spaces away.  Apparently the scene got to be too much for
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Ridin' in the Rain

Tuesday, 20 June 2006 5:51 A GMT-05
Yesterday's hot humid air mass turned into a line of severe thunderstorms which crashed through the state around 6:30 in the evening.  Coincidentally, we were trying to get a softball game in between the wind which preceded the storm, the lightn

Double X's in the Mix

Monday, 19 June 2006 6:04 A GMT-05
We blasted down to New York City this weekend to see an exhibit on Hatshepsut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Hatshepsut ruled as pharaoh for 20 years ca. 1479-1458.  A king of the 18th Dynasty, Hatshepsut ushered in an era of prosperit

Survival of the Species

Friday, 16 June 2006 6:19 A GMT-05
Two documentaries are coming out about climate change.  Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Great Warming," narrated by Keanu Reeves and Alanis Morissette. Even George Bush, who removed any hope of the Kyoto Agreement
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Be Careful What You Wish For...

Thursday, 15 June 2006 6:00 A GMT-05
...well, it did rain, like I had hoped.  But not enough to stop the game.  Just a steady downpour which lasted through two innings, made the ball slippery, and made a muddy mess of the catcher's equipment.  I guess I should have been m

Week Wednesday

Wednesday, 14 June 2006 5:54 A GMT-05
Wednesday.  Basically a useless day, although frequently employed for part time schedules and often noted as the middle of the week.  What does one do on a Wednesday that is any different fromTuesday or Thursday?  I say we should get r

Lone Wolf in the Middle of the Pack

Tuesday, 13 June 2006 6:10 A GMT-05
For about a month and a half there's been a sign indicating that soon the road will be closed for major repair.  And when I say it says "soon", I don't mean it has a date on it indicating exactly when the road work will occur or when t
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Precipitation Blues

Monday, 12 June 2006 5:55 A GMT-05
In desperation, we all started up our lawn mowers and ran them across our swamps-for-lawns as soon as we could on Sunday.  It had stopped raining. The hum of lawn mower engines reverberated across town.  It was still windy, cloudy at t

Self-Awareness

Friday, 9 June 2006 5:53 A GMT-05
This isn't my official 2 year Blogging Anniversary but I'll forget when the actual date passes.  The only birthday I can remember with any certainty is my own.  This isn't completely selfishness on my part--it's really more that I have trou
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Magic in the Air

Thursday, 8 June 2006 5:51 A GMT-05
Yesterday I drove through the dreary rain to a business meeting organized by our telecommunication provider.  It's been a few years since I've been considered important enough, or responsible enough, to attend a business meeting.  So even t
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Blood, Gore, and Big Red Crashes

Wednesday, 7 June 2006 5:45 A GMT-05
I guess even astronomers get desperately bored. We say we don't but we really do like mayhem and destruction, especially if we survive to tell the tale.  I recently framed a poster of Mount Ruapehu blowing its top.  Mount Ruapehu is usuall

Fighting Worms

Tuesday, 6 June 2006 6:02 A GMT-05
Worms know when you're coming for them. We have tons of worms.  When tilling or planting or even just weeding, they turn up in happy wiggly droves.  Sometimes I wonder if there's any room left for soil, there's so many of them.  Huge

Dumb &%^$###@ Drivers

Monday, 5 June 2006 6:04 A GMT-05
To fly a plane, you need at least 40 hours of flight time, 20 with an instructor, 20 on your own, which further break downs into solo cross country flights, instrument time, stall training, etc.  In addition there is ground instruction and
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Our Town, New Hampshire: Where the Street Names are Longer than the Actual Street and other fun facts...

Saturday, 3 June 2006 10:06 A GMT-05
New Hampshire: where the smaller the town, the larger the motto.

Not Nothing To Say

Friday, 2 June 2006 6:06 A GMT-05
It's raining again, and we really need the rain.  Also yesterday was the official start of the 2006 Hurricane Season.  Just in time too.  Because New Orleans is all dressed up for a party with no where to go. And the Department of Ed
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But Officer...

Thursday, 1 June 2006 5:53 A GMT-05
I passed a very important milestone in any good biker's development last night.  I got pulled over. I was going 57 in a 45.  The night was sticky and the breeze was nice and I was thoroughly enjoying myself; until I got stopped that is.&nb
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