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13.0.1.12.11 – Feeding the birds
I wasn’t sure what to do with the raccoon carcass. My first thought was to leave it hanging in the coop. It would attract flies and the maggots would drop from the carcass, providing protein for the chickens. But then I worried about raccoon roundworms infecting the chickens, which might infect the eggs. My second…
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Hawks (13.0.1.12.10)
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been hearing hawks calling. I can hear them even when I’m inside, so they have to be close. It’s unusual that I’m hearing them every single day. The other day I came home from running errands and saw a couple of hawks fly off from the trees in my front yard.…
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Sucks to be you
Damn, that’s a fucked up way to die. I’m sorry, raccoon. On the one hand, I’m glad you’re dead. On the other, I wish it would have been more peaceful.
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satanists
I can’t think of a better term to describe these people other than satanists (with a small “s”). I don’t want to insult those friends of mine who are Satanists (with a capital “S”) because they’re good people, but I can’t think of a better term. A satanist (once again, note the small “s”) is someone…
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The U.S., Syria and ISIL
What. The. Fuck. Am I the only sane person on this planet? Listening to the radio on the way home. There’s a segment on the U.S. stating that it reserves the right to bomb sovereign countries, particularly the ISIL bases in Syria. Wait one second here. The ISIL bases in Syria aren’t part of the…
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Animal Rights
I’m driving home when I see a turtle on its back in the middle of the road. First thought: poor turtle. Second thought: maybe it’s not dead. Being on it’s back like that is unusual for turtle roadkill. So I look for a good spot and turn around. I go back and except for being…
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Bullshit science propaganda
“Physicists have some understanding of how magnets function. However, some phenomena that underlie magnetism continue to elude scientific explanation. Exactly how do magnets work?” — livescience.com I love it. First they say that physicists don’t know exactly how magnets work. Physicists have some understanding but there are still phenomana that they don’t understand. The very next…
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Noah
I’m watching the movie Noah right now. It’s entertaining enough, but really? Judeo-Christian mythology is deus ex machina in its purest form. For the sake of argument, let’s leave the jews out of this. They’re a tiny percentage of the world population. So what if their tribal god and the related mythology is a bit psychotic?…
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Sulfur and snakes
Sulfur doesn’t repel snakes. How do I know this? Because when I went into the coop earlier today there was a rat snake resting in one of the nesting boxes, coiled up and all comfortable on a small pile of sulfur.
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Snakes and more snakes
There was a small rat snake in the coop tonight — no more than 9 inches long. It was light brown with dark brown blotches outlined in black. I was looking at it when I heard the familiar sound of a tail rattling against the metal siding. I didn’t see anything inside the coop, so…