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cab67's JournalAm I the only one who feels this way?
I'm actually glad Trump cancelled his cemetery visit yesterday.
I don't want his presence to besmirch such a place.
How does one post jpegs?
Just curious. I want to put up some photos in the birding community.
My wife and daughter are on lockdown. UPDATE
Update 2 - it was a swatting hoax. If I catch the miscreant responsible, he or she will be drinking his or her meals for a few weeks.
Update - the all clear has been issued for my daughter.
My wife works at Northwestern University, and our 2 year old daughter is in day care very close by.
Shots were reported on the NU campus, so they’re both on lockdown. Latest reports suggest it may be a false alarm, but they’re treating it as though it’s not.
I’m not liking this.
Remind me how having guns in classrooms is supposed to be a good thing?
what was your first bird?
I've been on DU for a while, but didn't realize they had a birding group until just now.
Random question for fellow birders - what was your first bird? I don't necessarily mean the first bird you ever saw (probably house sparrow or pigeon for most of us) - I mean the bird that got you started in the avocation.
I can still clearly remember the bird that did it for me - white-breasted nuthatch. During my freshman year in college, I was snowed in with my grandparents (who lived in the same town as my university) for Thanksgiving break. They had feeders set up in their back yard. I was struck by the handsome blue-gray and white bird that scooted along tree trunks and came in for suet. My grandparents had an old copy of Peterson's field guide, so I looked it up. A red-breasted nuthatch showed up later that day, and the fact that two such striking birds could be found in a populated area really grabbed me.
Is this a thing?
I came to parenthood late - I'm 50, and my daughter is 2.
All three of us ended up with the flu last week. And my daughter insisted on watching one show - and only one show - for the two days she was down.
It was Moana. I actually liked it at first. The animation was stunning. Interesting approach to Polynesian enthography (basically making a fictional community by borrowing aspects from several real ones), and enough biology and geology to keep a scientist like yours truly interested. And who knew the Rock could sing?
Two days later, I was ready to confess to pretty much anything.
Is this a common feature of children that age - to fix onto a single movie or tv show and watch it repeatedly?
Anyone else try to get a copy of Fire and Fury?
I showed up at a local Barnes and Noble this morning. They'd sold out of the book before it was even on the shelves.
I need to find a way to piss off Lord Dampnut in one of my academic papers. My citation rate will skyrocket.
who should read the audiobooks?
Recently, some people have recommended that Hilary Clinton narrate the audiobook version of Fire and Fury.
I think that's an excellent idea. But other books will be forthcoming from the current crisis. Who should narrate them?
For example, on another thread, I suggested that Gilbert Gottfried read any book written by Bannon.
I also think that if Kellyann Conway or Sarah Huckabee Sanders write a book, it should be narrated by Fran Drescher.
Other ideas?
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