The Laws Of Distraction
"How about a fire?" Dave says, heading for the woodstove, and I smile, knowing I'll [...]
Number Nine! Number Nine!
I am totally looking forward to the big earthquake we're going to have, and that's [...]
Birding Posts: The Final Movement
I'm at an age where life tends to be self-humbling. This can set you free. [...]
A Bird In Hand
If you want to be a real bird-watcher, you'll need to get up earlier than [...]
Under Cover In West Virginia
This is your trusty reporter checking in from the New River Birding And Nature Festival, [...]
A Great Place To Roost
So there I was on the way to the New River Birding and Nature Festival [...]
The Electronic Leash
It has recently come to my attention that you can have your own daughter chipped [...]
Boiling Frogs For Fun And Profit
I keep bringing up this global warming thing only because I keep noticing that facts [...]
New River Birding Virgin
Today I am winging my way to a birding festival in West Virginia. "But Murr," [...]
The Light Of Friendship
You might want to jot this down: if you give a man unfettered access to [...]
The Numbers Racket
So this nice hippie lady was cooing over my garden from the sidewalk, and, as [...]
Caesar’s Cut
I hate doing my taxes. It's not the actual tax. I'm a big gooey liberal, [...]
Bad Day At The Zoo
Everyone associated with the Rio Grande Zoo in New Mexico was horrified to discover their [...]
Woo Woo
I've seen a number of perfectly good amphibians in these parts, although not near as [...]
The Devil Toilet
It was three in the morning, right on schedule for these sorts of things, when [...]