In this photo taken in 2006 and released on Sunday, August 3rd 2008, by U.S. scientist S. Blair Hedges, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State University, the globe’s tiniest snake is shown curled up on a U.S. quarter. Hedges said Sunday he has discovered the globe’s tiniest species of snake in the easternmost Caribbean island of Barbados, with full grown adults typically less than four inches (ten centimeters) long. He named the diminutive snake ‘Leptotyphlops carlae’ after his herpetologist wife, Carla Ann Hass.
I’ve been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses. It is a complete waste of the money John McMaim’s contributors have donated to his campaign. It is a complete waste of the country’s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs. And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next President of the United States.
MjL 05 Aug 2008, 4:00 a.m.
05 Aug 2008, 4:00 a.m.
I found this little bit of news on an Interweb newsgroup. There were actually some GQP right wingnut types defending this blatant and greedy misuse of the law. It would seem we have entered a world of greed that actually defends these actions by saying, “Nobody said we couldn’t!” And yet these same morons want to control us little people on just about everything from religion to reproductive rights, but anything goes for them when it comes to personal gain and greed. It is a sad place we humans have come to.
Gosh I am probably in trouble now —— I didn’t write anything in my own blog yesterday! No excuse, I just kept putting it off until I ended up not doing it at all. Oh Well. So here’s a quick rundown of yesterday’s news.
Tracey and I went to breakfast because she didn’t have to go to work until noon. After breakfast we took a little morning nap. I had planned to mow grass but it was so terribly hot and humid I didn’t do it. The temperatures hovered in the mid 90s and the humidity around 80% —— not nice at all.
It is already storming again this morning so it looks like another unbearable hot and humid day in store again. I am beginning to think our area is turning into a tropical jungle or something!
MjL 05 Aug 2008, 7:00 a.m.
I called the #Piaggio scooter dealership and finally got to talk to Steve the owner. He said he ordered my new headlight assembly right after he got my email with pictures last Friday. That’s a good thing! I was afraid he had been dodging my calls or something. With any luck Tracey’s scooter will be done by next Friday and my parts will be in so we can go up there Friday (Tracey has the day off) and bring her scooter home as well as my parts.
Our motorcycle headsets arrived in the mail so we can hopefully mess with those to see how well they work. I charged them up right after I opened up the packages so they are all ready to go.
MjL 05 Aug 2008, 7:01 a.m.
On the bright side, your tropical jungle isn’t 113 degrees in the shade
Noah L 05 Aug 2008, 6:32 p.m.
This is true but you don’t have the humidity either. It’s a “pick your poison” sort of difference I guess! What we both need is our temperature with your humidity.
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