Monthly Archives: June 2007

Lots more. Also from our excursion to Highland Park. Let’s start with two pictures of a lovely Two-winged Silverbell (the English name is pretty and all, but I also like the Latin name: Halesia diptera).

When Nelson was here I became thoroughly spoiled with the ample variety of good food around at all times but the leftovers ran out a couple of days ago. So I decided to spend a few hours making myself a … Continue reading →

Some time ago I griped about an idiotic piece in The New York Times about how new work in biology is ostensibly posing all sorts of threats to moral philosophy as traditionally done. Well, it’s not just the Times. The … Continue reading →

I seem to have brought thunderous weather with me to Oklahoma.  Major lightning, thunder, and huge raindrops.  I’ve been disappointed by the thunderstorms in New Haven and even in Ithaca, so it’s nice to be back in tornado territory, where … Continue reading →

One good thing about the scorching hot, dry weather we’ve been having here recently: weeds die wonderfully well in it. The weeds that I pulled yesterday looked thoroughly dead today. Sydney

On Jerry Falwell as a Rorschach test, see here.

Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College: On April 11, the president of Columbia University announced that it had received a $400 million pledge from alumnus John W. Kluge, who in 2006 was 52nd on the Forbes list of … Continue reading →

I suppose the idea of fake wedding cakes has some merit. At least when compared to the exorbitantly expensive weddings that seem to be the norm these days. My only quibble with the article: real wedding cake is tasty?? I … Continue reading →

Three wholly unrelated inanities that caught my attention this morning: 1) A judge is in a Washington D.C. court as a plaintiff, having sued a dry cleaner for losing his pants. For how much is he suing them? $54 million. … Continue reading →

Here are a few pictures from the excursion to Highland Park that Erin and I made a couple of weeks ago. Both of us were quite taken by the trees with interestingly different bark. Never mind leaves, flowers, and such. … Continue reading →