BurningbirdOne last gem for Friday, Slashdot writes on a soon to be released report from Richard Lynn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ulster University that, well, read for yourself. From the Independent: Men are more likely to win Nobel prizes and achieve excellence simply because they are more intelligent than women, an outspoken male academic has claimed. Richard […]
Fridays are a good day to indulge in the work of others that gives me so much delight. I am lucky in your gifts–too many to list all, so I’ll just have to pick out a few this time around. Jerry has a photo of a rather intimidating looking spider and I really like the poem he […]
Been a long time since I did a shaggy cat story. You all know Zoë, my cat. My little princess. My sweet faced little adorable furball. My lovely little, silver-haired darling. Otherwise known as “The Bitch”. Zoë is a bird friendly cat, which means that she stays indoors at all times. We have a large, […]
I was in a conversation recently about reading sites we know are guaranteed to make us angry. I was reminded of this tonight, when for the second time in a row, I went to this weblog of a woman who could probably find a way to say “Good Morning” and be infuriating. At least to me. We […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The anti-war movement that existed before we invaded Iraq, has now been tasked with ensuring that we withdraw from Iraq. Thanks to a mother of a dead soldier and the folk singer, Joan Baez, the chant of ‘Get us out of Iraq now!’ can be heard across the land. However, the […]