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Critters

Hello Octosquid Good-bye

I couldn’t be a cephalopod fan without being excited about the discovery of the octosquid off of Hawaii. This seeming half octopus, half squid will lead to much interesting speculation. And it’s a beautiful creature, too. I could wish, though, that we could discover these creatures in circumstances other than them being accidental catches, recovered only to […]

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Critters

My kitten

This photo is just dying for a lolcats.

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Environment Places

Ameren and the shame that is Taum Sauk

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A couple of days ago, the Southeast Missourian did a fluff piece on how important Ameren is to the Lesterville school system: Earlene Fox, superintendent of the Lesterville School District, said many entities are trying to decide how much to fine Ameren, turning the issue into a political hot button. Meanwhile […]

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Environment Weather

Smile You Being Watched

Saturday I drove on Highway 100 to Hermann, crossed the Missouri, and returned using 94. The weather was sunny and mild, which makes it hard to take a flood, seriously. Luckily for the people of Hermann, and all points east, several levees broke along the Missouri further north and west and the level of water […]

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Climate Change Weather

Water Report

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The area near Rocheport put out a request for volunteers to begin sandbagging. I had to take Zoe into vet today and couldn’t go. To be honest, I doubt I’d be able to keep up for that long, anyway. I can lift 50 pounds without a problem. I doubt I […]