There was one of these at the national arboretum a year or two ago. There were huge lines to get in to see it. I’ve always wanted to experience one, but still haven’t. I do think I can pass on planting one in my yard, though. An Amorphophallus titanum, known locally as … Read more
About 2 o’clock I stopped by Griff’s, already tented for the St. Patrick’s week. (Done Griff’s once on a St. Patties, don’t need to again.) On Saturday, they were having an Irish Stew cookoff. There were four team. Some friends of mine were first timers, so I stopped by to see how they were doing. … Read more
A very sobering article titled The Pentagon Papers. An insiders view of the war planning and unprecedented overhauling of institutional knowledge within the intelligence and defense parts of the administration. By Karen Kwiatkowski on Salon.com To balance off that outrageousness, there was lighter news recently on NPR, last year’s book The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld, … Read more
I had a hard time taking sides in this battle between two oversized media conglomerates, but it humors me. -b
i don’t (i.e. remember a dream) very often,… i had a new pet duck, it was brand new, so i was keeping it in an igloo, the 6-pack kind, and it was floating,…. not in water, but in white wine, it seemed happy, but i noticed it dipping it’s bill into the “water”, which was, … Read more
Do you know better than I? Take the quiz from . I’m running late to the big top… -b