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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Mid-year Resolution
Why do most people make new year resolutions during the start of a new year? If you need to make a change now, chances are that you will forget about what it is that you want to change if you … Continue reading
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Fireworks outside my apartment
Last night was the Pacific Grove Chinese Lantern Festival, happening right next to my apartment. We sampled gyros, baklava, and calamari from the vendors who had set up food stalls next to the beach. The residents of Pacific Grove obviously … Continue reading
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Fringehead
…[fringeheads] have a great fondness for empty bottles and cans; the bigger the container opening, the bigger the occupant. In some areas, such as the beer bottle field at the head of Redondo Canyon, southern California, nearly every bottle will … Continue reading
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A Pupfish Mystery
I had already accepted that I would never see a live Death Valley Pupfish (I’m assuming that’s the fish they’re talking about). When I first heard about these guys, reports about their survival were pessimistic, but after reading this article … Continue reading
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The Terrorists Have Won: Postal Edition
It has happened in Japan, and it happens here. To the postal workers around the world who check my mail from foreign countries: Would you all please start at least taping the envelope shut? It’s just common courtesy.
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Fun with Insects
I used to catch bees and hornets and placing them in the freezer for a few minutes. After they had stopped moving, I tied a thread around their thorax and waited for them to warm up in the sun. There … Continue reading
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Mystery Cephalopod
I love takoyaki and I love fried calamari, so what might be even better? The octosquid might…
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The Southernmost Redwood Grove
Garrapata is one of the best places to hike around Monterey, because it starts out on the coast, leads inland through cactus patches and chaparral, and ends in a grove of redwood with a seasonal waterfall. A bunch of us … Continue reading
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