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The hummingbird nest cam: Live Videos by Ustream A tiny bird, nesting in a golf-ball sized nest on two eggs the size of tic-tacs. Occasionally the bird flies off, and several thousand people eagerly look to see if the hole in one of the eggs has gotten bigger. Or maybe mama has rotated the egg and it’s [...] I lived in NH for the Blizzard of ‘78. I went to college in Syracuse. I resided in Minneapolis for the Halloween Blizzard of ‘91 and the ensuing horrific winter. I know snow. This, children, is a blizzard. We’ve been without cable or internet since Saturday. Crews were pulled from the roads in MD, VA, and [...] Our crazy snow dog/porpoise. Music: Shira Kammen, “Le Brandevin – Holly and his Merry Men – Angelus ad Verginem” used under a Creative Commons license. Also, the bundt cake atop our picnic table: Because we’re not going anywhere anytime soon. As with last year, I made Julekake this year. The big difference is I got off my hind end and decided to experiment. My grandmother’s recipe makes five full-size loaves at one go. This is a quantity of dough that swamps my stand mixer and, in the words of my mother, “You don’t knead it, [...] In the last month or so, I have: Gotten a ridiculous amount done at work This week is one of those funny, stubby weeks – a few days of work, a few days off, John is picking up my mom from the airport and working an odd, late day tomorrow due to a faculty senate meeting. As a result, we have that semi-giddy, let-off-the-leash feeling you get when life is off [...] “Is that the guy from the hive thing?” “‘Every sci fi show has a hive of some kind. Can you narrow that down for me?” “You know, as we were driving up to your house, we almost couldn’t find your exit?” “Really?” “Yeah – it’s 404.” … … groan. |
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