Lights

I have a set of photos of Christmas lights and decorations up on Flickr. Most of them are from the Milwaukee parks, plus my brother’s tree and a tower crane decorated with lights.

A Christmas Present?

While walking in my neighborhood, I saw a large quantity of litter in the roadside ditch:

( photos of surprising litter )

Review: Between You and I

Between You and I: A little book of bad English, by James Cochrane. This is a short and quick book of common errors and things that just annoy the author. It’s a reasonably entertaining book, but it doesn’t have the quantity of horrible examples and lengthy diatribes that the really funny language books have. It is shorter that way, though. Just about everyone can learn something from it. It’s probably a fairly good book for the non-native speakers, too, at least those who are fairly fluent.

Cats are inveterate naturalists

“Inexpensive glass bowls are a good choice in situations where breakage will not be a problem, as with children and indoor pets. Cat, especially, are inveterate naturalists and will certainly want to assist with any project involving bowls of water and small animals.”

Regarding the rearing of dragonfly larvae, from A Dazzle of Dragonflies by Forrest Mitchell and James Lasswell.