hobbitt house

if i could live anywhere this


looks like a great place. these dudes made it themselves and instructions are here:
http://www.simondale.net/house/

veggies

getting through the semester is like making myself eat vegetables for every meal. not fun to do, but so good for you. here are some pretty tomatoes from a garden.



good bye spring semester!

what if we were birds?

Toad NUTS

sometimes the interwebs make me sigh but sometimes they make me really happy too. take, for instance, this lovely article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html

it's about a lady, who is also a momma, who saves endangered frogs from getting squashed on the road. once scientists found out she was doing this they also asked her to start getting the frogs GPS coordinates, length, and note their behavior. so she made a club of her friends, called toad NUTS, to get even more information for science. i think this is her hand.


this lady is living the good life by just taking nature walks at night. i'm really proud of her and all the backyard secret scientists who are moving up in the world. thanks internet for connecting us to life. toads 4ever.

bike vs car

two nights ago it was raining but i still needed to bike home so i thought: this could suck or be an adventure, you choose. so i chose adventure!! a mere 5 blocks from home my hippy pants with the bell bottoms got caught in my chain and managed to mangle up the bike. needless to say, it was a much longer, wetter ride home than anticipated. last night, the memory of my previous mishap still fresh in my mind, i choose (after riding the bike all day, mind you) to drive to a friends house instead of bike and then drive back again for sleepy time since it was a rainy day. i awoke this morning to my car towed. my bike was clearly punishing me for my infidelity.


this bike is 90% the same as my bike but without a basket and bigger handle bars. adorable or evil? hard to say...

texting world

we all suspected texting was a terrible idea. this site confirms it. and also succeeds at being the FUNNIEST SITE EVER.

http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/

question

where did the expression busy beaver come from? are beavers even busy?