Conner (eight years old) has been on a paleontology kick for the last few months, reading books, watching documentaries, and asking endless questions about extinct animals. One of his particular interests has been in human ancestors. Taylor (nineteen) is taking a lab in Anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado. Wednesday they had a hands-on activity, learning to identify several early hominids by their skulls. She got permission to bring Conner to class to participate. When he walked in the door, and saw all the ancient bones, he was a REALLY happy kid! He got to stay there for the entire class and even take a quiz with the college kids.
Along the way
We flushed Mallards.
More Alex video
Learning giants on the high-bar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBefU_iNNU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtrc-pjeKMg (He’s still nine.)
I’m so confused
The sign says no trespassing beyond this point. Does that mean if I go beyond that point without trespassing, it will be okay? Or, am I already trespassing on this side of the sign and it’s okay, but if I go past the sign it won’t be? Life can be so hard to figure out. We voted
We did our part to swing the state of Texas! Our effort may not have been enough though. We already know how Texas is going to be counted in the electoral college. It’s not a contested state. Knowing that, our vote counts as nothing but a protest vote. If this were an election decided by a popular vote, our vote would have at least been included in the total. In the olden days with limited communication and extended travel time, I can see how the electoral college made sense. Today, it seems to be an unnecessary relic. It’s still here though, so it must suit some interest. Maybe it simplifies the process for the candidates and the political parties. They only have to hammer a few swing-states instead of appealing to the country as a whole. Nevertheless, the two parties and candidates spent a billion dollars this time around. A billion dollars! What did we get for that, besides annoyed? What does it amount to? A subsidy for the advertising and broadcast industries. An undeclared subsidy. They get an extra billion dollars. Some people get employed for a time. Then it all just goes away. A private enterprise subsidy. Maybe if it could have been a government subsidy we’d have at least gotten some roads and bridges out of it.