Category: Nature

  • 7.7 is a damn big earthquake

    You know what country is unable to assist Myanmar following a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in which the death toll is widely predicted to reach 10,000 people? The United States. The very person who shut down USAID, the organization that would otherwise already have rescue teams on the ground there, has the nerve to say…

  • the rabies test

    Most of us have this idea that we will become old but not debilitatingly infirm physically or mentally. But that, sadly, is not going to be the reality for many of us. As the US slides into theocracy raised on Ayn Rand and fever dreams of a 10 cent minimum wage, old age is going…

  • What The Fuck, Owls?

    Outside my bedroom window when I’m trying to sleep and hooting like there’s no tomorrow. Despite all the noise, they are silent winged killers, sneaky AF. They drop in like taloned party-poopers on the rodent population. Some rat or gopher looking to wreak havoc and some owl comes along blowing up the fun times. And,…