Monthly Archives: March 2012

Our birds are back! We’ve seen robins, house finches, downy woodpeckers, rufus-sided towhees, starlings, hoary redpolls, mourning doves, Oregon juncos, Canada geese, and the swallows should be here any day. I have a log to record when our birds arrive each … Continue reading →

Our state is embroiled in controversy over the re-introduction of wolves near Yellowstone Park several years ago. Those wolves multiplied very rapidly and have spread throughout Montana, Wyoming and Idaho and very adversely affected ranchers, costing them thousands of dollars … Continue reading →

A motto that was taught to us as engineers was “Never A Best Way, Always a Better Way.” It was to be an incentive to always look for a more efficient way to do things or to continue to improve a … Continue reading →

 “Lynsanity”  is now an official English-language word, declared so by the Global Language Monitor. I doubt there are many Americans (and scarcely any Asians)  who aren’t familiar with what the Wall Street Journal called Lin’s “quintessential underdog story.”  Jeremy Shu-How … Continue reading →