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My Fine-Feathered Friends
I see these birds all the time on my morning runs. I have identified them in the past as double-breasted cormorants, but people seem to insist they are actually anhingas because their beaks are straight and not curved. I stand by my belief that these are cormorants. They clearly have…
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They Call Him Flipper, Flipper, Faster Than Lightning
I saw lots of dolphins on Bayshore this morning on my run. They weren’t close to the balustrade, but you can see them frolicking in this video. I really hope these weren’t the dolphins from Treehouse of Horror XI. We live close to the water.
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I Thought This Song Had Been Outlawed by the United Nations
The Complimentary Spouse arrived at our fancy-schmancy dinner last night and heard the tail end of this song being played in the bar. Listen for a few seconds and you’ll recognize it. Is this really the right tune for an expensive steakhouse?
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Yo MoMA’s so Big …
I was going to start this post by saying that MoMA in New York is my second-favorite art museum in the world. But, as I started to write, it no longer seemed right to rank art museums because, like doggos, they’re all the absolute best. Any place that makes art…
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Georgia (the Other One) on my Mind
Another culinary adventure is in the books! The Complimentary Spouse and I had dinner last night at Old Tbilisi, a Georgian restaurant in New York, and I’m delighted to report that it was delicious. Many great things stood out on the menu, but Britt and I decided to share two…
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Exploring the World Through Food
I’m a picky eater. The list of foods I don’t like — or won’t even try — is longer than a CVS receipt. But that doesn’t mean I’m not an adventurous eater. The Complimentary Spouse and I love to try new cuisines, and we make a point of trying something different every time…
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On the Next Episode of Shark Tank
I have never seen a shark on Bayshore before — but this morning, I saw two on my morning run! Here’s a video of the shark who was swimming in circles between Howard and Rome. I originally thought these were hammerhead sharks, but I’ve been told they were actually bonnethead…
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Thar She Blows! Thar He Spews!
The Atlantic: “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention” I love articles like this because they remind me that as much as we know about our planet, there is still much more to discover. This piece is pretty long, but worth scanning at least. I didn’t know…
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The More You D’oh!
Plato? Descartes? Emerson? What a bunch of amateurs! The philosopher that best understands the human spirit is Homer Simpson, a middle-class American man in his late 30s. As one of Homer’s disciples, I’d like to share some of his teachings. First, if you want people to respect you, you have…
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The Freedom to Make Mistakes?
I recently heard someone say that having freedom means having the freedom to make mistakes.1 This was mentioned in the context of mask mandates during the current Covid-19 pandemic. This seemed like a reasonable opinion at first, but something about it gnawed at me. After some rumination, I think I…
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