syrinx

As my bro-in-law called it. I had been unable to discuss it with my spouse until a friend left this physical world on short notice and his spouse had to find a place to place him – in winter. So without a lot of emotional upheaval, we found and purchased a plot (+ an extra for any descendants who wish to avail themselves), as it turns out literally a stone throw away from the resting places of 209 of those lost on the Titanic.

I retired just under a year ago which finally gave me the opportunity to deal with the diet and lifestyle issue, or, more truthfully, took away the excuses for not doing so. Some bad blood tests helped on the stimulation side, as did some evil side effects from a statin drug. Overall it is going surprisingly well (I credit the GI diet and a good naturapath to advise on supplements and prohibitions) except for one thing: the naturopath said I must stop drinking coffee.

I wonder why it is that when humans really abuse the natural world that what we see is grotesque: giant catfish, giant jellyfish…

Is our concept of "grotesque" some kind of Darwinian adaptation?

For some info on Giant Jellyfish, see Jellyfish Gone Wild.

I have been wondering how long it would take for serious "geoengineering" proposals for addressing climatic change to become a matter of public discussion. I find these both worrisome and hopeful.

A chicken & egg argument reads today's headline in our Chronicle Herald.

"A suburban Halifax family fined $500 and ordered to get rid of their 13 pet chickens says HRM is making much a-cock-a-doodle-do about nothing…"

Another chicken family in metro recently sent their birds to Heliotrust for a country holiday rather than pay the fine.