As I’ve spent the better part of the past two days migrating my life’s work from one laptop to a new one, I’ve been pondering the nature of life in what to some at least is Web 2.0 age. Although I’ve probably spent the better portion of the past decade engaged in communications that have […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
A Lesson Insufficiently Learned
I seem to recall that it was in Douglas Adam’s novel A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the advice “always know where your towel is” was given. This afternoon, I found myself in the uncomfortable position of not knowing. However in my particular situation, perhaps not unlike some mysterious sub-textual meaning in Adam’s novel, […]
Leave No Child Inside
The news is indeed good today for children. The United States House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3036 (the No Child Left Inside Act of 2008) that “amends the National Environmental Education Act to add to the minimum functions and activities required of grantees under the Environmental Education and Training program, which trains educational professionals […]
In Praise of Older Books
Needing to visit not one but two different doctor’s offices this morning, I found myself with a little extra time following the first appointment. Not wanting to twiddle my thumbs in another physician’s waiting room, I determined that Powell’s books was roughly on my way to my second appointment and promptly set a course for […]