An article in the New York Times this weekend reported this of hippos in Congo, in the national park where the mountain gorillas also live:...

My condo has been--maybe--sold. Anyway, a deal has been made and my attorney is reviewing the contract. Okay, not my attorney. Seems my at...

I just finished reading Jeffrey Tayler's book Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel. I like Jeffrey Ta...

Yancey just sent me this photo of his wedding party. Now that it's in the past instead of a future-something filling me with dread, I...

I saw him today! The locally famous guy who always dresses smoothly, kind of like Hollywood's idea of a pimp at the height of the blaxp...

Here are two interesting facts I learned yesterday while reading about the great age of Antarctica exploration. -There are moon craters name...

I'm writing the text for a 3-D children's atlas. It's actually a lot of fun, but much harder than I expected. I have to submerse...

I actually did get some non-blurry photos on the Amtrak trip to Montreal and back. Problem is, aside from a bit o' sunshine from Penn St...

Today's earlier blog post has been temporarily censored. I just got an offer on my condo. So I thought I shouldn't be whining about ...

When my eyes get all twitchy, I know my body is telling me that it's time to step away from the computer. This happened yesterday, at 4,...