Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
And speaking of not-very-good-low-light photos, here are a couple of a bird that obstinately stayed too high for me to be at all sure what he is - some kind of woodpecker, maybe? Any guesses? Not that these photos are a whole lot of clue! Cripes - in the first one he might even be some weird little animal - except the second one was taken right after the first.
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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3 Comments:
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At 1:46 PM, May 06, 2007
John B. had this to say...
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At 1:50 PM, May 06, 2007
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 9:00 PM, July 08, 2008
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->The first two look good for a woodpecker. The third looks more like a songbird, based on the posture and proportions. That is about as far as I can go.
Yeah - I got distracted while posting. Those are actually two different birds, right enough. I've edited the post to add that. Thanks.
Oooo - forgot to post this, but I was told (and realized right away that it was right) that number two is a killdeer.
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