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Tag Archives: Nature

Why Going to Mars Is a Bad Idea . . . (Sorta)

February 14, 2022by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2022-02-14 – Let me start by saying that I hope someone goes to Mars during my lifetime. I’m not leaving the planet anytime soon, but considering the gargantuan task of […]

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Why Is it Humbling to Contemplate Our Place in the Universe?

February 10, 2022by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2022-02-10 – There are many things in life that are humbling. But “our place in the universe”? That’s more of a humblebrag. Yet you hear it all the time. I […]

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If a Monkey Hoarded More Bananas . . .

January 3, 2022by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2022-01-03 – There’s a meme going around: “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to […]

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What If You Are the “Weakest Link”?

December 16, 2021by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2021-12-16 – What if you are the weakest link? I just got back from walking the dog. We’ve had high winds all night and the wind is forecast to continue […]

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A Tornado Hits the Park Across the Street

August 11, 2020by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2020-08-11 – It’s always seemed that weather forecasts have been over hyped. They forecast rain every day this week, but it only rains once. They forecast 8 inches of snow […]

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#Pocalypso | Yard Care at the Time of the Apocalypse

May 4, 2020by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2020-05-04 – In all the biblical warnings about the trials and tribulations of the apocalypse, I don’t remember reading anything about yard care. Yet here we are. This was not […]

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#Pocalypso | March Winds Bring April Winds?

April 13, 2020by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2020-04-13 – OMG is it windy this morning? I was hoping to go on a bike ride today that was more on a normal route. I knew it was forecast […]

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#Pocalypso | Is it Really Necessary to Spit in Public?

April 3, 2020by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2020-04-03 – So Lori Lightfoot closed the lakefront. The lakefront is one of my favorite places to ride my bike, but I happened to drive by last week and saw […]

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#Pocalypso | The Sounds We Listen To

March 30, 2020by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2020-03-30 – Our dog Rebe makes squirrel sounds! Or that’s what we thought when we were walking her through the sculpture park yesterday. Usually when she sees a squirrel, she […]

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#Pocalypso | Getting Out When I Can

March 25, 2020by eightoh9 Leave a comment

2020-03-25 – Spring colors were in the trees yesterday on Lake Shore Drive, particularly in the willows near Diversey Harbor. Spring colors in the trees are different from fall colors. […]

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