From http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com: “She’s sort of like headlice. You can’t just shampoo your hair. You have to boil everything afterwards.”
In fact, this blog is really precious. I’m going to make it part of my regular reading. Quotes like, “before I left I told them if they wanted to live in fear that was their choice, but [...]
…is everyday for some people. I drive my wife crazy, which is why she doesn’t give me an opportunity for me to open my mouth on these things – wise choice.
The BBC’s World Philosophy Day article gave a a few ponderables that really aren’t that ponderable. Maybe because I think about them constantly as it [...]
So we can all breathe a sigh of relief today. The idiot vote did not win. America has spoken.
Now all we need to do is pray to our Gods Obama lives the next eight years… This country has a long standing tradition of presidential assassinations, unfortunate as it is.
There are also Black Widow’s in this state. The black widow of PA is the Latrodectus variolus, and thus its venom causes latrodectism – muscle pains and very powerful muscle spasming and cramping, first localized and then all over once the venom hits the bloodstream. Although the venom is more potent than many other animals, [...]
The northern copperhead, timber rattlesnakes and the eastern massasauga rattlesnakes are the poisonous snakes that inhabit Pennsylvania. Today’s informative snippet, today’s blog bite, is on the massasauga rattlesnake.
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake’s name comes from Chippewa, in which “massasauga” means “great river mouth”, “so named because it is usually found in river bottom forests and nearby fields” [...]
The second poisonous snake in Pennsylvania, next to the Northern Copperhead and the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, is the Timber Rattlesnake.
Luckily the Timber Rattlesnake is not only shy, but endangered. Although, being endangered is a real pity, it does mean its less likely to bite me. Moverover, “Their venom is intended for immobilization of prey & [...]
