Have clicked for us and pwayfarer.
Welcome to the Rainforest thread littlek, HofT and Setanta! (Setanta - Thank you for taking good care of our Bethie and the doggies. We need them around here...Seriously!)
Jeanbean...
Those were great maps!
Stradee...
Glad to hear Mr. Kitty is doing better. How are
you doing today? Were you able to go back to work? Are the fires all burned out or are they still going?
Hopefully, the holidays will just be...Last year we got our tree up really late, and because all of us were so depressed and then sick afterwards, the tree didn't come down until after St. Patrick's Day. (Okay, it's a fake one, but it's a
really nice fake one. I'm tremendously allergic to the real ones.)
wordworker...
Juggling is how us moms get through the day with a slight bit of sanity left.
That's cool about your son. If my daughter'd had a chemistry set, she would have been blowing things up for fun...She's always had an interesting sense of humor.
She took Physics last year and is taking another Chemistry class this year.
We have more than one TV and more than one computer - a necessity, (although mine's the only one connected to the Internet) but my kids have always been the kind who liked books, computers and music more than TV. My son refused to watch cartoons until he was about 6 or 7 years old, preferring instead to watch documentaries on the TV. My daughter likes cartoons, but is really good in art and wants to be either an illustrator or an animator and is being pushed by her art teachers in that direction. She originally wanted to become a doctor, and had been pushed in that direction because of her math and science scores, but after living with her diabetes and all that it entails, she really doesn't like hanging around hospitals that much anymore. Can't blame her. Anyway, the best punishment for both of them was always to deny them access to books and reading materials. As far as they were concerned, that was the worst thing that I could do. Nothing else got their attention quicker than that! (They both go for the editorial page in the paper before the comics or the sports. Always have...I think that's cool, but it's also weird.
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Hey, want some good news?
Orca L-Pod Expands By 2
October 19, 2004
By KOMO Staff & News Services
http://www.komotv.com/stories/33573.htm
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA - There are two newborn orcas in a pod of Puget Sound killer whales.
The Center for Whale Research at Friday Harbor says a whale known as Jelly Roll gave birth last week to a baby, designated L-104. And a whale called Ophelia gave birth over the weekend to a baby, designated L-105.
The sex of the youngsters might not be known until they get older.
The two births with no deaths so far this year boost the total number for all three Puget Sound pods to 85. The births renew hope for a population that had dropped from 99 to 78 a few years ago.
Puget Sound orcas have been declared a "depleted" population under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and "endangered" under Washington state law.
Not counting Luna, who is living alone in Canada, L Pod now stands at 43 animals, with 22 in J Pod and 20 in K Pod.
You can read more in our newspaper partner, the Kitsap Sun:
http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_3265046,00.html
