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That makes my stomach hurt just looking at it. It's BIGGER THAN HIS HEAD! Isn't that, like, against some law or something?

Me too, Ben. It's an emotionally charged time for all of us, I think, and it's hard not to get riled up at every turn. I am counting on this abating just a little when the election is over. The whole thing is making me totally mental. :guinness:

I have adopted a head-in-sand approach. But honestly, if I do allow myself to go there in the middle of the night, I am toast. My 401K has lost an ungodly amount of money, and that is with the safe investment strategy. But like you said, Ben, I am trying to see the big picture and not the here...

Batsto lake.

We have happened upon that gun club on Oswego Rd. ourselves, quite by accident, and wondered what it was.

Me too. A lot.

Ah, I thought this might be about the campaign. I can't seem to decide which of the two I hate worse.

Nice photo! The problem is that we don't seem to realize that the most important organisms are the teeny ones. They are at the very foundation of the life support system, and they are often the most delicate. Heck, life on earth would not exist without bacteria. Without the tiniest of lives...

Ooh. You must tell me where this place is.

Actually, there's a good ecological reason to prohibit motor vehicles in some areas. soil compaction leads to all sorts of problems with the native flora and fauna. And like Ben said, I think this has always been the case. At least I hope it has.

Me too. I have been dying to learn this stuff for a long time but could not find a central piece of information.

Thanks for pointing this out, I am one of those "river people", and I would love to see it!

Not at all. I am not a religious person, and I think you've put it perfectly. :)

Ah, clumps. I have been looking for them individually. I think I need to spend more time down in the pines--you know, more research. :)

Arrrrrrgh! Lookit all those ticks! They mainly look like lone star ticks, the primary vector for ehrlichiosis. Little bastards, they are, and they are ALL OVER the pines. So...just to be picky, are you surrrrrrrre those little ones are chiggers? Larval ticks can be even smaller than those...

The best way to avoid chigger bites is to take a quick shower when you get home from your piney adventures. We have a back brush hanging in the shower that we use to thoroughly scrub our legs and around the belt area (they seem to like that area too) with soap and that easily dislodges any of...

Um. Evolution doesn't work th...oh, nevermind.

I generate medical waste myself. We have to pay a service to pick it up and incinerate it. It's not cheap! I suspect this may be why we are seeing it in the ocean.

I just gained weight looking at those.