April 11, 2010
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Love Is In The Air …
Discovery Channel has been airing their latest nature series called Life on Sunday nights (not to be confused with the short-lived NBC show called Life) We end up recording them and watching them later since there are so many commercials and Sunday nights isn’t always the most convenient time to watch television. One of the last episodes we watched was on birds and the various things birds do to survive, various mating rituals and adaptations to a lack of food and the need to feed their young (the whole thing about swallowing other young birds and then feeding them to their own kids was kinda gross). The show is very much like the Planet Earth series though the U.S. version is voiced-over by Oprah Winfrey who, IMO, is kinda boring.
Anyways, after church today we went to Brookside Gardens to pick up some seed packets Chewy had seen when we were there a few month ago with some out of town guests. True the place was packed and finding parking took awhile but we eventually did. As we were taking a stroll through the gardens we saw two geese going at it. No, not like love making (though we might have saw that) but it seemed like two male geese were having fist-a-cuffs or wing-a-cuffs if you will. It probably went on for a good ten minutes or so. We didn’t see how it started but the male that was with a female had lost. What was weird was that the winning goose didn’t go after the girl or even stayed in the general area. After chasing the losing goose away for awhile the winning goose just swam away. So I’ve got no reason as to why it all went down. Then again isn’t that always the case for when people get into fights – no good reason at all? oh well. I’d just have to say that was an interesting outing and felt as if it should have been filmed and been a segment in the Discovery Channels Life series.
- You a Trek fan? Want some official Trek memorabilia? Too late. The auction was yesterday.
- D.C. meters are going high tech. It’s actually a pretty good idea considering the technology at hand. Plus if you get a ticket they bill your account. Talk about efficiency!
- It may help you reach enlightenment but it does nothing for your salvation.
- Want (or need) a date? Use an iPad in public.
