esquivalience n. the willful avoidance of one’s official responsibilities . . . late 19th cent.: perhaps from French esquiver, “dodge, slink away.”
Thanks to last night’s barbecue, I am more certain than ever that I am a cat person. Nonetheless, this does have a wee tiny infinitesimal (not to mention small) bit of charm to it:
In a(nother) fit of eco-lunacy, some scientists want to restore the Great Plains to their former glory by “re”-introducing current-day relatives of the giant animals of the Ice Age: Lions, Elephants to Roam the U.S. Plains?
Says here Jimi Hendrix pretended to be gay to get out of the Army so he could play the gee-tar: The strange life of Jimi Hendrix (CNN)
Related: Jimi is an element in the Periodic Table of Funk.
The Washington (D.C.) Post tattles on the apple (fruit) industry: Why the Red Delicious No Longer Is
No use worrying about it now, but… the sand at your local beach is loaded with fecal bacteria. Same beach as before, but some scientist had to ruin it by testing the sand.
Stupid new health regulations in 3…2…1…