Ruminate or whine, they both seem so unproductive to me but I find great theraputic value in ruminating and this is one in millions of blogs and this blog belongs to me…so here are some of my ruminations…and I feel weird ruminating!!!
-Sarah Palin-in spite of the pundits she wants to go…I think…let her, may she go find peace, and may her date to leave come quickly…I have no intention of buying her book!!!!!!!!!!
-This is more like a whine but since I last blogged about it there have been two incidents of dogs crapping right in the middle of sidewalks here. Are those dogowners just trying hard to get a rize out of people because I know I am not alone in my anger on this.
-My favorite coffee shop was actually open this morning and I walked inside to hold up a wall that I really enjoy holding up. Aside from the “pop” and “bangs” I hear everywhere. My town begrudingly (city employees who have to secure streets) had two parades…Gay Loggers for Jesus and Teabaggers. I missed both parades. This is the first time in 40 plus years I did not have a 4th plan. Thus my ruminations.
-I read a global warming article in Science Digest magazine entitled: Do Wind Turbines Harm Wildlife. “Both birds and bats have been killed by this alternative energy, but bats actually suffer the greatest risk from wind turbines.” Bats are not often killed by wind turbine blades but are killed by lung hemorrhaging caused by “batotramau” caused by drops in air pressure caused by spinning wind turbines
One of the highlites of my life was observing millions of Mexican Free-tailed bats fly out of the Frio Bat Cave in southern Texas. As the bat’s flew out of the cave they were grabbed (one at a time as thousands of bats flew by) by Swainsons Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks and Great-horned Owls (It was almost dark).
This wind turbine phenomina could kill thousands of bats at a time because of “bat trauma” as a result of misplaced (a common problem) wind turbines. If this was a scenario for Frio bats after 5 years Frio’s bats could be endangered. What happens to Frio’s bats as they disperse into the night?
-On another topic I am blown away by how disconnected the media is with an average American in global warming and financial matters. This is a gross generalisation but I hear this disconnection each day, even from some smart media persons.
-Enough on Michael Jackson. Some of the things the press talks about on the detached superstar are hugely mundane. May his tortured soul rest in peace, but there would go some of the story that had nothing to do with the pop legends singing and dancing and later some of his public theatrics that really put an exclamation point on him as a person.
Matt
