All the fish in a lake in Bristol are to be removed and destroyed in a bid to discourage fishing. Apparently, the fishing lines and hooks are hurting the wildlife.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-35134740
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Dairy Plants
But where did the “Pooh” part come from?
“All labor-saving devices are robots.”
At least they’re talking about it.
This article in The Atlantic makes me tired (and a little angry) just thinking about how to debunk it. British children’s lit is better than American, because literature matches a nation’s character? Really?
If American children’s books come off as generally more shoddy than their British counterparts, it might be because so much of the great American stuff doesn’t get reprinted.
Sometimes only your wife understands
I broke a pad on my glasses, so that the frame was digging into my nose. So I went to the optometrist, and when the receptionist asked me what I needed, I pointed to my face and asked, “can you fix this?”
Nothing. I got nothing.
Trying to deflect a seven year old from fandom to higher literary analysis is a lot of work.
Oh great metaphor!
Had a talk with my son last night about the proper way to treat girls, and especially his mother. Here are the props I used.
It’s not where I’d start
In an otherwise sincere and respectable line of reasoning, I see the following phrasing: “My wife is a capable and ambitious woman who does not particularly enjoy being a homemaker. She left a career in Human Resources Benefits Management…” To be quite honest, I’m having a hard time squaring “ambitious” with “Human Resources Benefits Management.”
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