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Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Man, installing heating and air is going to be waaaaay expensive. Dog. 5/15/2002 10:09:00 AM Tuesday, May 14, 2002 Long before the days of recorded history, man discovered a metal. This metal could be forged into tools and weapons. It provided mankind with the ability to take one large leap closer to civilization. This metal had such a profound impact during the period in which it was used that the age in which it was first utilized is now named for it. That metal was copper. Ok, not really, it was bronze, but copper is groovy too. The Statue of Liberty is made of copper. Copper can be made into pipes for your home that will never rust. It can be used as an elegant roofing material, but most of all, it can be forged into MAILBOXES! Yes, friends, the Chandler household now boasts a copper mailbox. It is the crowning jewel to a several week long process Meghan and I have undertaken to spruce up the front yard. If I were a cool “webmasthter” like my brother Da Peeg, I could put a handy little link here to a photo of this metal marvel. Alas, I know not how. The yard has been the focus of our freetime lately has been the yard, and it was while working in the yard that I made a mysterious discovery. I was spreading out some pine straw on a new flowerbed when it appeared. “It” was a bone - part of a backbone to be exact. Part of the backbone of something big. I carefully measured the bone, and found it to be two inches wide, about the size of a human vertebra! I was a little set back by this discovery and decided to get in touch with Meghan, who purchaced the pine straw. She had just left for Atlanta so I called her on her cell phone. “Honey, where did you get that pine straw?” I asked. “I got it at Lowes, why?” was the reply. “Because I just found a bone in it.” I answered. “WHAT?” I next decided to call my father who was a medic in the Army during Vietnam. He said he didn’t think the bone was human, but rather was probably from a deer and that it had been scooped up when they were taking the pine straw from the forest. I was not so sure. Always assuming the worst, I next turned to my brother Joseph who is studying medicine. I emailed him some photos of the bone (ah, I can email, just not post pictures). Upon close examination of the pictutres, Joe determined the bone was...not human. He said that human vertebra have a very distinctive shape to allow for the extra nerves we possess that enable us to walk upright. He did confirm my thought that it was from a large mammal. He said that judging by the rounded shape of a certain bit whose technical name I can’t remember it was most likely an animal that could rear back on its hind legs easily. He said it may have come from a deer. So, dear old dad was right without even looking at the bone. Good call. A funny thing happened on the way to work today. Well, not so much funny as wierd and sad. I was driving up Williamston Road to the paper, and was nearly there when a bird darted infront of my car. I nearly hit it, but managed to miss. The next thing I knew I saw a motion out of the corner of my eye and turned just in time for the THUMP! Another bird had flown directly into my drivers side window. I’ve heard of birds flying infront of cars and not making it, but never actually into the side of cars. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw it seizing in the road. It was a cardinal. I felt terrible but there really was nothing I could do to avoid it. The darn thing just flew right into my car. I went to check on it once I parked at work (it wasl really close as I said) but it was too late. The unfortunate creature apparently broke its neck. I’m just glad I had my window closed. I have no idea what I would have done if a bird just flew into my head. May no birds fly into your head. More later. Will 5/14/2002 12:26:00 AM Monday, May 13, 2002 This is simply a test, no reason for excitement. 5/13/2002 07:35:00 PM |
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