by Sasha Stone | Jan 23, 2010 | Featured, THE WEIRDNESS OF LIFE
This story has to be one of the saddest ever: COPAKE, N.Y. – State police in New York say an upstate dairy farmer shot and killed 51 of his milk cows in his barn before turning the rifle on himself. State police found the body of 59-year-old Dean Pierson in his...
by Sasha Stone | Jan 21, 2010 | Featured, TO BLOG
The Apple Insider has a pretty picture of what the iSlate will look like. Nestled in an aluminum shell that leverages the Apple’s expertise in unibody construction but thinner proportionality than the original iPhone, the tablet reportedly sports all of the same...
by Sasha Stone | Jan 21, 2010 | Nature, Obsessions
This is the most amazing thing. A teeny tiny humming bird built her little nest – which is about the size of a golf ball, if you can imagine that. And inside, are two little humming birds. They have to be about as big as a fingertip. I recently learned much...
by Sasha Stone | Jan 21, 2010 | FAMILY
This is one reason why it’s great to have a blog. A few months ago, I found out my uncle Keith had died. He was my age, or just a year older, and we were more like friends than uncle and niece. He was an odd duck, nicknamed “Rass” by my departed...
by Sasha Stone | Oct 12, 2009 | TO MUSE
I really want to go to Blog World Expo – so much so that I’m writing a sleazy post in order to qualify for a giveaway. Already this sounds like one of those terrible spam mails where the spammer pretends to speak in an overly familiar way? Well anyway,...
by Sasha Stone | Oct 9, 2009 | POLITICS
Not soon after I woke up this morning, the so-called controversy rang through the Twittering class of loudmouths and shriekers. Of course they would hate the choice. After all, the Wingnut plan to discredit Obama was kind of working. Even The Daily Show and Saturday...