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This is definitely the oldest living thing

Here in California, we have both the world’s oldest living thing and the world’s largest living thing. As long as you’re willing to be flexible with the definitions of “oldest” and “largest.” By volume, the sequoia redwood tree “General Sherman” is the largest known organism. Before you raise your hand and say “what about the […]

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Fun with crumbling infrastructure

One of my kids — let’s just call her the one in the top middle — likes to visit abandoned places. This would be cool, except for the part where abandoned places are almost always heavily posted with “danger” and “no trespassing” signs, and I’m tired of having the “we could just climb through that […]

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Ginger tea with a dash of habanero sauce

It is possible to have a mild migraine. I would never say this out loud because people would start throwing things at me. I’m only saying it on my blog because I know how difficult it is to throw a rotten tomato through a computer screen. People feel pretty strongly about this. Evidently, if you’re […]

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