[Homo sapiens may have been around only 150,000 or so years, but the Homo genus has been around for 300,000. This casts a very light on what is happening on the planet. We are careening towards something. We don't know what "something" is, but we're getting there fast. SB SM] By Anna Goldfield Lea este... Continue Reading →
[SBs Ron and Pam Varga (Muskegon SBs) have left The Jungle of Michigan in favor of the more temperate climes of Arid-Zona. They will update us periodically of their adventures along the way. SB SM] It’s time to head south! We are as prepared as our limited knowledge and experience can be. We are heading... Continue Reading →
[Editor's note: Several members of the Silverback community are in the process of writing a memoir, or otherwise recording life stories. I am one. At least I was. Why am I doing this when there is no convention publisher who would have even a whiff of interest, and I am too cheap to publish it... Continue Reading →
[A follow-up to yesterday's post. SB SM] My Dixie Ear Cups have arrived. The only word to describe my new Hearcups is underwhelming. It quite literally looks like a black plastic Dixie cup was cut in half. There is also a black elastic string to hold the cups in place. On the cups is printed:... Continue Reading →
[Like some others in The Jungle I suffer from hearing loss. This is not due to listening to The Who at 120 decibels, but rather being instructed to fire a large caliber machine gun from a 3/4 enclosed metal perch on the fantail of the USS Kitty Hawk, CV-63. We were not provided with any... Continue Reading →
A group of Victorian Silverbacks gather to examine the remains of a relative. Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio. SB Bill (Hinesburg SBs) is always trying to expand our vocabularies by introducing us to new words. This day he sent us Piltdown. A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg It takes a village to raise a child,... Continue Reading →
[These memories date from the 1950s. SB SM] What do you remember of Thanksgivings of yore? I remember it, above all else, as being the most boring day of the year. Here's why: There are no other kids to play with. Everyone else has gone over the river and through the woods to their grandmother's... Continue Reading →
40,000-year-old sealed cavern in Gibraltar gives new insight into Neanderthal life (photo credit: JON NAZCA/ REUTERS) Vanguard Cave is one of four caves that make up the famous Rock of Gibraltar and a nine-year-excavation project led researchers to a sealed chamber with evidence of long-gone Neanderthal life inside. [Although Homo Sapiens is a relative newcomer... Continue Reading →
Woodland Jumping Mice are Truffle Specialists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irEcGfCoAHA Here they are in action. By Susie Spikol “Shhh,” I tell my 5-year-old son, “there are animals sleeping, right under our feet.” He presses his ear against the frozen ground, hoping to hear the slow, sleepy breath of a snoozing mammal. I tell him that if he could... Continue Reading →
[I wish I was as clever as the person(s) who thought these up. Remember, in the wise words of Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap), "It's a fine line between clever and stupid." SB SM]
