Curations from the Human Jungle
[Humor and religion ... always a good way to lose your audience! But first ... a Jibe from Jim. SB SM] My new AI watch is my constant companion,Whether I’m shopping downtown or hiking the canyon.It helps me along as my humble assistant:Awake, aware, and craftily persistent. “Hey, Watch, reserve me a lunch date,”And like... Continue Reading →
[We've all seen this guy, or his doppelganger, at the beach, at the festival field, at the state park. Here's a look at one of these guys who pursues his passion for the public good. SB SM] https://vtdigger.org/2026/08/16/there-it-was-mike-baker-jumps-into-lakes-and-digs-through-poison-ivy-for-lost-wedding-rings-and-other-precious-things/ ‘There it was’: Mike Baker jumps into lakes and digs through poison ivy for lost wedding rings... Continue Reading →
[Last week you heard about my experience watching meteor showers aboard a destroyer escort in the Caribbean. Now, flash forward about 35 years. "Tonight is supposed to be the best night of the meteor showers," she says. "Let's stay up to watch them." "I have an even better idea," says He ... who then proceeds... Continue Reading →
["Guinness is Good for You" was the company's slogan when I lived there in 1972. On billboards this slogan was superimposed over an image of an attractive, professional woman with the telltale Guinness 'stache.' Personally, I found it quite the turn-on. Never met that girl in the pubs, however. SB SM] Shipwreck Divers Discovered a... Continue Reading →
[This seems like a million years ago ... snotty-nosed, mumbling, British punks introducing vacant-brained, clueless American teenagers to their own roots. Well, not really "their" roots. It was more like their "anti-roots," that is the cultural tradition that was the polar opposite of their own. But, don't listen to me ... listen to them. Then,... Continue Reading →
[A flurry of excitement rippled through The Jungle this week as news of a rogue Silverback spread. Was he here to raid our harems and steal our bananas? Nah! It was just Silverback Jon returning from his new home in Driggs, Idaho to exchange chest thumps with his old pals. SB SM] Photo by Thomas... Continue Reading →
And I did. Saved by the bell. I need more funny stuff for Saturdays! https://silverbackdigest.com/2025/07/26/saturday-silliness/
[My wife and I and our 3 month old son, Jacob, relocated from the suburbs of Boston to West Brookfield, Vermont in the spring of 1979. West Brookfield was our Brigadoon, a Vermont hamlet on a dirt crossroads with a church and a one-room schoolhouse. It was the village of my dreams. The village of... Continue Reading →
[This one is off the pen of SB Bill (Hinesburg SBs) and does a remarkably good job of discussing an unpopular subject these days-- eating meat. LEST WE FORGET ... Gorillas are vegetarians who eat chutes and leaves, but we recognize that among our membership are those who enjoy and occasional hyena burger, or what... Continue Reading →
[Now, there's a click-bait worthy headline!! I do consider myself a writer, and I agree that the creative process is very different when recording thoughts on paper versus on the keyboard. Where I take exception, however, is when writers turn the act of recording their thoughts into a religious experience that becomes an end in... Continue Reading →