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For experimental purposes...
Nov. 10th, 2010 01:01 pm
...I need to find some ground duck. Does anyone in the SF Bay Area know where I can find some?
As a public service, here's a couple of links that I want to share, for the reader's benefit.
FDA Recall: Peanut Butter Products Contaminated with Salmonella. This is a nasty one, because the factory new the products were contaminated. So, it's a long list.
USGS: San Jose Area Earthquake LIquidation Hazard Maps. It's worth having a look at these if you're in the area, to check out what the danger of ground liquidation in an earthquake may be, and takeprecautions accordingly. There's also maps for alameda county and the general bay area.
Aardvarchaeology: How to be polite to your Chinese stepmother. Especially important if you happen to be Swedish archeology blogger, because you'll definitely need the goodwill.
I woke up today with no motivation at all, and great difficulty mustering the energy to get out of bed. So I got a late start, fiddled around with some errands, and barely got any job-hunting work done. I did check the Santa Clara County employment site, and saw a position that I qualified for- with twenty minutes left before it expired. Fortunately I had an application on file with them, and managed to get it out in time- hopefully somethng will come of it.
After that, it was evening, and I saw that the rain had given way to spectacular cloudscapes (I love living in a place with actual weather), and so I decided to go for a late afternoon walk. This time I decided on the uncertain perils of Sunnyvale, and took a walk along the Bay park. On one side was the freeway to Milpitas, on the other a seasonal wetlands, that had something like twenty, count-em TWENTY snowy white egrets, doing what egrets do...which is nothing except look beautiful. I walked far enough to see the actual bay (unimpressive in this area), saw a bunch of ducks and a blue heron flying away...and something I 'm sure was a small otter swimming in one of the flood control pools.
And for once I had long horizons- THere were no trees or buildings blocking the sight lines, the rain had swept away the smog, and the mountains were crystal clear under the dramatic lines of clouds. I could see Mt. Diablo, even, far off in the distance on the horizon, what I'm certain was Mt. Tam, looking misty and mysterious.
All in all, it wasn't that bad a day.
After that, it was evening, and I saw that the rain had given way to spectacular cloudscapes (I love living in a place with actual weather), and so I decided to go for a late afternoon walk. This time I decided on the uncertain perils of Sunnyvale, and took a walk along the Bay park. On one side was the freeway to Milpitas, on the other a seasonal wetlands, that had something like twenty, count-em TWENTY snowy white egrets, doing what egrets do...which is nothing except look beautiful. I walked far enough to see the actual bay (unimpressive in this area), saw a bunch of ducks and a blue heron flying away...and something I 'm sure was a small otter swimming in one of the flood control pools.
And for once I had long horizons- THere were no trees or buildings blocking the sight lines, the rain had swept away the smog, and the mountains were crystal clear under the dramatic lines of clouds. I could see Mt. Diablo, even, far off in the distance on the horizon, what I'm certain was Mt. Tam, looking misty and mysterious.
All in all, it wasn't that bad a day.
