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(via Booker T. Jones: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR) and jimmy ulsh

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Genius Of Love [Original Club Mix] - Tom Tom Club (1981) (via djbuddyloveoldschool)

posting this contrary to the mrs’ aversion to name-checking songs.

American Gothic Stink Bug Edition | mcglinch

As a follow-up to the violent mantis vs. monarch butterfly struggle witnessed in my driveway last month, my sister-in-law sent me this from a recent National Geographic issue: Mantis vs. Hummingbird. A quick googling and it seems that this is a common battle in nature!

mcglinch: Hot Rod Turtles

Was talking with my sister-in-law yesterday and she gave me the update on my 4-year-old nephew’s new turtle, Henry (or Henrietta as it may turn out) - a near-road-kill rescue by her husband. I threatened to send my nephew a paint and decal turtle decoration kit.