Book Review: One Summer: America, 1927 — by Bill Bryson
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m a big fan of “random facts” books. And while this book has a central theme (things…
Brothers Grimm — The Golden Bird
Three brothers who are total idiots ignore the advice of a kind fox repeatedly. Sometimes the moral of the story in the Grimm stories is hard to find.
Woodpeckers declare war on cars
How many cars would a woodpecker peck if a woodpecker could peck cars? The community of Riverlea is in the process of finding out. Stephanie Galluci told the Columbus Dispatch…
Fox News’ Peter Doocy attacked by bird on White House lawn
Fox News’ own Peter Doocy is just the latest in a string of worldwide attacks by birds against humans. Doocy had to duck to avoid a second attempt by the…
Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping — by Suzanne Collins
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars While I found The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes interesting. And enjoyed it for what it was,…
Golfer ‘brutally attacked’ by magpie …
Well, maybe more “cutely” than “brutally,” actually.
Book Review: Hillbilly Elegy — by J.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance My rating: 3 of 5 stars I had heard of Hillbilly Elegy during JD Vance’s first…
Belarusian birds attack Latvia
Have the birds joined the ongoing war between Ukraine, Russian and their allies? It would seem so. NATO fighter jets stationed at the Lielvarde base in Latvia were alerted to…