Random thoughts on Google Home vs. Amazon Alexa
Random: Occasionally I’ll start to post something on Twitter and I’ll notice that I’m going to exceed my 280-word allowance. So I make it a thread. Then as I get…
Coming out of my shell …
The past couple days of “relative normalcy” have been a lot to process. For the past two+ months, I have — for the most part — been in isolation. In…
BREAKING: Crows attack downtown Rochester, NY
ROCHESTER, NY — An editor for an alternative newsweekly has posted a video to Twitter showing a murder of crows flying over the Kodak building. The journalist included what may…
Wild turkeys terrorize New Jersey retirement community
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — When you live in a community named after a male turkey, they are going to eventually think they own the place. And that’s exactly what’s happening…
N.C. Facebook page maps out where people can find sharks (also snakes and mosquitos)
KURE BEACH, N.C. — A Facebook page serving the Carolina Beach & Kure Beach Community has found itself reaching viral status after a tongue-in-cheek post about where people can find…
In the beginning: Neanderthal child eaten by giant bird 100,000 years ago
POLAND — If you thought The Bird War was recently hatched, you’d be dead wrong — as dead as a Neanderthal child eaten by a large bird 100,000 years ago.…
What the duck?
THAILAND — Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the street. This poor driver has to wait for an army of ducks to go by —…
Cat collects money for homeless
TULSA, Okla. — If you give a cat a dollar it will ask for more … and donate it to the homeless. Such is the story of Sir Whines a…
Well ‘owl’ be — photographer peeps owl hiding in tree
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alice McKay (@alicehmckay) OTTAWA, Ont. — A self-proclaimed “hobby photographer” with a pretty impressive collection of Instagram photos happened across a…