Eagle attacks paraglider in France
The birds aren’t really fans of us human types when we’re on the ground. And they definitely don’t like us when we’re in the air. That’s why it’s no surprise…
The cicadapocalypse is upon us
First the groundhog didn’t see his shadow … then the moon blotted out the sky … and now the cicadas are coming. Clearly 2024 is in peril. Then again, the…
A note on recent website maintenance
If you frequent ScottLeffler.com, first of all, get a hobby … and secondly, you may have noticed some posts that were recently added … but that aren’t “new” posts. A…
A little re-branding
I’ve used the same personal logo for nearly 20 years. No, really. My friend Karen designed this in 2005. Well, to be fair, she designed the microphone part. I added…
‘Down at the Park’ Kindle series now available
About a decade or so ago, my friends, George Root, Craig Bacon and I wrote a series of short books with each person building on what the previous person had…
Everything you always wanted to know about Groundhog Day
For reasons that are difficult to explain, I have always loved Groundhog Day. Even before the 1993 movie came out, I liked it. So I was especially jazzed when the…
New side project
If you know me, you know I wear a lot of hats — figuratively and literally. In addition to doing narration, I own and operate a number of websites and…
Swarm of bees follows car for 2 days to rescue queen trapped in back
HAVERFORDWEST, WALES — Devotion knows no bounds when it comes to bees and their leader. When Carol Howarth parked her Mitsubishi to do some shopping, little did she know the…
BREAKING SHREWS: Video shows rodents dancing. Fighting? Who knows!
TOA PAYOH, SINGAPORE — The taming of the shrews? Not if the shrews have anything to say about it. Stomper Teck Koon was amused to find two shrews in the…
Chat GPT-4 acknowledges the Bird War — suggests truce
Sometimes one of the biggest problems in winning the Bird War is getting the public at large to acknowledge its mere existence. Fortunately Chat GPT-4 — the newest version of…