Philosophy
- Happy Saint Shecky's Day
My Fellow Comedists, This is the holiest day of year for Comedists, the feast day of Saint Shecky. For those unschooled in the new religion, it all began when I was teaching an ethics class at a community college and was trying to explain the difference...
- Saint Shecky's Day Eve Reading --- In The Beginning
On this day before the holiest of days, let us read from the Comedist Manifesto, da holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and...
- The Comedist Manefesto
On this holiest of days, let us read from holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and said, "This is funny." On the second day,...
- Zebrawood...one Of Many Endangered Species
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS Many years ago for recreation I worked in wood especially the semi-rare and rare species of lumber making the usual library table and book case. Fortunately in my city there was Paxton Lumber Company that specialized in...
- Rare Woods
International Year of Biodiversity This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the...
Philosophy
Juglans nigra...the highly prized Black Walnut tree
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS
Fall is a great time to enjoy this wonderful tree that provides excellent shade, edible fruit, and lumber. The fruit is supreme in baked goods or to eat roasted with a sprinkle of salt. But it isn't easy to get to. The yellow-green fruit falls to the ground after a hard freeze and ready to be processed. The outer covering has to rot to an oily-black consistency complete with wiggly maggots. With rubber gloves the decayed mass must be cleaned from the hard nut shell and the shell dried for a few weeks. Finally, the extremely hard shell has to be cracked and nutmeats extracted. Through all of that one must ride shotgun on the goods for squirrels will steal them. It's worth it. There is a bonus for the naturalist...the oily-black pulp can be treated with some water, filtered, and then boiled to reduce the volume to make a wonderful stain or dye for wood or fabrics. And then finally, there is the lumber. [And there is a further bonus for those that have to deal with icy road conditions...like a drive way. Save the broken hull pieces...great tire traction. But then, they have to be cleaned up in the Spring.]
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra [Wikipedia]
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra [Wikipedia]
- Happy Saint Shecky's Day
My Fellow Comedists, This is the holiest day of year for Comedists, the feast day of Saint Shecky. For those unschooled in the new religion, it all began when I was teaching an ethics class at a community college and was trying to explain the difference...
- Saint Shecky's Day Eve Reading --- In The Beginning
On this day before the holiest of days, let us read from the Comedist Manifesto, da holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and...
- The Comedist Manefesto
On this holiest of days, let us read from holy skriptures... In the beginning, there was the LORD. And He was funny. On the first day, the LORD made light. He made light of everything. And the LORD sat back and said, "This is funny." On the second day,...
- Zebrawood...one Of Many Endangered Species
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS Many years ago for recreation I worked in wood especially the semi-rare and rare species of lumber making the usual library table and book case. Fortunately in my city there was Paxton Lumber Company that specialized in...
- Rare Woods
International Year of Biodiversity This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the...