Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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April 16, 2008
tags: Amsterdam Avenue, NYC through my eye, photography, photoessay
I don't know if you know this, but the weather in NYC is hell. Seriously. Whether you imagine hell to be a furnace or a freezer, NYC is nearly always at either extreme. The weather here typically varies between hot and humid, so…
April 16, 2008
tags: The Rabbit, Mary Oliver, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me).
My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means…
April 16, 2008
tags: An Engineer's Guide to Cats, pets, humor, comedy, streaming video
In this streaming video, two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats. None of the cats, humans, or engineers were mistreated in the making of this film. They were however, slightly…
April 15, 2008
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
April 15, 2008
tags: Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, birds, Image of the Day
Last in a series of duck images by this photographer. Stay tuned: there are plenty more images by John that will appear soon!
ABSTRACT: Male Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
April 15, 2008
tags: The Observatory Ode, John Frederick Nims, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run…
April 15, 2008
I have been thinking about a book review that I published yesterday about David Attenborough's Life in Cold Blood. In short, my review of that particular book was positive, but not effusive. Because I focused on errors/ambiguous wordings and on what I think that book lacked, it is possible that I…
April 15, 2008
tags: politics, electoral system explained, humor, comedy, streaming video
A lot of my readers are from overseas, and at times, they have expressed their overall confusion regarding the process used by Americans to elect our president. I have decided to link to this easy little tutorial where the…
April 14, 2008
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
April 14, 2008
I have bad news and I have .. more bad news ...
Even though I am unemployed and have mounting debts for medical bills that I can't possibly afford, I learned today that I owe income taxes, according to the misnamed online tax program, FreeTaxUSA.com (which isn't free at all). In worlds other…
April 14, 2008
tags: Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis, birds, Image of the Day
Next-to-last in a series of duck images by this photographer. But there are plenty more images by John that will appear soon!
Long-tailed Duck (formerly: Oldsquaw), Clangula hyemalis.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
April 14, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
"Thy Fearful Symmetry"
Male greater Prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus cupido.
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU. [larger view].
More of Dave's Greater Prairie-chicken images.
Birds in Science
Seven feathers that either belonged to a non…
April 14, 2008
tags: Life in Cold Blood, amphibians, reptiles, David Attenborough, book review
When asked why there are so few books about amphibians and reptiles -- collectively referred to as "herps" -- published for the general public, David Attenborough responds by pointing out that "reptiles and amphibians…
April 14, 2008
tags: Things I Didn't Know I Loved, Nazim Hikmet, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run…
April 14, 2008
tags: Das Rad [The Wheel], Rocks, humor, evolution, streaming video
This is an amusing animated German short movie, nominated for the Academy Award in 2003 about the evolution of man through the perspective of two rocks on a hillside. (In German with English subtitles -- a good chance for you…
April 13, 2008
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
April 13, 2008
tags: hamster, PetSmart, lawsuit, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, LCMV, zoonosis
Portrait of a murderer:
A Siberian dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus.
Orphaned image.
I just learned that a lawsuit was recently filed in Massachusetts Superior Court on behalf of a man who died one month after…
April 13, 2008
tags: Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, birds, Image of the Day
Sixth in a series of duck images by this photographer.
Male Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
April 13, 2008
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by Ian Paulsen, which lists bird and natural history books that are (or will soon be)…
April 13, 2008
tags: Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably, Hilaire Belloc, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry…
April 12, 2008
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, reads a newspaper over a human's shoulder as he waits for the train to arrive.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC…
April 12, 2008
tags: What Bugged the Dinosaurs?, dinosaurs, insects, disease, George Poinar, Roberta Poinar, book review
I grew up with a fondness for dinosaurs. Their unbelievable size, their peculiar shapes, and their undeniable absence from the world as I knew it were all sources of fascination. But never once…
April 12, 2008
tags: King Eider, Somateria spectabilis, birds, Image of the Day
Fifth in a series of duck images by this photographer.
Male King Eider, Somateria spectabilis.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
April 12, 2008
tags: Water, Philip Larkin, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I…
April 11, 2008
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A small group of what appear to be Beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image:…
April 11, 2008
tags: Northern Pintail, Anas acuta, birds, Image of the Day
Fourth in a series of images by this photographer.
Male Northern Pintail, Anas acuta.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
April 11, 2008
tags: Listen 014, Miller Williams, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). Today's poem was suggested by a reader and friend who…
April 11, 2008
tags: Broketrek Mountain, Star Trek, Brokeback Mountain, humor, parody, satire, streaming video
Star Trek fans .. you'll find this streaming video amusing! [2:29].
April 10, 2008
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
These animals appear to be California sea lions, Zalophus californianus.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image:…
April 10, 2008
tags: Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, birds, Image of the Day
Third in a series of images by this photographer.
"Abstract"
Male Wood Duck, Aix sponsa.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].