Here’s a new Tree-Card for you.  It’s one of three in the new Thinking of You series.  The other two will be appearing shortly. For the Guy Trees in the audience, this might be a good one to send to the Gal Tree in your life … for no reason at all, on a whim, [...]

   As promised, here is the second and last post on the amazing Eucalyptus tree.  You’ll recall in Part I (Eucalyptus-Koala Bears Don’t Catch Colds) I spoofed around a bit, saying that Koala Bears never caught colds because all they eat are eucalyptus leaves, and I promised to be a little more factual in the final post. So, [...]

Just when I thought life was getting complicated enough, our whole world has been turned upside down with the recent change in the Zodiac! Now instead of the twelve signs we’ve all been used to for 3000 years – you know, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio et al, they went and made a thirteenth sign and shifted [...]

I received many great comments on the post I Want My Knobs Back where I opined on how overly complex things are getting – particularly copy machines.  Astute reader Elaine, who correctly points out that I am a technology guy at heart, said, “First, in a strange way, it is ironic that a ‘technology guy’ [...]

So have you ever noticed that Koala Bears never seem to catch a cold?  Ever wonder why that is? That’s a pretty important thing to know now that we are in the winter cold and flu season.  Having recently recovered from the mother of all colds, and constantly hearing people hacking and sneezing during the [...]

  “You still have a television with knobs,” my friend Charley pointed out recently.  I could tell by his tone this wasn’t complimentary. “Well,” I replied evenly, maturely and defensively, “at least it’s simple and to the point.  When I pull the knob, the TV goes on.  There’s no complicated menu or delay.  Pull the [...]

Tree of Liberty:   A tree set up by the people, hung with flags and devices, and crowned with a cap of liberty.  The Americans of the United States planted poplars and other trees during the war of independence, “as symbols of growing freedom.”  The Jacobins in Paris planted their first tree of liberty in 1790.  [...]

One of the more interesting trees is the Joshua Tree.  It can be found in the southwestern United States and seems to thrive in the desert.  Young trees grow as much as three inches a year in this harsh environment for the first ten years of their lives. . The tree was quite useful to [...]

A fractal tree drawn just by one line becoming two, then each of those becoming two, over and over again PBS recently broadcast their Nova program about fractals, an amazing new branch of mathematics that helps us describe natural things like trees, mountains and clouds.  I’ve been fascinated with fractals since their discovery in the 1970′s  [...]