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MY KENYA DIARY: IN QUEST OF EAGLES
MADAGASCAR DIARY: SERPENT-EAGLES, GOSHAWKS, AND MORE
TROPICAL STORM BILL CRUSHES OUR HOUSE LIKE A BUG PHOTOS
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery and Photos
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100 things about me

Read this before you email me for the first time. Personal mail only. No spam. No mean people. If you can't say something nice, I'm not interested.

Recent entries
some death-defying species from madagascar, my death defied and her extinction defied, yeah both in one trip - 2009-08-11
the borg - 2009-08-10
appearing soon in your hometown - 2009-08-10
tweet - 2009-08-09
don't be talking about me in front of my face, yall - 2009-08-06

By public demand, and after a delay of an embarrassing number of years, I've finally put my notorious essay, Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman, free on the fabulous internets.

A bibliography of my published books and stories.

Here's my card-counting FAQ.

Visit my original website but I recommend putting pop-up/banner blockers on first.

A Sadean take on Asimov's classic Three Laws of Robotics can be found in Roger Williams' NOW REVIEWED ON SLASHDOT!!! The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect. Adult readers only please -- explicit sex and violence. For updates on the "Dead Tree Project" and other topics, you may visit the localroger diary.

Visit Peachfront's Cookbook, for recipes that are fast, cheap, and good. A work in progress.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill blog by Mark Bittner about feral Cherry-Headed Conures in San Francisco.

the name game

2003-06-11 - 9:35 a.m.

A dark morning for thunderstorms. The caterpillar has almost finished the dill. He is huge. The baby peachfront is almost perfectly round from being stuffed with food. I am thinking of naming the little one Xalapa but haven't made up my mind for sure. As I don't know if Xalapa is masculine or feminine, to my mind, it is a good name whatever the chicklet turns out to be, with just a hint of the exotic.
Timmy the troubled conure has almost completely replaced the feathers he tore out in a fit of nerves and looks beautifully green and glowing again. Keeping my fingers crossed that he won't take a dislike to the petsitter while I'm on vacation...
Return to the Peachfront Conure Files.
Hummingbird Report: A hummingbird was using the back feeder in the rain. I didn't have my binoculars handy, so I'm not sure if it was male or female.

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