Again slow to rise this morning – I need to hit the sack earlier during the week.

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I brought some snacks for Franklin, but he was nowhere to be found this morning.

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Open BVE Train sim!  – probably only interesting to me and Larry, dear journal.
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European researchers have discovered that chimpanzees have a built-in mental GPS, keeping ‘a geometric mental map of their home range, moving from point to point in nearly straight lines.’ Using GPS, two primatologists followed 15 chimpanzees for 217 days, and determined that the apes were ‘using a mental map built around geometric coordinates.’ They’re not just identifying landmarks in their surroundings, and in fact, even when swinging through trees, the chimps planned out their route several trees in advance. Here’s the paper in the journal Animal Behavior.

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Comcast was difficult again this evening, but I called and they reset the modem – hopefully it’ll be smooth sailing, now. BHK made tasty pretend chicken and creamy noodles with peas for supper.. until later!
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1 year ago – into the wild, easter basket contents

2 years ago – buzz-cut pic, shoofly pie, arizona pizza, a little sick

3 years ago – funnel clouds, nice gabbing, alligators door-to-door, you go to my head, black and white 2, v for vendetta, musical meme

4 years ago – readablog, banksy, laughing boy audio, pictures, birth chart

5 years ago – condo falls through, lj being bad, GIMP, AIM games, chimp mask, first remarked on how the Roanoke/Lumbee entry is still active, origin poll, Calliope fest

6 years ago – cool chemical reactions, pronunciation query, gael returns , a pic of newt

7 years ago – Happy chats, urban ruins links, some website renewal ideas, old icons

8 years ago – Baron Munchausen, computer needs fixifying, Coconut song, Oscar Picks, Crayola Crayon color time line