I'll check that out, thanks! It's difficult finding good, plus sized athletic wear.
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
No problem. I may have some kind of psychological dependency--I get Activa, Athleta, Title 9, and something called Teddy, which is all bicycling gear. I want ALL the clothes!
Oh, wow. I just clicked over to an American Masters on PBS about how the Chinese have been portrayed in Hollywood.
No doubt with the respect and sensitivity due such an ancient culture.
billytea, DH wants to know if there is a species of giant ticks in Australia. I told him you might know.
billytea, DH wants to know if there is a species of giant ticks in Australia. I told him you might know.
I think our largest native tick is the ornate kangaroo tick, the female is about 5 mm long before feeding. Not sure if that counts as a giant. The largest tick in the world is the sloth's giant tick; one specimen was found to be the size of a walnut (after feeding). Makes sense, ticks rely on not being detected by their host, so there's a strong selection pressure against getting too big - but sloths aren't exactly the most alert of animals, so if that's your host, you can probably afford to be more obvious about it.
I wonder if dinosaur-era ticks were bigger.
Skipping in order to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Sean K's birthday.
Happy birthday, Sean! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
Oh, and to anybody who celebrates it, or just enjoys the long weekend we're going to get here in Israel thanks to it, happy shavu'ot!
Happy birthday, Sean.
Had a traumatic dream. Up too soon. Hope it wears off and I can go back to sleep.
In the meanwhile, Don't Stop Believin' from Glee.
Happy shavu'ot, Nilly (and Shir, and anyone else who celebrates it).
Happy birthday, Sean.
General 'has a happy' wishes to everyone else.
(Edited for spelling. I has excuse. Is dyslexic. A word which is hard to spell.)
I wonder if dinosaur-era ticks were bigger.
The earliest fossil tick dates 90 million years ago (a bird tick, as it happens), so it seems likely dinosaurs didn't have ticks.