It was locked out?

Bwhahaaha.

Star power.

Also, {blah blah blah} emotion! {blah blah} tension! {blah blah} other emotion!

Emotion? You can't quantify that!

It's true. But people got awfully happy and/or sad based on the various numbers.

It's true. But people got awfully happy and/or sad based on the various numbers.

It is factually true that I was happy that the A's finished the 2012 season with 94 wins beating out the Rangers on the last day of the season to take the American League West.

I got caught up onerous tasking (putting together photos for contesting a parking ticket) so I'll wait until monday for a movie. I did discover that I can see Life of Pi in 3D within walking distance of my apartment.

Cool, the steakhouse next door has eschewed their usual country or Southern rock bands for a jazz pianist this weekend. I'm tempted to leave the TV off and just listen to him/her jam all night.

Paging billytea, billytea to the avian courtesy phone please:

So, we had a grand, grand day. Glorious (if exhausting -- for me, anyway) hike up the rocky hill of this tiny park, where we had a picnic in a shady spot under one of the biggest rocks. We'd just settled in when a raptor census guy with California eBird came by with his high-powered telescope and binoculars to check for hawks and eagles -- apparently the 360 degree view from that particular spot lets him see most of the raptors and corvids in San Francisco, and it's also under a windstream ridden by the handful of golden and bald eagles that pass over our City on their way to forests and open lands to the south of us.

We didn't see any raptors, but Matilda and I did see at least half a dozen hummingbirds, including one all-green one and one with a bright ruby throat. Among them were three doing something I'd never seen -- hovering over a big open field entirely free of humans or dogs, they zipped straight up in the air like tiny helicopters, got so high they looked like smudgy dots, and then dropped in a deadfall from that incredible height almost to the ground, zipping away at the very last second to perch on a tree in bloom, sip some nectar, preen their tailfeathers, and helicopter up again.

Mating dance? Territorial deadfall battle? Doing crazy shit for the pure thrillseeking fun of it just because they can? Can I get a ruling?

In other news, the day included bunny pats and scritches, which were most satisfying, most satisfying indeed.

I've seen that behavior above my yard, it's thrilling! I tried to find out what that's all about and found differing explanations. Some people say it's a mating display, while others say it's a practical way for little birds to keep an eye on their big territory - one bird might claim a couple square miles and they can be pretty serious about driving off invading hummingbirds (although the invaders are pretty serious about sneaking in without being seen)

Heh. Radi-Aid [link] The bouncing radiator toward the end kills me.

JZ, it sounds like they've been watching the raptors.