tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post8052508776506795332..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: The Case For HibernationMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12058379131650052922019-11-06T11:52:27.194-08:002019-11-06T11:52:27.194-08:00Back to your original post, I agree on hibernation...Back to your original post, I agree on hibernation. I hate winter, hate cold, hate darkness. As soon as winter starts I kind of stop going out anywhere if I can help it! I become a hermit. If I could sleep through it, I would!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679047602360156407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23549848824657910832019-11-06T11:50:51.425-08:002019-11-06T11:50:51.425-08:00Same here. I've been having the final exam dre...Same here. I've been having the final exam dream for decades. (Also the being naked at school or later on, work, one...haven't had that one since I retired). I've also had the "late for work and keep having obstacles to getting there" dream for years. (Kind of takes the place of your catching a plane one). After I retired, it was the "I have to give a presentation Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679047602360156407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39601691240022151862019-11-03T18:32:36.994-08:002019-11-03T18:32:36.994-08:00Isn't it interesting, though, that we both hav...Isn't it interesting, though, that we both have the final exam dream, even though neither of us was nervous about tests or school in general in real life?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38535909698208376222019-11-03T18:31:38.149-08:002019-11-03T18:31:38.149-08:00I think we might have a clue why the check never a...I think we might have a clue why the check never arrives.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11319187701876374432019-11-03T18:31:07.379-08:002019-11-03T18:31:07.379-08:00I was totally going to work in a Lady Bird Johnson...I was totally going to work in a Lady Bird Johnson joke in there somewhere but it didn't make the cut.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45736775759319817602019-11-03T18:29:26.017-08:002019-11-03T18:29:26.017-08:00You're a little furry too, right?You're a little furry too, right?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61158714741641624392019-11-03T18:28:08.263-08:002019-11-03T18:28:08.263-08:00Now, I LOVE the idea of God hibernating.Now, I LOVE the idea of God hibernating.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52407281493674065012019-11-03T15:13:06.972-08:002019-11-03T15:13:06.972-08:00Wow, looking for the classroom of the course I nev...Wow, looking for the classroom of the course I never took to take the final exam. That is one of my recurring nightmares. Followed closely with wandering the aisles of work, looking for my disappearing desk, wondering what I'm supposed to be doing, who my boss is, and why my salary check never arrives.Stig Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928888078024948188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51143254607423482932019-11-03T14:36:23.083-08:002019-11-03T14:36:23.083-08:00Except Ladybird JohnsonExcept Ladybird JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71623598217609216362019-11-03T07:34:55.604-08:002019-11-03T07:34:55.604-08:00And the ladies!And the ladies!jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67990444415500187192019-11-03T07:33:21.526-08:002019-11-03T07:33:21.526-08:00So I am like a marmot when I get up every few hour...So I am like a marmot when I get up every few hours to pee. I love research!jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57115036806607700392019-11-03T03:36:04.805-08:002019-11-03T03:36:04.805-08:00Boy, if the entomologists roll their eyes at peopl...Boy, if the entomologists roll their eyes at people calling them ladyBUGS, they must tear their hair out over you Aussies calling them ladyBIRDS. Probably upsets the ornithologists as well.mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78480434998381260952019-11-02T23:08:09.841-07:002019-11-02T23:08:09.841-07:00Go on, you know you want to. It's a fun song.Go on, you know you want to. It's a fun song.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7967340922345068862019-11-02T23:06:53.809-07:002019-11-02T23:06:53.809-07:00Perhaps we're all still too far down on his gi...Perhaps we're all still too far down on his ginormous "to-do" list. Or else he's hibernating (*~*)Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57788008707645863452019-11-02T23:05:07.213-07:002019-11-02T23:05:07.213-07:00Dr Sheldon Cooper to Dr Raj Koothrapali: "You...Dr Sheldon Cooper to Dr Raj Koothrapali: "You're afraid of women and afraid of bugs. Ladybugs must render you catatonic." (The Big Bang Theory)<br />Ladybugs lay their eggs near a good supply of food because the newly hatched larvae actually eat more aphids than the adult ladybugs. BTW, we Aussies call them ladybirds. Well, some of us do.<br />I could hibernate all year round, with Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80134533779661932842019-11-02T13:07:18.576-07:002019-11-02T13:07:18.576-07:00Not really vicious unless they feel cornered.
Kin...Not really vicious unless they feel cornered.<br /><br />Kinda like the rest of us...Albatrossityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572502340704956734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30799443968737904052019-11-02T13:03:02.006-07:002019-11-02T13:03:02.006-07:00If you are a master of digression and segue, you d...If you are a master of digression and segue, you don't have to know much about anything.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76371716308872470912019-11-02T13:02:22.791-07:002019-11-02T13:02:22.791-07:00Neat! I didn't know they were vicious. This is...Neat! I didn't know they were vicious. This is what I want to be reincarnated as. So I guess I'll have to learn to do more than glare.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17998567694968334972019-11-02T13:00:25.210-07:002019-11-02T13:00:25.210-07:00You'd be a failed bear.You'd be a failed bear.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-86820991945938735732019-11-02T12:59:56.436-07:002019-11-02T12:59:56.436-07:00Don't know that one, and I'm not going to ...Don't know that one, and I'm not going to look it up!<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-19522063039697974682019-11-02T11:57:48.376-07:002019-11-02T11:57:48.376-07:00Full of lols, as is often the case - thanks, Murr!...Full of lols, as is often the case - thanks, Murr!<br /><br />I rescued an Asian ladybug from our sink yesterday and thought it was dead, but, just in case, I put it on a small piece of paper towel. The next day, lo and behold, there it was, wiggling one leg, trying to walk. Now I won't want to flush ANY bug down the sink, just in case it's not dead yet.<br /><br />I know -- that has jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46778747050460233352019-11-02T11:54:39.169-07:002019-11-02T11:54:39.169-07:00God love me but not my neighbor is how the whole G...God love me but not my neighbor is how the whole God thing works. knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18587721996146947902019-11-02T11:39:15.075-07:002019-11-02T11:39:15.075-07:00I used to work with marmots, trying to work out so...I used to work with marmots, trying to work out some of the details about how they got so fat and how they made it through the winter. This was back in the 1990's, but one of those papers is still my most cited publication, and even gets cited once or twice a year still.<br /><br />One of the things that I learned about them is that, unlike bears, they are "true hibernators". In Albatrossityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572502340704956734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10613068879048241802019-11-02T10:41:54.443-07:002019-11-02T10:41:54.443-07:00Insomnia is a facet of my life. I wonder whether ...Insomnia is a facet of my life. I wonder whether I would be pleased to wake up months early or grumpy. <br />Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63612736514843638712019-11-02T10:34:03.439-07:002019-11-02T10:34:03.439-07:00This dear, old house we moved to five years ago ha...This dear, old house we moved to five years ago harbors overwintering ladybugs. We were more amazed and charmed than alarmed that first Spring to find them crawling down walls or plopping from the ceiling. As an aging Early Boomer parent, I am naturally steeped in Sesame Street, so I suffer for weeks each year from from “The Ladybug Picnic” earworm.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.com