Less than Bird Brained?

There was a report yesterday on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered about a study of migratory Arctic birds. It seems that with earlier spring times the birds are migrating north earlier. This is a case of the early birds catching the worm, or rather the flies and mosquitoes that hatch earlier than they used to. Now, this is puzzling, How do the birds know that spring will arrive earlier? I am fairly certain that they are not wired up to weather.com, and contrary to what some would say I do not thing the Intelligent Designer is whispering in their ear. (Sort of the inverse of “a little birdie told me”. The best explanation is that in the relatively short time that the climate has been warming up the birds have evolved through Natural Selection. That is, the few birds that have migrated earlier have gotten the lions share of the insect feast and so have been more successful in raising other early birds. While this is still not the final word it does present a question to me.
If even the birds realize the Earth is warming up, and have changed accordingly, why can’t our politicians here in the US realize it? Perhaps it has something to do with those politicians oil connections? Oh, I am sure I am just being cynical and paranoiac. There can’t be any connection between the two.

About Me and My Mind

I have been mulling over whether to blog or not for a few years now and being who I am, mulling over is a euphemism for procrastination. I have what is now called Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD and procrastination is one of the hallmarks of this advantage. It can be an advantage once one realizes the possibilities that it opens up for one who is ready for it.
This is not to deny the disadvantages of the condition. As I was growing up and in school there was no diagnosis for ADD and I was told that I was 'lazy', 'an underachiever’ and 'not living up to your potential'. And I was a bit of all of that. But I was fairly intelligent, and a fast learner so anything that did not require a concentrated, self-disciplined effort, like homework, came easily. I learned by reading, and listening so I did well on final exams and standardized tests so while I was never a high honor student I was better than scraping by.
All of this is by way of explanation for the title of this blog. I have learned many things by my late middle-ages (not necessarily dark ages), and a lot of what I have learned has been by following distractions. This blog is intended to be a collection of those gleanings, as well as my observations and opinions.
It will be an eclectic gathering, of humor, family life, work, politics, and whatever else flits through my consciousness long enough for me to contemplate