The Decorum Forum

• I'm assuming this pix that Bob posted is the reason for Mike's concern about the avian gene pool?

  In a comment below, Sanborn writes:"We're not farming ducks. Wild duck varieties are breeding with domestics. This is bad for the gene pool. Really really bad.GF&P understands this and has in the past removed ducks from the lake. But then the city continues to encourage the'" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:09am EST
  

• From Wikipedia, I found this little side note somewhat heartening for some strange reason.

  
  "At the end of the twelfth century Malek Abd al-Aziz Othman ben Yusuf, Saladin's son and heir attempted to demolish the pyramids starting with Menkaure's pyramid. They found it almost as expensive to destroy as to build. They stayed at their job for eight months. They" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:37am EST