http://ranprieur.com/#9a417fe513f58988c3b5b1e84cfc57397194a79b 2021-10-01T13:10:13Z Ran Prieur http://ranprieur.com/ ranprieur@gmail.com http://ranprieur.com/#70671a1f56873c2e62ed5478e244a8a306c7258b 2021-10-01T13:10:13Z October 1. This is my favorite month. Where I live, it's the month that requires the least heating and cooling, and the month that smells the best. It's also when trees lose their leaves. We're supposed to think that humans look better naked and trees look better clothed, but to me it's the other way around.

Some happy links. The ancient Persian way to keep cool, building towers that draw the warm air up and let the wind blow it away.

Telling the bees "is a traditional custom of many European countries in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or departures and returns in the household."

And two nice soccer goals, by the same player within five minutes. In the first, Eugenie Le Sommer surprises the goalie with a sudden long strike. In the second, the shot is unremarkable, but it comes from a great run and a spectacular pinball assist. It's funny, in American football, "flag is down" means the score doesn't count, and in world football, it means it does.

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