...But like a comic book supervillain who had started off good, the Bradford pear crossed over to something darker. It turned from thornless to spiky, limber to brittle, chaste to promiscuous, tame to feral. Most of all, it became invasive. It is now an ecological marauder destined to continue its spread for decades, long after those suburban tract houses have faded away. Generations yet to be born will come to know this tree and learn to hate it.
The Chinese Pear That Ate America
...But like a comic book supervillain who had started off good, the Bradford pear crossed over to something darker. It turned from thornless to spiky, limber to brittle, chaste to promiscuous, tame to feral. Most of all, it became invasive. It is now an ecological marauder destined to continue its spread for decades, long after those suburban tract houses have faded away. Generations yet to be born will come to know this tree and learn to hate it.
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The Spirit of Adventure
Recent NPR MOTH.org episode was good enough to tell y'alls about. What I especially liked was the story told by the woman with a serious…
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Go West, Young Rapist
Despite being through CFS hell and high water, tomorrow shall be day #3 of unrelenting activity. Yesterday, still in the throes of brain problems, I…
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Someone take that gun away from Beto O'Rourke.
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