Common Misconceptions

"Welcome baby Clara!"
-- this post is dedicated to you, Clara.

The phrase 'a common misconception' is commonly, er, often used.

There are a lot of common misconceptions.

This site http://listverse.com/2007/12/01/top-10-common-misconceptions/ lists the 'top 10 common misconceptions'.

It is a horrible list though and not worth reading.

Wikipedia has quite a long page dedicated to common misconceptions at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

It lists a great many misconceptions in a number of different subject areas and it won't leave you feeling as empty and alone as the first list of misconceptions did.

One common misconception is that the even-toed ungulate within the subfamily Bovinae that roam parts of North America are called buffalo. In fact, these large hairy beasts are bison.

Some bison fun-facts courtesy of wikipedia:

• Bison have a fairly simple diet. The bison's main food is grass.


• Wallowing is a common behavior of bison.


• At the time bison ran wild, they were rated second only to the Alaska brown bear as a potential killer, more dangerous than the grizzly bear. In the words of early naturalists, they were a dangerous, savage animal that feared no other animal and in prime condition could best any foe.


• Some cattle breeds are intentionally bred with bison to produce, for instance, Beefalo hybrids.

Now for a fun-fact about buffalo:




My first ever siting of a Jeans Buffalo was in this commercial.... its classic stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70VMJrKX_28

Still Alive!

Always and forevermore
I call to say I'm on the way
2000 years remain in a trash can
Let burn the cigarette somewhere
-- Taken from the song Rome by Phoenix

Greetings friends. I stand here, naked before you, with no real excuses as to my absence from the blogging world.

But fear not! Inspiration hath returned, albeit in a somewhat tardy fashion given the subject matter.

You may remember when a woman from Courtenay BC got stranded off the west coast of Haida Gwaii? It happened at the beginning of June. The woman’s name is Elaine Campbell.

Her and her partner were touring the coast and had left their larger vessel in a small skiff for a day shore trip when they capsized. Although she was able to swim to shore her partner, unfortunately, was not so lucky.

After 6 days she was rescued by a fishing boat in relatively good shape all things considered.

This taken from the Victoria Times Colonist article on the incident:

Later that day, an orange, Wydenes’s cigarettes — wrapped in cellophane — and a Thermos of tea washed ashore.

“How did the tide decide to bring that over to exactly where I was?” she said. “I had a feeling that no matter where I was it would have came to me.”

Campbell rationed the tea and orange for 3 1⁄2 days.

http://www.timescolonist.com/Woman+stranded+remote+beach+recalls+fight+survival/4929235/story.html#ixzz1S0TC0hgu

There is no mention how long the smokes lasted but you have to figure at least as long as the tea did.