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05/09/08 Non-cowboy cowboys

Sometimes too much help is worse than not enough help. I’m Jeff Keane; I’ll be back right after this to explain. It was one of those times you knew you should have said you had plenty of help but you didn’t for a number of reasons that all seemed to be valid at the time. That’s how it was that branding day round-up morning when the crew left the ranch house with a lot of saddles filled and we were hoping there were enough filled with cowboys to offset the “help” of the saddle fillers. The ca...

05/08/08 The Mighty Mushroom

Shrooms have proven themselves good for more than just pizza! In a report of “Current Biology” researchers stated that they have found evidence to suggest that fungi can secure depleted uranium into a mineral form that could prove less likely to resurface in plants, animals or the water supply. Depleted uranium is the byproduct of uranium enrichment for use in nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons. And though it is not as radioactive as natural uranium, depleted uranium is just as deadly and is a ...