I work with special people in an amazing place. Here is what some of them have been doing recently. Watching this was the best three minutes of my day:
That’s an amazing project, built by incredible people.
The rest of my day felt a bit bleh. My neck still hurts and I had a general odd, off feeling. In the late afternoon The Yankee, Kim and Murphy and I all went for a run. Started feeling better right away.
So I suppose my few days rest are over. Thank goodness.
Things to read … because that’s just about all I have for you today, but there are a lot of things to read.
Rabbit returned to Opelika couple after seven years:
Marilyn McCarley had planted a colorful flower bed around the rabbits shortly before Mack went missing.
“Whoever got it came in and got the rabbit. … They didn’t stomp the flowers,” she said. “…They’re cement, you know. So they’re really heavy. We never thought in a million years we would see that rabbit again.”
While Mack was missing, Clyde McCarley drove around town, checking area lawns to see if Mack had found his way there.
“I can tell you every house that has a rabbit,” he said. For years, the McCarleys decorated just one rabbit for Christmas and Easter.
This would be great fun to ride, I’m sure. Europe Wants To Turn The Iron Curtain Into A Bike Path:
The Iron Curtain, once the ominous line dividing Cold War-era rivals, is being transformed into a 4,225-mile cycling trail for recreational travelers.
European Union officials interested in boosting bike tourism have set aside $2.4 million to connect and brand existing trails that extend from the Barents Sea, north of the border between Finland and Russia, to the edge of the Black Sea, at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey. Sections of trail already pass by popular historic sites like the remnants of the Berlin Wall.
Here’s a brochure on the whole thing.
Scholars hope a two-year exploration will help find the site of an epic Alabama battle:
On a muggy Memorial Day, in a remote clearing near the Alabama River, three of the state’s most eminent anthropologists and one of the state’s best-known historians huddle around a hand-drawn map they hope can take them a few steps nearer to finding one of the most significant historic sites in North America.
On Oct. 18, 1540, an armed force led by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto clashed with Indian warriors led by the famed chieftain Tascalusa. The ferocious encounter decimated Tascalusa’s people and left the fortified Indian village in ruins. But it also proved to be a fatal blow to De Soto’s expedition. Severely weakened, De Soto led his battle-scarred troops deeper into the unmapped continent. He would not survive, and the remnants of his army were ultimately forced to find their way back to the relative safety of Mexico.
And now for a few quick links of interest:
Maxwell Air Force Base could be used to house thousands of immigrant children
Teens make up less of summer workforce than ever
Prosecutors Are Reading Emails From Inmates to Lawyers
Twitter Is Changing How the Media Covers the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Time.com’s bounce rate down 15 percentage points since adopting continuous scroll
How 4 Photo Editors Are Using Instagram
Finally, some music. This is the first track from Guster’s forthcoming album:
