So I have been wondering what to do with my website.
Sam and I had agreed a while ago that we didn’t want to post a lot of pictures of Marceline online, whether on my website, or social media or whatever. So here and there some Marceline pictures are fine, but regularly, probably not.
So today.
Things to be happy about:
- Finished a book for August. Yesterday I finished A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived.
Basically it is a look at human history through genes. My favorite part of it was when he dove into the definition of species, in that we are Homo Sapiens – Sapien being our species. Species being defined as the largest group of organisms in which two offspring can interbreed.
For example, a lion and a tiger can breed to produce a liger, but two ligers can’t produce offspring. So ligers are not a species of animal. Two lions can breed and produce lions who can breed with other lions. Thus lions are a species.
Species are also different than breeds. There are many breeds of household cats, but they all fall under Felis Catus – Felis being the genus and Catus being the species. Along the same lines, Neanderthals can be considered not a separate species, rather a subspecies of homo sapiens. Everyone alive carries some neanderthal DNA (between 1 and 4%), which means neanderthals and ancient homo sapiens interbred, and those offspring are our ancestors. So cool, neanderthals are homo sapiens.
It’s a lot more complex than that. There is debate on the classification of neanderthals, but under the generally accepted definition of species, they are the subset of homo sapiens. - I’ve been running more over the last five months and only have minor injuries (sore hip that I stretch, knee pain that has largely subsided).
- I slept…. ok last night. Marceline woke up uncosolable at 2am last night and ended up sleeping in our bed (I spent 40 minutes trying to get her back to sleep before giving up and bringing her into our bed). But from 10pm until 2 am I slept great! And from 2am until 6:30 I slept ok (Marceline moves and kicks a lot in her sleep). At least woke up feeling a little rested.
Today’s ToDo list –
- Bath for Marceline
- Clean cat litter boxes (its been two days and our cats poop a lot)
- Clean Kitchen and Living Room (this is daily)
- Clean Bathroom
- Go to park with Marceline
- Grocery shopping
- Run this evening