Observe the snow. It fornicates.

[robling_t]

• New Thing Learned for 1 March: American goldfinches turn brown in the winter instead of migrating. [Source: Fifty common birds of the upper Midwest , Dana Gardner.]
  
  
• New Thing Learned for 2 March: Ace Hardware is operated as a retailers' co-operative, which is why each store can be so individual in style. Not that I can think of where any Aces are since the one next to MicroCenter went out. [Source: Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses, Stacy Mitchell.]
  

Still pondering Birthday Festivity options, but I guess it's about time to ask:

[Poll #938681]