Dee Boersma Pay attention to penguins

There's toadie, dee dee, nishi, dignity, coochie snorcher, cooter, labi, gladis siegelman, va, wee wee, whore spot, nappy dugout, mungo, ghoulie, powder box, a mimi in Miami, a split knish in Philadelphia, and a schmende in the Bronx.

Think of penguins as ocean sentinels, says Dee Boersma they're on the frontlines of sea change. Sharing stories of penguin life and culture, she suggests that we start listening to what penguins are telling us.

The Dee Bridge, whose cast and wrought iron design followed common practice for the period, collapsed under a passing train, killing everyone aboard. Subsequent investigation revealed that the structure, the longest of its kind, simply pushed the limits of railroad bridge engineering too far.