Results tagged “Silly” from V2

Mice may be responsible for a blaze that killed nearly 100 cats at an animal shelter near Toronto, officials say.

Jasper and I are busy fortifying the back entryway.

Note especially how he wises up at about thirty seconds in, and decides to ambush instead of chase. (via The Stranger)

Random discovery of the week: fresh-ground peanut butter will catch fire and burn in a microwave.

Bonus points to the first person who can actually explain why. (Seriously, I'd like to know!)

...discovering there are some really dense logs in there.  Via Ancestry.com's "Find Famous Relatives" feature:

Due to the crisis* of a very recent** discovery of ringworm on Pearl's left ear, I am hereby announcing a suspension of all blogging-related activities*** until such time as the crisis is resolved and a pill**** is prescribed, and I will be rushing back to the animal clinic to ensure a successful diagnosis and make sure the vet's handwriting is sufficiently legible.

* Resulting in no change to our normal routines

** Okay, so it's actually been there for at least three weeks, but there was no solid evidence it was ringworm until just three days ago when the tests performed by an outside expert came back positive.

*** Whereby I mean I will continue my typical posting schedule of about one post every ten days, unless I feel like doing more or less, and I will continue to read other peoples' blogs for insight and analysis.

**** And it better be precisely the pill I read about online, and not some ointment or other 'compromise' salve...

Mike Doughty performing "Busting Up A Starbucks" on the Starbucks Stage at the Mural Amphitheatre.  I'm not sure he was even aware who the corporate overlords were in that section of the festival.

Shortly thereafter came a discussion about how he was neither hetero- or homosexual, but instead is JoeBidensexual.

That was about the point where we decided to go check out Death Cab for Cutie.

Fun factoid of the day:  If you search for the phrase "GQ pose" on Google, my picture of Jiffy on Flickr current comes up as the third hit, and for at least one day last week, it was the #1 hit!

It's new IKEA catalog day!

A group of male wild turkeys living in La Conner, WA started brawling as we were walking past them last Sunday. Luckily I had my camera with me, so I was able to get some interesting shots of the action. Click the picture to check out the gallery. (Also, Wild Turkey is a new species for the birdspotting list!)

Born of a fluke occurrence as I was in the process of creating a composite image of Jasper hanging from a power line (in an attempt to spoof a picture I'd seen online... long story)

Behold, Catzilla (click to enlarge):

I'm imagining a photo series theme of "Jasper versus the world" or similar. Stay tuned...

Best invention ever.

Under The Needle: A vending machine to crow about...

Klein studied crows for six years and validated what he already suspected: They're unusually smart. They learn from each other. And there are loads of them.

Thus, the idea for a crow vending machine was born.

Awesome. Click the image to go to the full story. (Photo uncredited, but from the P-I article.)

Once again I was apparently trendy without realizing it:

Popular culture is so anti-minivan today that driving one is so counter-culture, so in the face of popular biases, so keeping-it-real, that it's almost punk rock. In a utilitarian way, anyway.

Just saw the name of this group on Facebook:
"If I were an enzyme i would be DNA helicase so i could unzip your genes"

Reminded me of a few other classics:
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate"

And as a Drosophilist, one of my favorites...
"Time's fun when you're having flies"

Corner of 1st Ave and Pike St, Downtown - Sep 27, 2007

Know Your Asshole Footprint (Vanity Fair online)

My footprint is pretty good, although I fail on being able to describe my job in two words or less, unless you want to be really vague with "graduate student" or "research scientist".