It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic...and aptitude to attack!

Goodness me! Liger Attacks!

Cool Clip O' The Day

charts and diagrams

this is worth a look/laugh. enjoy.

Goodness Gracious Great Squirrels of Fire

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

AP-REDDING, Calif. — With southern California fighting wind-driven flames and spot fires breaking out across northern California, firefighters have fingered at least one arsonist: an unlucky squirrel.

Redding firefighters say the squirrel set off the blaze when it shorted out a power line, caught fire and dropped into dry vegetation.

Battalion Chief Gerry Gray says it took 18 firefighters and six fire engines to fight the fire that started behind a Redding restaurant.

The fire briefly threatened a home before it was contained Monday.

Redding Electric Utility spokesman Pat Keener says about 200 customers might have noticed their electricity flicker when the squirrel shorted out the high-voltage power line. But the incident did not cause a power outage.

all things shiny

so as i pack up my life to move along to buffalo. there is the inevitable stumbling block in packing when you find an item or items you neither wish to keep nor wish to throw away.

trophies and metals....
childhood accomplishments.... as represented in crappy plastic and medal chatchkies. as my mom and i stand in front of about 80 figure skating medals and a bunch of dusty hockey trophies, we both wonder...
what do we do with them?
donate them?
throw them out?
hide them in the attic/basement for a while and deal with them later?
use them as lawn ornaments?
cover ourselves in medals and play the michael phelps impersonation game?
any suggestions?

And when did it become acceptable to refer to America as "Joe-Six-Pack"?
And when did it become acceptable to consider a VP candidate whose vocabulary primarily consists of two phrases: "maverick" and "hockey mom"?

Palin makes me want to cry.

the wink...!?

so i was the riding the nifty DIA (denver international airport that is) concourse train today en-route to what seems to be my perpetual destination, concourse b, home of united airlines, the best shoe shine in denver...and my soul. anyways, i was staring into space as usual, tired and contemplative thinking about the presentation to be given tomorrow, when i glace over and me thinks...hark! did that man just WINK at me? yes fans, friends and foes...i was winked at by a pakistani man in the train car ahead of me. of course i promptly averted my gaze to the ground and prayed he would not also be disembarking at concourse b...or with my luck, be seated in 9a to phillie next to me.

this train-by-winking made me think to the debates and ms. you betcha, huntin' from helicoptors, Palin...which of course has led me to ponder...WHEN IN THE HELL DID IT BECOME A SOCIALLY ACCEPTED FORM OF FACIAL EXCHANGE TO WINK?? any thoughts?