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Wednesday, 9 January 2008

I want one....

Knut, the baby polar bear who was taken from his mother after she rejected him at birth is now ready for the Berlin zoo. He's 110 days old and weighs in at 9 kilos. His keeper sang him Elvis songs at night...totally-freaking-adorable...I commend his keeper, and those other people out there who rescue animals like this - I don't know how they break the tie though, when it's ready to give them away... It's so scary to think of the future of these beautiful animals with the effects global warming has had...


Related:

"It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived"

OH my!!!

HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) -- A man who believed he bore the biblical "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said.
The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived Saturday. He was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center.
"It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived," sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. "He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn't bleed to death. That kind of mental illness is just sad."

Full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/09/hand.cut.off.ap/index.html

Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Mmmmm java.........

Do you know what's in YOUR coffee?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2008/01/05/mi.cat.poo.coffee.beans.wzzm?iref=videosearch

January 7

Happy Birthday Rose.

Sorry your son forgot (again). I knew I should have put all the family birthdays on the calendar I made for him - though it hasn't made its way to the wall anyway - so the chance of that having helped is nil anyway.

I hope you had a wonderful day.

Water Cat

Oh how I wish I could stop Zoe from using the water bowl as a toy. She plops her paw in the bowl and swishes water out and around until the bowl is empty...leaving a huge puddle around the bowl. I've taken to putting a cloth placemat under the bowl, and this seems to help absorb the mess, but when the bowl is empty from the water play, what are she and Bosco to drink? If it weren't for the fact that the cats need water to survive, I'd remove the bowl entirely. If I put up too much of a fuss while she's "playing", I'm afraid I'll scare her away from the spot completely so she won't drink from there at all. Blarg!!! Isn't
water supposed to be a repellent for a cat, anyway? She sure didn't like her bath when we first got her.... Suggestions?

Thursday, 3 January 2008

P.S. I Love You

Go. See. This. Movie.

http://psiloveyoumovie.warnerbros.com/

Happy New Year!!!!!

Ok, so the original thought was no post til I have my Christmas photos to post. Then I had that annoying "Short Dick Man" song stuck in my head & felt the urge to post about it...but then was still sticking to the thought, no more posts til Christmas pics....now goshdarn New Years has come and gone and you are all still waiting for me to post. I'm terribly sorry.

So, to those of you who might be reading from another province, I'll let you know that PEI has pretty much been bombarded with winter the past few days...storming enough to have my place of employment close early on New Years Eve (a feat in itself), and force Christopher and I to ring in the new year solo, in the 'hood. I believe we're on record of receiving the most of the snow - something like 30 cms. Then we had ANOTHER storm go through yesterday, which was dumping another 20 cms, and another rare occurance of shutting my place of employment down early - and delay it's start! OY!!!!!!! I guess I had better invest in some winter boots, eh?

So yeah, Happy New Year - traditionally, I've not been a 'resolution' maker, since anything I resolve to do usually gets broken, and oh do I hate being labelled a 'quitter'...so instead of making a list of 'resolute' items, here's a list of 'suggestive' changes I might or might not follow through with over the course of the next 12 months:
  • I will try to eat more healthy
  • I will read again
  • I will bag a lunch more often as opposed to dining out
  • I will take more pictures
  • I will try to exercise (like I said, suggestive changes)
  • I will continue to post on my blog regularly
  • I will work on seeing the glass as half full rather than half empty