So, yet another major hurricane is bearing down on Florida, just as climate scientists have been warning would happen. As the whole state tries to flee back to its native Michigan what has me worried is: my sister and her family are there. They were confident about the last hurricane all of, what, 25 minutes ago, and turned out okay. This time ( Read more... )

Once long ago there was a French carousel-maker named Bayol. Among the animals they made were hares. bunny_hugger owns one of them. They sometimes mixed these hares --- and cats, and other ``menagerie'' figures --- with horses on their rides. But at least once, they made an all-cats carousel. And at lease once, they made an all-bunnies carousel.

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And today, I close out pictures of the Women's North American Championship Series. bunny_hugger did not win, but did acquit herself very well, as you'll soon see.

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We haven't adopted a rabbit. But bunny_hugger became aware of a compelling rabbit in need of a home, a bunny down in Jackson, Michigan. Not a Flemish Giant, or even a New Zealand, a rabbit almost as big as a Flemish but, you know, pretty big yet. (We think Sunshine was likely a Flemish/New Zealand cross.) This would be a more average-size rabbit, like, ( Read more... )

Last year after we tossed out the decorative gourds that had passed their prime some squirrels (most likely) cracked them open. And at least one took seeds from them and did what squirrels do, burying them in our side yard. bunny_hugger discovered this a couple weeks ago, when she saw a small but growing pumpkin-class plant growing there. She set up some ( Read more... )

This week on my humor blog I was reminded that I did something a little silly with the plot of Air Bud and turns out that got someone angry with me. Also I had a great time writing up the Mary Worth plot so I hope you check that out. Here's this week's menu of stuff to see:

• MiSTed: The 72 Hours Saga, Part 7
• In Which I Am Called to Answer ( Read more... )

Oh yeah, so one stray exchange from Michigan's Adventure on Sunday. bunny_hugger's dragon kigurumi had, as mentioned, gotten a lot of positive comments from other people at the park, attendees and staff. I got a couple nice comments too about the vintage-style Kings Island The Beast t-shirt, which I'd thought had a nice Halloween-ish vibe (the shackled paws ( Read more... )

So our Michigan's Adventure trip, only the good parts since they far outnumbered the bad. First, the leaves. We discovered last year that the park is an autumn park. The leaves haven't yet reached their peak but they were in fine form, providing shade while still being all sorts of browns and reds and orange and everything. It's amazing how ( Read more... )

While we didn't do anything particular on my actual birthday, we did plan a trip for something. The Sunday after --- that is, yesterday, as I write this --- we went to Michigan's Adventure, where their second year of the Tricks And Treats event, a low-key family-friendly Halloween event, was going on. They expanded it a little bit this year, ( Read more... )

The 7 pm Friday tournament that bunny_hugger made with, no exaggeration, literal seconds to spare was a ``target matchplay'', a format I never heard of before. It seems to be an attempt to square two constraints of tournaments: everyone wants lots of rounds so they can get come back from a rotten first couple rounds, but they also want the tournament to at ( Read more... )