Now I need to plan a post about how great the walrus is.

Here's a clue about my favorite wild land animal:


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Y'ALL. New baby okapi!


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First there was this: tiny baby otter in Longleat Safari Park, hanging out with a toy stuffed otter.

Then darkpoole posted this video.

SQUEAK!

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I'm off for the farm in a bit. A three-day weekend! Plenty of lessons to plan and papers to grade, but I'll get to do it with a big pretty window to look out of, or possibly even outdoors, so that's good. There ( Read more... )

[Moved here from an earlier post, sorry if you're seeing this twice!]

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I had plenty to do today (well... still do, I guess) but I got myself up and over to the zoo right when they opened, before it got deadly hot out. I haven't been able to go in a couple of months or more, and I'd really missed it. I bought another year's membership, my birthday present to myself. This time, I sprang for the extra ten bucks and got ( Read more... )

I was going to ask for some good things, because I am generally not seeing it today, but I realized I had a couple of minutes and I could share some instead.

Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind) - I love this guy's sense of humor. (via Tom Price a.k.a. @pricetom)

Toothpaste for Dinner: American English vs. British English vs. Ultra English

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This is one of the weirdest things I've seen in awhile, but it contains Ira Glass and Muppets. How could it not be wonderful? Be sure to read Ira's comments about the Muppets. Interesting.

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Also pretty insane and wonderful is the latest Big Finish audio release, a Sixth Doctor and Jamie story, Legend of the Cybermen. It's been a bright spot in ( Read more... )

Ha. The latest on the Rusty Family iPhone Acquisitions of 2010: Chuck, who used to work in the electronics department in RustyTown where all phone contracts are done, checked for us today. She learned that my mom is due for an upgrade now, I am due for an upgrade in September, and my dad isn't due for an upgrade until next February. So, since the ( Read more... )

( Adolescent prairie dog hijinks and a patient camel )

I've run across a few facepalmy things today that make me wonder how humans can claim to be intelligent or civilized, which kind of makes me wish I were running wild with the critters. Animals are much less delusional.

Have a duck in a patch of sunlight. :)


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