'stina:. . . flowers blooming all over the place, really green. Cows looked good too. Oh, and we saw a snake swimming ( Read more... )

'stina: ...and the wildflowers are about to come out. And the grass was so pretty and green. And you have to come up soon! Ooooh! And I killed a snake ( Read more... )

Dear fucking god. LONDON --As a woman bitten by a rattlesnake during a church service in London struggled to breathe, hospital employees made derogatory comments about her religious beliefs rather than providing proper care, contributing to her death, a lawsuit charges ( Read more... )

Mystery solved. No one I know, but seems relatively harmless.

In other news, the snake situation in Florida seems to be getting worse. I knew the epic python vs. gator battle was the sign of worse things to come. They're not only thriving in the Everglades, they're breeding: The South Asian snakes, which can top 200 pounds and 20 feet, probably ( Read more... )

• Driving down the highway, 'stina and baltassoc pass an F250 hauling three four wheeled ATVs. 'stina: You know, I'm rather surprised we survived our childhood having those things at the ranch.
  
  baltassoc: Me too. I always figured they were part of some Southern eugenics program.
  
  
• I am seriously considering starting a website dedicated to capturing the identifying ( Read more... )

1. Python v. Gator:"Alligators have clashed with non-native pythons before in Everglades National Park. But when a 6-foot gator tangled with a 13-foot python recently, the result wasn't pretty.
   
   The snake apparently tried to swallow the gator whole -- and then exploded. Scientists stumbled upon the gory remains last week.
   If you click the link, you ( Read more... )

Someone in Hollywood is trying to drive me insane and/or kill me.

Why else would anyone in their right mind write, greenlight, and subsequently make a movie about box of 500 poisonous snakes let loose on an airplane? (warning: picture of snakes on a plane if you click the link ( Read more... )

Claudia and I saw a snake on Saturday ( Read more... )

Thank you, everyone, for the birthday wishes! It was a lovely weekend ( Read more... )