hey, prettydark, have you seen this article? What do you think?

Gazprom given right to bear armsCHRISTIAN LOWE ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago, in my ancient Jeep Cherokee*, I intrepidly drove north towards the border with Guinea to investigate the Salone's Kilimi-Outamba Wildlife Park. A, my Sierra Leonean roomate, flat out refused to believe me when I told him that there were both hippos and elephants in his country; sadly, due to a fire last month in the national park ( Read more... )

U.S. navy enlists dolphins in fight against terror

WoW fans, read this: Excuse me, but I was about to kill that troll.

anyone who is complacent about how "good" Canada is, and how fortunate we are to live/come from there, needs to read this article.

The Life of Pi AwardTo two men who attempted to smuggle exotic animals through U.S. Customs at Los Angeles airport. Chris Edward Mulloy made it in 2002 with two endangered leopard cats in his backpack, but was finally arrested this year. Prosecutors said his companion in crime, Robert Cusack, was caught on the spot after an exotic bird flew out of ( Read more... )

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last night the woman who runs the laundromat called me a liar because I told her that one of the dryers didn't work. I was entirely polite. I mean, she's the attendant, shouldn't she want to know? We got into a bit of an argument when I informed her that I wasn't lying about a freaking quarter. I thought K was gonna lose it but we managed to fold ( Read more... )

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