Max Attacks

Posted May 13th, 2002 and filed under News.

I wonder if the conversation went like this: “Are you sure it’s safe to pet him?” “Of course it is! Look, if it wasn’t safe, could I do this?”

Too Much Fun

Posted May 2nd, 2002 and filed under News.

A worker at Swine Genetics said the company hasn’t had any reports of missing semen, and police said no one has reported anything like it missing. link via Romanesko’s

Link Droppings

Posted January 6th, 2002 and filed under blogging, WebLinks.

mycathatesyou.com Shakespearean Insults I Found a Duck.com

Pen-Pen

Posted December 24th, 2001 and filed under blogging, comedy, WebLinks.

And this is Pen-Pen’s web site. No kidding. Really.

Karma Question

Posted December 21st, 2001 and filed under blogging, comedy, WebLinks.

Refresh my memory… when the flattened, decapitated head of a grey tree squirrel crosses your path, is that good luck or bad?

Bandits!

Posted December 21st, 2001 and filed under My Life.

Bandits! 12 o’clock! I am apparently under attack. A full-blown herd of raccoons has decided that the most fun thing to do at 1:30 am is scare the living bejesus out of me. Out of nowhere I heard what sounded like some maniac trying to break into the house. I, of course, freaked. Was there… Read more »

Whales

Posted November 28th, 2001 and filed under WebLinks.

I finally joined a gym. I had to do it, you see. I’ve withered away to a mere 165 lbs in the last year. The gym is small, but it has everything I need and is never crowded. It feels great to be lifting weights again. After my workout this morning I sat for a… Read more »

Obscure Store

Posted November 20th, 2001 and filed under WebLinks.

Two from the Obscure Store: A man test-driving a water bike was killed when a duck … flew into his face and knocked him into the water … Several thousand chickens were killed or maimed … yesterday morning when a tractor-trailer hauling crates of the birds lost the load on an Interstate 83 ramp.

Octopus Love

Posted November 14th, 2001 and filed under comedy.

A very special link via LarkFarm: Everything you ever wanted to know about Octopus Sex.

Hemingway’s Use of Animals as Psychological Symbols

Posted November 12th, 2001 and filed under Hemingway.

an essay on “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” by Jerianne Wright

Hemingway and the Beasts

Posted October 25th, 2001 and filed under Hemingway.

Hemingway and the Beasts, by Jens Bjorneboe, is an essay exploring animal symbolism in Hemingway’s works. (translated from Norwegian)

Sharks!

Posted October 24th, 2001 and filed under Hemingway.

The Sharks in Literature site has a lengthy excerpt from The Old Man and the Sea.