War Cry
I walked in the door after being at work late tonight. I walked through the living room and into the kitchen where Laura adding the last touches to dinner. I walk straight over to the the table and set my Macbook down and then walk around the table to ask Laura where Rosie was. the words never made it out of my mouth.
I hear a war cry screaming to my right and some moving quickly towards me. It scared the piss out of me, frankly. Rosie had been sitting in wait of her old man and decided to pounce on me with much gusto. She saw me coming and let out a battle cry that would have scared off the whole nation of Sioux.
I only wish I could have gotten this on video. I belly laughed for 10 minutes straight afterwards. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
She is the devil.
Crazy Neighbors
We all have them.
When we first moved into our house we were excited about having the fenced in yard for Emma, our St. Bernard/Boxer. Unfortunately she was able to climb the fence, as our new neighbors were happy to point out to us on our second day there. "Can you please keep your dog in the fence because I am afraid of dogs." She tells me.
No problem, we want to be responsible people. So I build a runner for Emma and contain her into our yard. She is happy with that solution, it gives her plenty of room to travel and do her business. Three weeks later I notice a new dog hanging about our yard, coming in the door when we open it and basically being a pain in the ass. Jack, the dog, who is always under foot and climbing up our garbage cans to make a huge mess belongs to the same neighbors that had just asked me to keep Emma away from them.
Jack spent most of the winter outside, no matter what the temperature was. They would let poor Jack in at night, most of the times. I let him in our place a few times when it was really cold. People would come and knock on our door to complain about Jack. I always pointed out the neighbors and asked that they go speak with them...after I told them the story about Emma and the way Jack was treated.
Every week we would have to pick up the garbage from Jack's adventures. One day Jack didn't show up to trip me as I walked down to my truck. Jack didn't show up the next day either. I don't know what happened to Jack, who was a Jack Russell Terrier by the way; real original name there. I assume they got tired of Jack and got rid of him.
Two weeks ago the neighbors knocked on our door to inform us that our cat, Bobo, who we rescued had gotten into their garbage. I told the lady thank you and closed the door in her face.
I can't wait to see what happens next.
Out of mayo?
No Problem! Just learned this myself. Here's what you need.
1-2 Eggs
Splash of Lemon Juice
Oil
Spices (Salt, Pepper, Garlic...etc) to tastes.
Blend Eggs and Lemon juice until smooth on high speed.
Drizzle in oil slowly until it starts to emulsify.
Blend until desired thickness achieved.
Add Spices
Done!
This is so tasty!
Warning for you idiots that did not notice the egg is raw. Please use normal precautions.
Night time walk on the Beach
Blaine, Unka Tim and I went search the beach for goodies last night by the light of the moon. Well, that and three LED flashlights. We found some shells and a couple of shark teeth. We also found some bigger critters that we decided to not keep, except in vid format.
First of we found a dead horseshoe crab. It looked pretty good from the top.
Then we found a live one. We rescued the beasty and tossed it back in the water. It appeared to be quite old and was covered in barnacles. Fun Fact: Horseshoe crabs use Hemocyanin in their blood which makes it a bright blue.
Next up is one of our favorites, a cantalope sized jellyfish. I lit the jellyfish up with my flashlight so you can see the insides.
Last but not least we found a gastropod or stomachfooted beast from hell. Well it's really more of a snail working in a shell. This one was rolling around in the shallow waves. It's shell was intact and beautiful. We rescued it too.
The beach is fun as hell during the day for playing and catching some waves, but if you want to see some really cool stuff just take a nice stroll on your local beach at night. There's no telling what you can find.
Handfish
Wonders will never cease and we will never discover all of the cool things about this blue marble...much less the universe.
Handfish: "
A fish with hands? You betcha! There are 14 species of handfish, nine of which have just been named and described for the first time. Handfish were named such because they use their fins to walk around on the floor of the ocean, instead of swimming. Handfish are rare and difficult to study, and scientists believe they may even be toxic to predators. The pink handfish shown here bears a startling resemblance to The Creature from the Black Lagoon. National Geographic has rare photographs of four different kinds of handfish. Link -via Boing Boing
(Image credit: Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
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