Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Snakes…why'd it have to be snakes

This information is for all of you ophidiophobians out there.  Live in fear no longer, for the Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines has a cure!  Yes, you guessed it…..snake massage.  Overcome your nightmares with a 15 minute massage from a pack of pythons.  Sounds too good to be true, right?  What if something goes wrong?  Don't worry--zookeepers are on hand just in case.  I'm not horribly scared of snakes…maybe I would touch one briefly or something, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to be that cozy with a mess of snakes.  I wonder if the zookeepers use a gas can and torch if things get crazy….


Saturday, May 24, 2014

Scientific Institute welcomes nearly 18,000 new species

Well, another year of new discoveries has gone by and apparently the Sasquatch did not make the list of top 10 best newly identified species.  Yes, poor Bigfoot was noticeably absent from the winners--which consisted of things like the Zospeum Tholossum (domed land snail), the Skeleton Shrimp, and the "Tinkerbell Fairyfly."

Just because a species possesses a "mythologically challenged" nature and, so far, cannot claim a "factually substantiated" status does not mean it does not exist.  And they call themselves scientists?  Now really, who could doubt the vehement ramblings of say, a group of inebriated outdoorsmen who "saw something big and hairy" in the woods?  Or maybe some kids who were sure they heard "a loud howling noise" at night?  Actually, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I experienced both of those things at Girl's Camp.  I won't go into details, but I believe there were stolen gorilla suits and duck calls involved.

Oh, well.  Better luck next year.  Or maybe Bigfoot's on the list, but further down--like number 15,000 or something.  I guess I should examine these findings further.






Thursday, May 15, 2014

Pope would baptize Martians….if they asked

In a homily delivered Monday, Pope Francis said he'd baptize Martians if they showed up at the Vatican demanding to be baptized.  He was trying to illustrate the point that everyone has the right to receive the Holy Spirit-even aliens from faraway planets.

"If tomorrow, for example, an expedition of Martians arrives and some of them come to us…and if one of them says:  'Me, I want to be baptized!', what would happen?"  the pontiff said according to AFP.

He defined these hypothetical beings as "green men, with a long nose and big ears, like children draw."  For extra emphasis, he added, "Who are we to close doors?"


**Oh, my…I'm wondering if someone asked him this question, or if he came up with this scenario himself?  I actually really like this Pope from what I've seen and read…so this is totally funny to me;)  I also like how he said they wouldn't be forced into it.  Maybe the Catholics know a secret:  the untapped  resource of a universe full of aliens from faraway planets.  I should tell Leslea that if the missionary work is slow, just look for stray UFO's.  Is there a mission for Area 51?  Personally, I can't wait until hordes of Martians show up at the Vatican.**



Officer Goose……Mall Cop

Yesterday I went to the mall to get Juke some summer clothes and I saw this goose when I was going in.  There are some ponds near the mall that the geese are always around and they actually have "goose crosswalks" but I have never seen one right at the doors to the mall.  I thought maybe it was just confused and it would be gone by the time I came out, but no--I guess maybe it's a new shoplifting deterrent or something.  Geese mate for life and I wondered where this guy's partner was, so I looked around and sure enough, she was in the bushes.  Maybe she was on her break.



Monday, May 12, 2014

Clay Aiken winner due to…. deceased opponent--WHAT?

This story just gets weirder as it goes on.  When I first read that Clay Aiken was getting into politics I thought it was some kind of joke, but obviously not.  Now his opponent just died….what do you do in that situation?  Guess they probably won't be counting "hanging chads."







Friday, May 9, 2014

Ghost Update: Who you gonna call?---not these two:)

Well, after a few weeks of no ghost activity we came home from a walk the other day and Paul's computer was on again.  Maybe the ghost waits until we are gone and then starts surfing the net.  When we had dogs maybe they would have noticed weird things going on, but cats apparently don't care.  They have such a hard life--why make it harder chasing ghosts?




One day I'll probably open the refrigerator and get a big surprise--ZUUUULL…






Sunday, May 4, 2014

Wight-water rafting

So this past week we have had LOTS of rain.  There have been severe storms in many areas of the country--luckily we didn't have the tornados/damaging winds that created problems in other places.  What we did have was 6.5 inches of rain in 2 days.  There are a lot of creeks and streams around us and while they usually look harmless, this is what they were like after the torrential downpours:




Anyway, things got back to normal and now the coating of pollen is back--these are not our cars, but the effect is the same.  I couldn't take a picture of our cars because the pollen in the air was too thick:)