BFD. Killing an animal for doing what it does - survive.

Not just peacocks. My neighbors had a nutso robin who would attack both of their cars’ sideview mirrors repeatedly. Except for all the shit, it was funny.

Well, I watched the aftermath of the one in SF in 1989. That seemed pretty big. It was only (!!!) 6.9 on the Richter scale. The Tohoku quake was 9.0. The one off the coast of AK was 7.9 - but a different type (slip-strike), for which we are lucky. And yes, the volcano activity IS related to quakes, seeing as how they…

“Who”? Really?

Only kinda?

Gee, the shitgibbon changed his mind between then and now. How odd!

One answer (not the only or whole answer) is something else wrong with a person medically. This can REALLY make one depressed when you feel horrible and have no idea why. Happened to me, happened to my kid.

And here I thought Advent calendars had 25 goodies....

Yeah, but for a kid? Really?

Why isn’t it the right place? As a previous kid, I would rather have read C. S. Lewis’ books than a 4th-place cooking winner. Of course, I read both, but....

Is anybody else out there a Nevil Shute fan? He was a British aeronautical engineer and an author. He wrote a book called ‘In the Wet’ where the Brit royals quit after having to deal with the situation in Britain. Quite interesting.

Damn. That’s terrible.

She looks like Anne Hathaway’s older sister in that top photo.

He seems nice.

These are okay - and they dance:

And my cats like to try to catch them at night.

There’s a poisonous cricket in the (where else) South.

White socks (Alaskan biting fly that could be successfully used to torture terrorists)

Um, yellow jackets are NOT bees, they are wasps, baka.

Did you ever read how much of our food production is tied into bee pollination? You like fruits and veggies? Thank bees.