Rocket Science

I had to reinvent math to get the dimensions right.

This is as close to the moon as I will ever get. Carving through a 2x4 with a saw so dull that I'm trying to melt the wood and so old it was made in America. I'm trying to build a box to stand on when I hang myself but if any of the end cuts are crooked then it will all wobble.

Day At The Zoo

Some Kind of Malayan Bear

Mother Lion and Cub

 Adult male lions try to kill any foreign male cubs and the mother goes from sleeping to kill or be killed in three seconds. Pure instinct.

 

 Jason and the Argonauts hunted this animal for the hide. A handsome and huge goat.

The fabled golden fleeced Takin from Tibet

Peacock filling up on M&Ms

A hippo can hold its breath for 5 minutes!

Baby Prairie Dog! Cute!

 Thanks to all you Budweiser beer drinkers for making this free St. Louis zoo possible.

"Oh, I ate too much custard!"

Fakebook IPO

A momentous event is about to happen, namely a social network is going to be publicly traded stock. Remember that close-knit gang of kids you hung out with in Junior High School? That's what just went on the auction block. Unfettered access to their trends and habits is valuable to manufacturers of acne cream and skinny jeans and that's what Fakebook provides. As one analyst said, "It created a better way to track social interests" which translates into: it created a better way to manipulate social interests. All the gossip, purchases, event attendance, loyalties and alliances add up to specific markets that manufacturers can target and Fakebook allows you to feed yourself to the lions via ego maniacal gossip. Narcissism is going for $38 a share.

Custard Reviews from Three Locations in Saint Louis

As part of my plan to get Diabetes in the next few years I am throwing as much frozen custard in my mouth as I can. I will settle for ice cream shakes but custard is my weakness. I've now had custard at three local locations and feel I can review them all at once and in reverse order of deliciousness.

Leaves of Change

Can you identify the tree that has this leaf? The defining feature is the central vein that terminates at the top notch. There's only one tree that produces this kind of leaf.