Archive for November, 2005

RONALD MCDONALD ARRESTED!

Monday, November 28th, 2005

A New Hampshire man by the name of Ronald McDonald was arrested for robbing Wendy’s! It’s true! I kid you not - after all - I saw it on MSNBC news tonight - It must be true!

HAPPY GOBBLE DAY!

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

Here’s hoping you have a fabulous Thanksgiving with family and friends! I am having the dinner at my house but this year we will have a smoked turkey and ham from Honey Baked Hams. By the way we all know they are delicious but don’t try to pick them up at the store […]

ONE NOISY BIRD!

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Check this character out! I was working at the LA Zoo a couple of weeks ago, manning a table of biofacts and demonstrations about wolves. My area was right next to this guy’s exhibit. He is a Red-Legged Seriama originating in South America. These birds are usually seen in pairs and […]

OPERATION GRATITUDE - HOLIDAY DRIVE 2005!

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Operation Gratitude is in full swing again with the goal to send another 30,000 “care packages” to US troopsl overseas. This past weekend we managed to box, seal, and send over 16,000 packages. The founder of Operation Gratitude, Carolyn Blashek is pictured below with me (she is on the right) conceived this program […]

BABY PANDA AT SAN DIEGO ZOO HAS HER NAME!

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Major cuteness alert here! This is Su Lin, the third baby panda to be born at the San Diego Zoo, USA. Her name means, “A little bit of something very cute” in Chinese. According to Chinese tradition she had to wait 100 days after her birth to receive her name. There […]

THE FOOD PYRAMID!

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

Just happened to see a billboard tonight stating that during the holidays pumpkin pie is a vegie! Exxactly! But then chocolate is on the top of the food pyramid! Isn’t it?

GRAND CANYON WALKWAY! YIKES!

Monday, November 7th, 2005

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is scheduled to open in early 2006 on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in the Grand Canyon. It will jut 70 feet into the canyon some 4000 ft above the Colorado River. The Skywalk will accomodate 120 people (that is 119 crazy people plus you for 120). Built […]

BABY TIGER AT LA ZOO!

Monday, November 7th, 2005

During my regular volunteer work at the Los Angeles Zoo on Friday I was lucky enough to catch this shot of one of our two baby tigers. Mother and the two babies were in the exhibit and this little guy caught sight of a bird flying low over the compound and raced toward it. […]

BUSH SENDS STAFFERS TO ETHICS CLASS!

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

WHAT? Apparently President Bush in reaction to Scooter Libby’s indictment in the CIA leak case has ordered his staff to attend a refresher course on ethics rules in handling classified material.
This is really distressing - that the individuals serving the government that is theoretically the leader of the free world have […]