Dead squirrel lies prone, Chin resting on its two paws. Looks like it's sleeping.
Last Friday night, █████ and I went out for pizza with a couple of good friends. We were driving back home afterwards, north on Damen Avenue, when I thought I saw the silhouette of a small critter amble through the headlights of an oncoming car. "I think there's
UPDATE! 11:44 a.m. I was right to be suspicious of this story. Turns out that R.D. Rosen in the Washington Post debunked Cheeta's supposed longevity back in 2008. The news media has done an abominable job of fact-checking today. NPR itself acknowledged in a sidebar
Rabbits, I would like to sit you down and have a very serious discussion with you. I understand that the way you zigzag as you flee is an effective way to evade most predators, and has served you well for millions of years. But when your zigzag pattern is no
█████ and I were talking over some of the difficulties I've been having this week with my revisions of The Accidental Terrorist when she gave me the absolute perfect image for the central conflict in the book. The main character, in her view, is a fly trapped in a
It's a good thing I don't believe in omens or I'd probably think that 2011 is fucked. One of the first sights I saw on New Year's Day, when I was out walking the dog in the morning, was a dead squirrel
Squirrels chasing each Other up and around trees Like on Benny Hill
Speaking of animals, there's a cool article in today's New York Times about camouflage in cephalopods.
Via ❦stevenagy:
The elephants are coming! The elephants are coming! I went with ❦eleanor and a couple of other friends, wow, maybe three years ago to see the elephants emerge from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, and it was a sight worth waiting around in the midnight cold for. It's a sight
Hearing a friend's story last night about spotting a coyote crossing Santa Monica Boulevard reminded me that █████ and I have had some wildlife sightings recently. August 24th, pulling into our hotel parking lot in Anaheim after having been to Disneyland, we spotted a huge raccoon lumbering across the
Speaking of giant squid ... giant squid!
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