Month: March 2009

Orangutan

This older lady (I think someone said she’s 35) was sitting right by the glass while quietly enjoying her fruitscicle. The glass was dirty and cloudy – thank goodness for RAW and Photoshop.

This is my “Cheese” face, you got a problem with that?

This is what a lion looks like when you call it to come over

Much like a domesticated cat: yeah, right. They were trying to get him to come over to the training window for some training. He was having none of that.

Mistrial by iPhone

Apparently, this is a problem that is growing thanks to the fact that many jurors can now surf the web via their phones.

NYTimes.com

Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge’s instructions and centuries of legal rules. But when the judge questioned the rest of the jury, he got an even bigger shock.

Eight other jurors had been doing the same thing. The federal judge, William J. Zloch, had no choice but to declare a mistrial, wasting eight weeks of work by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers.

At the training window

The male wouldn’t come over for traning, so she decided maybe she could get more treats for showing up. Nope.

HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3%

washingtonpost.com

At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a “generalized and severe” epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.

Pondering jumping

Morning dew

I can haz birdies?

Pink petals

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