BurningbirdNo Squid Friday this week, as I’m bringing you all the latest on Bigfoot. Or I should say, the press conference held by the slickest Georgians to ever hit California. I wasn’t going to point you to one of the *techs covering the story for more detail, as they are little more than cryptozoologists-come-lately. I’ll […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Earlier this week I made a mid-day visit to the zoo to see our five newest St. Louis citizens: the five new Amur (Siberian) tiger cubs. They’re only allowed out a couple of hours a day, but in that time they manage to cover ever inch of their not small […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This is Missouri’s week for tigers, but not all the tiger tales are happy ones. Today, the St. Louis Zoo will introduce five Amur tiger cubs to the public for the first time. The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is one of the rarest tigers in the world. […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have been following James Fallows’ coverage of the Olympics with interest, specifically because he has been focused on the air pollution that plagues Beijing. It is unfathomable that a city would put its people at risk by having air quality so bad that it has to take such drastic steps as […]
I love giant squid stories as much or more than most people, but I’ll pass on watching the 90 minute video of a giant squid dissection filmed in Melbourne, Australia. However, I wouldn’t want to deprive the rest of you by not mentioning the story. How am I to know how you all get your jollies. Have fun. […]