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at 12/25/08 10:30PM
  • qtbartdr
    thats a good pic:) Its kind of funny you mention that... We walked by there and it was in between shows or something like that and i told Caitlin and Caleb that you worked there:) they were like really... Anyways that sounds good next time i go i will make it a point to stop by there to see if you are there. how was your christmas and did you eat alot and have that family time that usually comes with the holidays?:)
    by qtbartdr at 12/27/08 2:09AM
  • mandymara
    Hahaha! Is that an Emu?
    by mandymara at 12/29/08 10:31AM
  • kitkat
    i didn't know they ever sat down....wow, it'd be really tall standing up!
    by kitkat at 12/29/08 11:43AM
  • vampyric_ky_girl
    Oh, Lenny...what a ham for the camera...
    by vampyric_ky_girl at 01/01/09 9:05PM
  • thepoeticmadman
    Did you have anything to do with this? http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95N55DG0&show_article=1
    by thepoeticmadman at 01/14/09 11:32PM
  • nerdosaurus_rex
    I think I met that emu when I went to the zoo today! We're pretty much best friends now.
    by nerdosaurus_rex at 04/04/09 5:54PM
  • kreg
    New Flash Fiction contest here!
    by kreg at 09/08/09 9:52PM
  • fullofgrace

    happy
    holidays!
    by fullofgrace at 12/24/09 1:01PM

12/10/08 5:44PM

I am now officially Assistant Location Manager for my animal-training team. Yay!

I feel very blessed and thankful for my job, which seemed to drop into my lap out of nowhere about 5 months ago whenever I decided that I needed to stop teaching in order to get my priorities reorganized. Now I have a job I love, plus it affords me more free time and less take-home work, which means I can focus on the more important things in my life. This is a very good thing, and I definitely see it as a significant blessing from God.


---

In other news:

Hazel is coming to visit!

She hasn't been down to Florida in about 2 years, so we're all very excited about her return, even if it is only for a week.



Also... I realized that I've been posting about my job A LOT lately... so... sorry if I bored anyone! I just get excited about my work. :)
  • thepoeticmadman
    Congrats!
    by thepoeticmadman at 12/10/08 6:44PM
  • kitkat
    LOL -- I post about my job a lot too. You should have known you were meant to work with animals. ;-)

    Oh -- and 12/20, Sat is our Chanukah party, and the two of you are invited if you are off. :-)
    by kitkat at 12/11/08 10:43AM
  • ominie
    Aw, that's awesome about your job! I'm glad you're enjoying it. And I've been looking at all the Hazel pictures, and I wish I could have met her!!
    by ominie at 12/18/08 3:37PM
  • ominie
    By the way... I died in the Novel Race, did you notice? It was really sad :( I had about five papers due in one month, so I figured I better focus on those. Unfortunately, they ate up all my time and left nothing for me story :( But it was boocoos fun while it lasted, and I'm really glad you invited me to try out for it! :-D
    by ominie at 12/18/08 3:39PM

Interesting Animal Facts

at 12/09/08 6:29PM
Emergency Conure Retrieval Strategy (cont'd):

When all else fails in trying to retrieve a conure from a tree, send in a squirrel.

Interesting Animal Facts

at 12/07/08 7:57PM
Part 2: Emergency Conure-Retrieval Strategy

The best way to retrieve an escaped conure is to release a second conure. Though contrary to logic, two free birds are easier to catch than one. This has something to do with bird-jealousy ratios in which the second bird, being closer to the food-and-attention source, attracts the notice of the first bird, causing an immediate attention-food magnetism wherein with careful application of food to cage, both birds are more easily captured.
  • thepoeticmadman
    I'll keep that in min
    by thepoeticmadman at 12/07/08 10:29PM
  • vampyric_ky_girl
    Hm, there is some application to people in this that I will have to think about and then use later...
    by vampyric_ky_girl at 12/08/08 1:24AM
  • beccaswife
    very interesting
    by beccaswife at 12/08/08 4:59PM

Interesting Animal Facts

at 12/01/08 8:42PM
#1: Many birds have a third eyelid that slides horizontally across the eye (rather than opening top to bottom). It is see-through, and can lock "shut" even while the outer top and bottom lids are open, to keep particles out of the bird's eye while in flight. It's called a "nictating membrane." (It's like the alien's third eyelid in "Men in Black"... or rather, the alien's eyelid is like the birds'.)

#2: Baby kangaroos poop a lot.


That's all for now. Working with animals is very educational!





  • thepoeticmadman
    woot!
    by thepoeticmadman at 12/01/08 10:39PM
  • vampyric_ky_girl
    Is Sparky's poop getting any closer to matching the description the vet gave you?
    by vampyric_ky_girl at 12/02/08 7:50AM
  • smallgreenbug
    sort of like dogs' third eye lids, except more functional?
    by smallgreenbug at 12/02/08 8:42PM