23 July 2010

animal farm, the musical

Yes, “Animal Farm,” George Orwell’s not-so-adorable allegory that taught us that all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, is being prepared as a musical by Mr. Hall and Mr. John, the creative team behind “Billy Elliot the Musical,” The Daily Mail of London reported. (via)

$40 stolen from little girl's lemonade stand in detroit.

thieves face push mom during confrontation. here are two of the face pushers :


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kate plus eight, plus a dumb bitch

kate gooseling and sarah palin are teaming up for an episode of "kate plus eight," where one screwed up family goes to alaska to visit another screwed up family...and camp. ugh! why won't either of you go away?


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the gut thrust.

noooooo this is not an edition of 'what is thomas wilhelm doing this weekend?'. i just listened to a bunch of super nerds tell me about some new research on morning edition. they've been studying how caterpillars walk, since they don't have bones.

they put the caterpillars on an x-ray treadmill and used lots of different methods to coax them into walking. when they got a look inside, they observed that the caterpillar has a very unique method of locomotion. it's called the gut thrust, and it goes like this:
When the caterpillar finally did get moving, Simon and his advisor Barry Trimmer saw something really unusual. Just at the start of the caterpillar's step, something on its inside swayed forward. "Eventually we were able to establish that we were watching the gut moving back and forth," Simon says.
The team believes that this is an entirely new form of animal movement. They say they are unaware of any other animal where the insides move before the outsides do. (via)
so.

speaking of thomas wilhelm, though, here goes one of his spirit animals! and look at this freak!

do i want that?

yes. be sure to click that -> via

kismet's (potential) new sister

UPDATE: the poll's busted. just vote in the comments!

melissa can have this puppy today if she chooses. she's a little unsure, and feeling a bit unsupported (probably joel's fault, sounds like craig's been really pulling his weight, i.e., puppy scouting). please vote in the poll above and let her know what you think is best.

just wanted a bear.

BLACKSBURG, S.C. -- A Blacksburg man accused of stealing a bear cub from an Upstate animal park is still in jail Wednesday. Meanwhile, his cousin says she took the bear from his home and brought it back to the zoo after he told her he had stolen it.
Investigators say Saturday night, John Chadwick Montgomery broke into Hollywild Animal park and absconded with Newell, a 7-month old black bear. Joy Crawford says Montgomery, her cousin, pulled up into her driveway on Sunday and told her he had stolen a bear.
"He said he just wanted a bear," says Crawford. (via)
i feel ya, sir. thx alexandria!
 
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