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After four days on the road, I caught an early flight home on Friday. I now have a standard for Friday afternoons off: Go get allergy shot Have lunch at Meatheads (they are doing serious business at lunchtime) Go home and listen to this… Continue Reading “General Update Post”
One year ago, a Double Yellow Amazon Parrot named Maxi came to the Rescue with an African Grey named Shadow. They were both in rather small cages and Shadow was something of a feather plucker. This is his intake picture. You wouldn’t recognize him… Continue Reading “Sometimes, There Is Good News”
This is an Animal Planet story about Dr. Pepperberg’s continuing research with Griffin, the African Grey parrot. It seems to be narrated by Shatner:
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary has a been setting up local networks to spread the word about pets in need and rescue groups that need a hand. Today I received an e-mail about Roxie, a dog in foster care that needs a home and I… Continue Reading “Best Friends Notice”
Friday afternoon, my nerves were shot from the worst week at work ever. Although I am absolutely one of those “we who are employed should count our damn blessings” types. So I went over to the Refuge and brought home another foster bird. This… Continue Reading “Maxi”
I had a most craptacular day. Then PJ and Fred started making out. So I took a picture. And now I am going to do my homework.
The Animal Rescue Site is running its Vote for Your Favorite Shelter thing again. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary always wins, but the top prizes aren’t awarded to the same shelter more than once a year, so we might have a shot at a state… Continue Reading “Animal Rescue Site Contest”
I spent the better part of the summer complaining about my house, the mold in my house, and the cost of removing the mold in my house. Then last week, I saw some of the reports coming out of Georgia and thought it was… Continue Reading “Counting Blessings”
Somehow I missed that Rich Weiner, the Executive Director at the Refuge, was on WGN News. Dina Baird interviewed him. And it seems that Marley the Macaw pooped on her. http://wgntv.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf
That “Book Club Bundle” idea seems to have worked. Once anyway. A group of four used copies of Cold Mountain for $2.50 (and we included information on some websites for discussion questions) took about a week to sell. Unfortunately, while we have two copies… Continue Reading “It Seems to Have Worked”
The Next Dark Age 