I went down to the navy base on Whidbey Island yesterday. My dad and I watched the growlers and EP-3s take off and land.
My dad used to be a navigator in EP-3s, so he told me all about them. It was really cool.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Micheal Jackson is Dead
It's on the news right now.
I'm amazed it took this long. Updates to follow, I guess, if the damn news channel keeps interrupting my normal programming.
UPDATE: You know who I feel bad for? The Paramedic who had to administer CPR.
I'm amazed it took this long. Updates to follow, I guess, if the damn news channel keeps interrupting my normal programming.
UPDATE: You know who I feel bad for? The Paramedic who had to administer CPR.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Tarantula
A few weeks ago I was offered a geriatric tarantula named Harry. I spent hours poring over books from the library before accepting the 21-year-old Chilean Rose Haired tarantula.
That's right: my tarantula is old enough to order a beer.
According to the books and my eyes, the tarantula is a female as opposed to a male... I'm just gonna call her Harriet. Problem solved.
She's very well-behaved and will sit perfectly still in my hand when I hold her. She eats crickets every so often and spends the days waltzing around her terrarium in no real hurry.
Admittedly, I am afraid of being bitten. All tarantulas have venom, but hers would not cause me any more injury than a wasp sting. I fear the mechanical pain of the bite- her fangs are massive. Because of this mild worry, I go out of my way to make her comfortable and happy and stress-free. In 21 years, her previous owner informed me, she's never bitten anyone. And Harriet was held a LOT. She was a classroom pet in an elementary school where children were permitted to hold her. Yikes. I guess that makes me a nursing home to, as I said, geriatric tarantulas.
That's right: my tarantula is old enough to order a beer.
According to the books and my eyes, the tarantula is a female as opposed to a male... I'm just gonna call her Harriet. Problem solved.
She's very well-behaved and will sit perfectly still in my hand when I hold her. She eats crickets every so often and spends the days waltzing around her terrarium in no real hurry.
Admittedly, I am afraid of being bitten. All tarantulas have venom, but hers would not cause me any more injury than a wasp sting. I fear the mechanical pain of the bite- her fangs are massive. Because of this mild worry, I go out of my way to make her comfortable and happy and stress-free. In 21 years, her previous owner informed me, she's never bitten anyone. And Harriet was held a LOT. She was a classroom pet in an elementary school where children were permitted to hold her. Yikes. I guess that makes me a nursing home to, as I said, geriatric tarantulas.
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