Male Magellan penguins Harry and Pepper have been together since 2003. The pair nested together and even incubated an egg laid by another penguin in 2008, but their relationship hit the rocks earlier this year when a female penguin, Linda, befriended Harry after her long-time companion died.
This did not go over well with Pepper, who became violent. The three penguins were separated for some time following the fight. more
I'm not sure what I fear - mosquitoes, rose thorns, snakes and sickly white borer beetles are all realistic possibilities. I am also afraid that I might step on Mr. Toad who sometimes has a beer with Mr. Nag on the patio. I once cut the leg off a toad when I was doing a bit of trimming. As you can imagine this resulted in hysteria and was perhaps the trigger for my acquired garden phobia. The worst and most delusional fear is that the body of one of the beloved spaniels we buried on the property will somehow rise to the surface and I'll be confronted with terrifying putrefaction.
This unique and charming exhibition, the first of its kind at any U.S. arts institution, charts the achievements of the Japanese tin-toy industry in the two decades following World War II. See more of The Yoku Tanaka Collection
Abominable.- If the kid starts making political statements then she is fair game. Wonder when she will have her first abortion.
- Daddy better keep an eye on that thug. I'd hate for Miss Obama to be punished with a child.
- They make me sick.... The whole family... mammy, pappy, the free loadin' mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin', and especially ‘lil cuz... This is not the America I want representin' my peeps.
The catalyst was my love of olives. The martini, for me, was primarily an olive delivery system. So naturally I gravitated towards what is termed the "Dirty Martini", or, as is aptly demonstrated in the comic above by the Mojo The Sock Monkey Eight-Panel Players, a martini with olive juice added. And maybe some trash. More at Bearskinrug
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Children's charity Action for Children turns 140 this year. These images show its early days, through the boys and girls it took off the streets, and the buildings it inhabited, right back to when Thomas Bowman Stephenson started it all in 1869.
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Laughter was prompted by the fact leaders were, once again, waiting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to show up and take his place for the official photo prior to today's crucial meetings on climate change.
His late arrival at the London G20 photo op in April had prompted jokes about his having been in the 'loo.' TheStar.com
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A rose I planted years ago with several others. Trees grew up around it and now it's all alone.
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Lovely lilies'This position interests me so much because it's a natural extension of my inclinations; I am a museum-goer, a visitor of artists' studios, a reader of books on art, an admirer of artists.'
'I enjoy preparing meals, reading about food and cooking, and writing about it, so working in this capacity would be a natural extension of a personal interest.'
'As a teacher, when I saw a spark of interest in a student − whatever source it arose from − I felt a natural inclination to encourage that spark.'
When Willard Psychiatric Center in New York's Finger Lakes closed in 1995, workers discovered hundreds of suitcases in the attic of an abandoned building. Many of them appeared untouched since their owners packed them decades earlier before entering the institution.
