#6285 Dr. Who, Mail, Ellies, Pods, and so on.

[scottobear]

Dr Who is 40 years old. Somehow, it seems not as aged and even older at the same time, so I guess it balances out.

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Newton has discovered that whenever he touches silver objects, he'll get a treat. That's all well and good for tapping the treat bag next to the monitor... but he's also taken to patting the remote control to the TV, my digital camera, and my palmtop cradle. What's worse is that I reinforce this behavior because I say to him "Oh, looking for a snack?" and then give him a could of kibbles from the hidden treat-pouch.

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Had a nice time with my sweetie last night, and the special on Kandula was really nicely done...adorable footage, and a lot of useful information. Interesting to me is that they aired it practically on his second birthday (Nov 25th). I was really impressed at the amount of tolerance Shanthi (his mother) had for humans, and for artificial insemination. More Kandula Info Elephant cam inside & outside More Egyptian stuff coming in the first week of December, and I'm already quite enthused about that.

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I got some delightful treats from oneeyed and sedef! A stamp, Frankincense (not crack rock!) assorted teas, sage, cinnamon (un-ground) and some coins... and a very spiffy 30 min Home-movies in Dubai VCD. It's so nice to see that whole family cruising around and having fun. (A lot of silly singing of Queen.. and Dr. Falafel the tooth-pulling incident. The whole crew is really adorable...and family intestinal issues) A lot of the outdoor scenes look like Florida, save for the gigantic shisha store, inverted cones of meat and such. All of the treats are so nice... and Newt is crazy for some scent in there.. think it's the cinnamon. Thank you so much!

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Sometimes I like the idea of living in a pod. (I figure if I can't own the domain, at least someone else has something cool there.)

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I'd like to visit the showing of Tokyo: The Imperial Capital... it just started showing this week at the Wolfsonian in Miami. The prints have a good, solid feel to them, and I'd like to see them up close and personal.

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Well, groceries are restocked, bills are sent out, my pt taken care of, light office duty is going well, and it's time for lunch! Not too shabby for a Monday! Until later, dear journal.

Comments

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

"patting the remote control to the TV, my digital camera, and my palmtop cradle"

Haha! :D I would like to see that.

I looked up other times that Kandula is playing this week, thank you! A year or so ago, you posted a link to an excerpt from a book on msnbc.com about the way Elphies communicate without us hearing it. I bought the book. Anytime I mention it to others about what the book says, I get "They do notttt." :::snicker::: ;)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I still haven't decided if Newt patting stuff is his way of training me to get him goodies, or just testing to see if all the stuff has treats inside.

if the ellie-non-believers give you any guff, you can slip 'em this website -

http://birds.cornell.edu/brp/EleInfrasound.html

Sweetalyssm first put me onto that bit of information ages ago, and it's still a fascinating subject to me.

[sedefendendo.livejournal.com]

i am hoping to see the kandula special this week. sounds great.
so glad it arrived. tacky video and all, all told the tacky part lasted just a few seconds, but is ever imprinted in your mind. poor hima.
anywho, you are very welcome, very small things, but picked out, one by one, by me and ishka, as to what we thought you would find interesting........ so small stuff, sent with much thought and hopes of making you smile, or giggle..

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

they were all wonderful, and very thoughtful, thank you again, so much!

smiles abound. :)