7549 - I like every ape I see...from chimpan-a to chimpan-z

[scottobear]

I wonder where the burrow-dwelling critters go when south Florida gets really wet? Snakes, turtles, frogs, crabs, rabbits, chipmunks, armadillos, moles ...I suspect that living in a hole isn't always great survival strategy here.

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Sky High looks like it'll be cute. Kurt Russell makes for a good Superhero-dad, I think. Some kids in the hall alumni, and Lynda Carter, too. Looks like it'll be a fun, goofy movie to take up the slack that I think FF will create.

Danny went to see Fantastic Four yesterday, but I haven't heard his review yet. Ebert wasn't crazy about it.

I've held a long-standing suspicion that it's going to be pretty low on the superhero movie totem pole.

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Your Career Type: Investigative

You are precise, scientific, and intellectual. Your talents lie in understanding and solving math and science problems. You would make an excellent: Architect - Biologist - Chemist Dentist - Electrical Technician - Mathematician Medical Technician - Meteorologist - Pharmacist Physician - Surveyor - Veterinarian The worst career options for your are enterprising careers, like lawyer or real estate agent.

What's Your Ideal Career?

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Moment of Lyric: (mp3)

Chimpanzee 1: Help! The human's about to escape.
Troy: Get your paws off me, you dirty ape!
Chimpanzee 2: (gasp) He can talk!
Orangutans: He can talk! He can talk! He can talk!
Troy: I can sinnnnnnnnnnng!
Chimp Nurse: Oooh! Help me, Dr. Zaius!



Speaking of which - Check out this awesome planet of the Apes resource.. including coloring books!

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Good grief... world's ugliest dog. Not "so ugly, he's cute" either. Not for the easily spooked.

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It amazes me that so many people who know right from wrong choose to do the bad thing. They know that what they're going to do is going to hurt someone, isn't honest or kind, and won't make anything better in any way aside from filling an immediate desire or craving.

I'm talking about on a large scale, too.. not just self abuse like smoking a cigarette, or eating a french fry. If you hurt only yourself, well, that's your right. People who cheat, steal, and deliberately hurt others because they want something, usually *right now*.

I wonder what usually sets off that sense of justification for doing unkind things? Some kind of entitlement? The thrill of doing something bad? No thought at all of consequences, and just living for the moment?

Those are all pretty screwed up.

I'm glad that I feel that most people don't act that way... but there are a whole lot of those other folks, too.

Come to think of it, there are a lot of gullible people out there, as well.

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I heard a factoid that one in seven adults in the USA has a tattoo. So.. there are more people with tattoos than there are gay folk (from 1-10%, depending on who you ask)? More tattooed folk than Black? That seems rather high. I'd like to see the breakdown on that.... if one person has two tattoos, do they count twice?

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I've seen someone try to steal a bike, and when they couldn't have it, they bent one of the wheels, so the owner wouldn't be able to ride off with it, either. I suspect a case of "well, if I can't have it, nobody can".

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Medical History of the Presidents of the United States - Taft had quite a record.

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Some people are like slinkies ..
Not really good for anything,
But they still bring a smile to your face
When you push them down a flight of stairs.

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1 year ago - thermo-issues, helping cockeyed find spammers

2 years ago - bro, health, monkey, sun-sentinel cam, clown lovin'.

3 years ago - hard rain, dream thoughts, tests, IM spam

4 years ago - evil news, louche, fill in the blank, gush, insane beautiful people journal nonsense (he's now suspended)

5 years ago - Mr. Rogers, April hassles, H is pregnant with B's kid, inevitable slippery, mootpoint adds me to his reading list

Comments

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I'll buy that, given the university area, etc, but I have to wonder if the statistic's numbers were skewed by where the people were polled, or number of tats, etc.

Most folks I know that have gotten ink have more than one.

I'd think that the counts are higher in less conservative areas... I suspect the more conservative folks with body art are either ex-military or extremists (like skinheads etc).

I've dated more girls with tattoos than without, to th epoint where I find it to be a pleasant change of pace when I'm with someone that *doesn't* have something added cosmetically.

I wonder how long before tats hit critical mass, and the cool kids think it's passe, or even overly trendy to have one?

[i.livejournal.com]

i doubt they counted more than one tattoo on a person. there are too many people with dozens of them. you might end up with an even larger percentage.

tattoos seem to be just a fashion choice around here. if someone wants to look really far out, they pierce stuff.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Even piercings are pretty common in this neck of the woods.

I wonder what's next? Prehensile tails would be pretty cool.

[i.livejournal.com]

lip plates? (http://faculty.coloradomtn.edu/jeschofnig/mursi2a.jpg)

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

anything's possible!