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happy bday penguin!!! - Sir Shuping is just sir

Happy birthday! <3 - Jennifer Dittrich

:( So sorry LB. - Me

I'm sorry :[ - esther

"You might not think it to look at them, but prairie dogs and humans actually share an important commonality -- and it's not just their complex social structures, or their habit of standing up on two feet (aww, like people). As it turns out, prairie dogs actually have one of the most sophisticated forms of vocal communication in the natural world, really not so unlike our own." - esther from Bookmarklet

After more than 25 years of studying the calls of prairie dog in the field, one researcher managed to decode just what these animals are saying. And the results show that praire dogs aren't only extremely effective communicators, they also pay close attention to detail. - esther

I tend to like it even more than arte.tv. It's getting better and better. - esther from Bookmarklet

What is that? I haven't come across it yet. Sounds really interesting. :-) - Maitani

(Picture is more or less unrelated.) Yes, it's a long list, but you should have seen the first draft that got away. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from Bookmarklet

Welcome to Goodreads! - Anne Bouey

In group, I was talking about how afraid I am of losing my breast, and in the middle of me whining about it, she bursts out and says, "But you'll have another big breast left. You could make two from that." She was DEAD serious. The group leader shushed her, but I got what she meant. She will be dead in three months or less. I won't. - Monique the crochet freak

Momo, girl, I'm so sorry to hear this. Somehow I missed it on fb. You got this girl. You so got this. Sending you lots of love and hugs! xoxo <3 - Carmen

Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair With Ivory skin and eyes of em'rald green Your smile is like a breath of spring your voice is soft like summer rain And I cannot compete with you Jolene - مرگ بر خامنه ای ☮ درویش

+ - محسن گل محمدی

"Rene Mesman is a photographer based in Amsterdam with a perfect eye for detail. Besides interiors, advertisements, and a intriguing series of people in Kosovo, he also creates still life and a series of still life pictures with taxidermy. He gives birds a perfect hairdo and thereby a human appearance. Or is it, in fact, a new species?" - esther from Bookmarklet

alireza :)) - پَـرسان

"What do they say?" the priest asked. - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

LOL! - esther

I'm starting to think that my host might be locking me out for some reason. I'm working on trying to develop a new WordPress theme, and, after a while (I haven't kept close enough track to know whether it's a specific number of uploads, a specific number of page reloads, etc.) I can't get to the site anymore. Then, after another period of time (seems to be about 30 minutes), it starts working again. This is not cool. - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE

Yeah, my host did indicate that this is part of the hardening process for the WP attacks. What's weird, though, is that they told me it should have only been triggered after unsuccessful logins; and I've been successfully logging in on the first try each time. I wonder if the Network Privacy plugin I have installed on this site is doing something weird to trigger the ban. - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE

"Modern interpretations of the traditional archetype, Rocking Morevive Dark Horse revisit the rocking toys that we all cherished as kids! Each applies a touch of classic styling to a ultramodern form with abstract shapes and materials like carbon fiber. With interchangeable heads, they’re even customizable for role playing other characters!" - esther from Bookmarklet

You guys never miss an opportunity to make me laugh :D - esther

That was sooo London or the UK at least for the most part, I recognised the architecture, but a few looked completely foreign, like those ruins, couldn't suss their locations, unless they too are in the UK somewhere? - Halil

The skills, flexibility, agility, and the like are admirable and worth at least a partial endeavoring. - Lit

What do you mean, I can't go walking in the rain?!? :( - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Hey, Val. :) - Steven Perez

"While the beer brand Dos Equis can proudly proclaim that they have "The Most Interesting Man in the World," in the bird world, the mustache sporting Inca Tern easily takes that title (just substitute "bird" for "man"). Found along the rocky Pacific coastline, from northern Peru south to central Chile, the uniquely plumaged bird is easily recognizable for its dark grey body, its red-orange beak and feet and, of course, that curling white mustache." - esther from Bookmarklet

Doctor Watson! - Veruska

Mwah! Funny to see what non-Germans "like" about this language :D - esther from Bookmarklet

I think "Strumpf" amuses me the most - esther

"Children went to work after their sixth birthday. The Industrial Rev­olution did not invent child labor, but it did expand and systematize the exploitation of the very young. The reign of George III saw a rising trade in orphans and pauper children, collected from the parish workhouses of London and Birmingham, who were shipped off in thousands to the new industrial centers of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lancashire." - MoTO #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

:/ - esther

Hate when that happens. Friday evening: sharp pains with every steps. Saturday morning, no pain, but after grocery shopping I get discomfort/pain when I walk barefoot. Baby the feet the rest of the day. In the evening, barefoot again, discomfort growing into pain again. Realize that Immediate Care doesn't open till morning. Sunday morning: no pain. And I waffle between "but it hurt last night" and "but maybe it won't hurt today" and "but what if it hurts a lot today and then you can't get a podiatrist appointment on Monday and you make it worse the more you walk on it" and and and… and decide to go to Immediate Care anyway. X-rays show no stress fracture. Yay, I guess. But now I feel silly. So I guess I'll keep walking normally but won't do the fast walking at the track nor the stationary bike for a few days, at least, and see if this mystery pain goes away. I should get re-acquainted with the upper-body machines. - Betsy #TeamMonique

I got that ten years ago. Suddenly, I couldn't walk in the morning because of the pain. I started using Dr. Scholl's Tri something or other from the drugstore, and it worked well enough that I went from not being able to walk to starting to run a few months later and finishing the Chicago Marathon a year after the pain started. I have since switched to Superfeet. I swear by them. (It... more... - Betsy #TeamMonique

It's one of those times where you might wish you had at least an optical copy of your data. Not that it will do much good if your computer or optical media reader is fried. - Victor Ganata

It's a topic on the Lifeboat list - esther

answers on a postcard ;-) (i bet the Americans don't get that) - Halil

I'm trying to do a mini walk (around the block at a quick pace ~5-10 mins) 1 day before going on treadmill for ~10 mins and just walk 1 day. I haven't actually started to jog yet, trying to build up myself for that so I don't keel over having a heart attack in the middle of the street! Thanks for that advice though about a post protein snack. - Halil

"But the elderly lady managed to repel the attack: "I kicked the Komodo on one its front legs with all my strength, it was only one kick but it made the Komodo let go of my hand, then I screamed for help." Haisah, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, spoke to AFP through her son who translated the locally spoken language into Indonesian. Her wrist was seriously wounded during Tuesday's attack in her small village and she needed a total of 35 stitches at the hospital in the nearby town of Labuan Bajo, said her son. "I'm doing fine now. I hope my hand will return to normal so that I can make brooms again," she said, adding limited movement had returned to her hand after it was initially paralysed." - SteVe C from Bookmarklet

That's pretty impressive as far as law breaking goes. There are only 35 in captivity in North America and they die pretty easily due to infection. Those are some dedicated, fearless, amateur herpetologists. They must have paid a fortune to get one. - Mary Carmen

"The unusually large hive was discovered by local police officers after they had received numerous calls from concerned members of the community regarding large numbers of wasps swarming around an uninhabited house in San Sebastián de La Gomera. After breaking into the abandoned building they were shocked to discover a giant wasp nest in the hallway that experts say is home to millions of aggressive stingers. Measuring no less than 7 meters in size, the gargantuan structure doesn’t seem to have been built by the common type of wasp found in European gardens, but by an invasive species that must have migrated from Africa." - esther from Bookmarklet

Looks like cotton candy. Mmm. - Mo Kargas

(unrelated) - esther from Bookmarklet

The strength of a man is determined by his wealth of understanding from the knowledge he upholds. ;-) - ᏓᏰ #team Monique from iPhone

"Under Pomet's treatment, even more conventional animals are rendered with awe for their supposed healing properties. In the illustrations, which are attributed to the engraver Jean Crepy, they take on a mythic quality" - esther from Bookmarklet

good old days. - grizabella

Glad he is okay and you got in and out pretty easily! - Rachel Lea Fox

*whispers to Sammy: tell your Dad only ice cream and your favorite movies and books will heal your toe - and maybe a special new toy* - Laura Norvig from iPhone

:( - Anne Bouey

Thanks, Halil. So far, so good. - Brent Schaus

"GUYS A PUDDLE A PUDDLE YOU GUYS IT’S A PUDDLE HEY GUYS IT’S A PUDDLE" - esther from Bookmarklet

They eat my sunflowers... *sob* - MoTO #TeamMonique from Android

'tis just a scratch! :D - esther

You cycle through Minas Tirith? I didn't even know they had trains in Middle Earth :-) - Le Slip Anglais from Android

:) - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

The blue/white makes me think of Greece. *sigh* - esther

I'm not a fan of colourful fashion, but I loved this - esther from Bookmarklet

"A new type of tarantula about the size of your face has been found in northern Sri Lanka. Scientists found the spiders — with a leg span up to 8 inches across — living in trees and the old doctor’s quarters of a hospital in Mankulam." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

I took a nap a little while ago, and (after reading/seeing this first thing this morning) I had a dream that one of these was skittering around my living room, but staying just out of sight. I'd only catch a glimpse of it as it disappeared behind the sofa or some such. (So thanks alot Imabonehead!) - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ