Tripurpose Post

[ciroccoj]

1. Happy ♀'s Day! Even though it's almost over in my time zone, and has been over for most of the rest of the world for a while.
   
   
2. Happy Birthday bear! Bear-related stuff behind this link that I hope is OK to post because hey, I had no idea the panda had been re-beared, or that chocolate-covered bacon was even possible, let alone edible, although I had heard from numerous sources that Harry and Draco are hot together. Come to think of it, I believe I first heard it from bear! And then I heard it again. And again. And again. Possibly because she was still mad at me for having failed to succumb to the cosmic beauty of Orlando Bloom/Viggo Mortensen (sp) pleasedon'tkillmeifispelleditwrong and various other hairier-footed pairings. Though I did once read a fic with a very gay shirt. And another with, I believe, penguins.
   
   A fic about PENGUINS!! That's where I found a link to a story about gay penguins at a zoo! God, that's been bothering me for months.
   
   So yeah. Happy birthday, bear.
   
   
3. ...and I'm a little too spacey from choir practice and penguin-related epiphanies and lack of sleep to really want to bum myself out with the third purpose for this post. More on that tomorrow. It has to do with abortion and Bill Napoli.

Comments

[snarkhunter.livejournal.com]

Of *course* it's okay to link to me!

Re: the panda. I know! I was quite vexed when I discovered it had been re-beared, b/c it totally killed my theme of "things that are not bears," and I REALLY wanted to use the panda pic!

Apparently, according to the websites I read, genetic studies have clearly shown that the panda, formerly thought to be related to the raccoon and the red panda, is in fact a member of the bear family. Shocking, no?

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

b/c it totally killed my theme of "things that are not bears," and I REALLY wanted to use the panda pic!
LOL! OTOH, including it with explanation was both amusing and informative. And easy to use as a teachable moment!

Shocking, no?
Certainly has me scratching my head. How had they been classified as raccoons in the first place? It seemed such a counterintuitive thing to me that I figured it had to be right. Otherwise, what creature would be safe from erroneous classification? "Listen, foxes, you may look like canines, but let's call you felines instead. Cause you're little and cute that way. And rabbits, you may look like rodents, but we say you're a kind of sheep. And buffalo? You're not related to cows. Your closest relative is the crocodile. Yes, the crocodile."

"Many people believe that the whale is a fish. But it is not. It is an insect."

[ladystarstruck.livejournal.com]

WWAM!

I try not to think about SD too much these days.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

WWAM!
Yeah, no kidding. First thing I thought of.

I try not to think about SD too much these days.
Me too. Gives me the willies. And I consider myself to be a pro-life pro-choicer.

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Oh, gods, Bill Napoli. ::shudder:: Having had the fortune to visit Napoli, I utterly refuse to associate the name with that, that...::trails off into incoherent muttering::