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What am I giggling about?
January 17, 2013What am I reading?
January 16, 2013
Paper sculpture found at Hovercraft Doggy.
Also related – paper sculpture by Joel Cooper. Fascinating.
What am I tattoo Tuesday blogging?
January 15, 2013I was looking again at occupation-related tattoos. Believe it or not, I did not find any banker or stock broker tattoos (and if you have one, please let me know), but I did find these that are all about:
What am I sappy cat blogging?
January 11, 2013Brazil inmates train cat for prison break
A cat trained by prisoners to deliver cell phones and tools to dig tunnels was caught at a jail in northeastern Brazil after sneaking in with forbidden items strapped to its body.
“An agent saw the cat and went to look at it closely because something about it seemed wrong,” Marcelo Avelino, the head of the prison guards’ union, told the O Globo newspaper.
The agent found a bag tied to the animal’s body filled with saw blades and drill parts for concrete drilling and digging tunnels, along with a cell phone complete with battery and charger, Avelino added.
The cat had often been seen coming in and out of the Alagoas jail.
Prison officer Luiz de Oliveira Souza told the G1 news website that prisoners had raised the cat and that relatives would often take it home after a prison visit.
“We were very surprised by this new tactic of prisoners,” who trained the animal so that it returned to the prison and even managed to carry materials, the agent added.
FROM: http://www.france24.com/en/20130105-brazil-inmates-train-cat-prison-break
Thanks to HMS Defiant for the reference.
What’s new on tattoo Tuesday?
January 8, 2013These are baking-related tattoos – from simple line art to the ornate. Cupcakes seem to be very popular as tattoos as well as bakery items. I am impressed by the detail in the cake decorator’s tattoo and the simplicity of the whisk, finishing up with the exuberant, “Bake, Rattle and Roll!”
Whose birthday am I celebrating?
January 7, 2013Happy Birthday to Flash Gordon. This comic strip first appeared on January 7, 1934.
The comic strip follows the adventures of Flash Gordon, a handsome polo player and Yale graduate, and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. The story begins with Earth bombarded by fiery meteors. Dr. Zarkov invents a rocket ship to locate their place of origin in outer space. Half mad, he kidnaps Flash and Dale, whose plane has crashed in the area, and the three travel to the planet Mongo, where they discover the meteors are weapons devised by Ming the Merciless, evil ruler of Mongo.
Flash Gordon later appeared in movies and on television, as well as in the comics.
Credit for the comic strip and quote – Wikipedia.
What am I celebrating?
January 6, 2013
The Inuvik Sunrise Celebration – the annual celebration of the return of the sun after an absence of about 28 days. A bonfire and fireworks add to this celebration on the Saturday closest to the sunrise.
More about Inuvik at L’Encyclopedie canadienne.
What am I sappy cat blogging this time?
January 4, 2013Cats in Hats
Cmdr. Sam Vimes
I’m not sure who this is.
The dignified Baxter.
The stylish and trendy Pandora
What am I sappy cat blogging?
December 21, 2012It’s the Holiday Season! This one is not new, but just because it’s Christmas. . .
And a bonus – Happy, sleeping Sam Vimes
Gunsmoke and Knitting 