@ Ben:

Wales, Great Britain. Wild, in the tall grass near the B&B I was at. It was a slow worm, not one of these, so I'm not sure how many of the traits carry over. The only thing I know is the same is the eyelids. But as a slow worm is a legless lizard, and this is a legless lizard, and it's a fairly specific taxonomic group, I'd venture there's a lot of similarities between the two.

waders or not, I really wouldn't want to stand in a vat of preservative

If you touch them, they actually feel very different than snakes. They're not nearly as flexible and you can actually feel their vestigial legs under their skin. Weird creatures, but if you see them side-by-side in person, it's pretty easy to tell them apart from snakes.

I think it was a british special...for some reason I've found a lot more british stuff with laugh tracks. Not sure if they really have a lot more of a laugh-track love or if I'm just looking at the wrong things...

Regarding the video, I loved how the St. Paul weather forecaster just picked up and went with it. I'm pretty sure I couldn't have done that!

"Repairs to the F-111- one of 21 active jets - are expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars."

That sounds like no structural damage to me.

If you have the guts, try the XXX mustard at the mustard museum. Gotta love a mustard that's not recommended for use by pregnant women and those with heart problems, and tells you to seek medical attention if you accidentally get it in your eyes ;)

I quite like it...it looks very delicate, and the vertebral column accents are lovely.

Gak.

We did that in inorganic chem. Was fun until the entire lab stank of iodine.

that's gonna be one goopy, smelly mess.

I'm not sure, but there' a very unsettling aspect about a little boy having a relationship with a female worm.

Ah, the curiosities of a chameleon...so beautiful. In the wild, male panther chameleons stand out vibrantly or less vibrantly, depending on their mood, but they almost always stand out. I'm sure there are other species of chameleon like that too, but I only have experience with panthers. :P They're amazing creatures.

whoa!

That's interesting swimmey. Only issue I've seen is a lot of things with zinc oxide make my face get a really weird rosacea-type rash...

Sid- quite agreed. Small cars are really the only things that will work out in the countryside. When I went over there last, there was a traffic jam with a herd of cows. A bit surprising for us to see such a large herd of non-sheep creatures. The farmer evidently knew we were not from the area and asked us to kindly turn off our headlights because his cows for some reason get spooked by them. Interesting trip, really.