uh huh. Those totally don't don't sound like explanations that were chosen to shoe-horn a little christianity in to existing customs. Right.

A long time ago, I helped a Polish man travel in the US. He spoke almost no English, but knew German. Back then, I spoke some German, so I translated for him to the flight attendants. When we arrived in Chicago, I had the honor of calling his son and announcing that Papa had arrived.

people that don't like pigeons are turds.

I'm a vet tech at a cat clinic and I assist with these same procedures on domestic cats two or three times a week. It's fascinating to see how similar it is for big cats. It's not super unusual for cats to pause breathing when you first put them under (though it's more common in dogs), but it's always unnerving or downright alarming when it's not just a pause. On an animal as old as that lion, you would ideally want to do a full exam and bloodwork before anesthetizing him to make sure he doesn't have kidney, heart, or lung problems that would make anesthesia dangerous. Unfortunately, you can't do that with animals that have so much potential to injure you, like big or extremely angry cats.

Someone is dicing onions in here....

Reminding me of a funny bit on the old radio comedy "Life of Riley". There was a character called Digger O'Dell, the friendly undertaker. When he would leave, he said, "...well, I better be shoveling off."

I don't want to brag or anything, but I've lived through like 5 end of the worlds by now.

I can count to potato!

ok, anyone else think it looks like the tigers are trying to make more beanie babies?

I was going to make a crack about this chocolate, but it wasn't a very hole-some joke.