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Category Archive: animals
Jun 03
Caught in the (Snake) Oil
“I’d like my life back.” –Tony Hayward: BP, CEO “Drill, baby, drill.” -Sarah Palin “We’ll employ new technologies that reduce the impact of oil exploration. We’ll protect areas vital to tourism, the environment and our national security. And we’ll be guided not by political ideology, but by scientific evidence. That’s why my administration will consider …
May 03
Mum For the Child of a Mammoth
That’s an old Soviet cartoon about a baby mammoth who somehow avoids extinction then looks for it’s mom. Worth watching just for the swinging soundtrack. In other wooly mammoth news, scientists have discovered that these ancient beasts had a form of antifreeze in their blood. What’s next? Will they soon tell us what unicorn horns …
May 01
Meat Without Murder
Scientists say that they’re about ten years away from being able to produce meat without slaughtering animals. They can actually do it now but there’s a minor problem: It currently takes about a million dollars to produce a single hamburger. So it’s a luxury item. But improvements in manufacturing should lower the price. The first …
Nov 28
Humane Society Traps/Mummifies Cat
pic nicked from here. A cat was trapped at The Humane Society then no one checked the trap. So the cat died. Its mummified remains were discovered the other day. That happened to me once with a mouse and a live trap. I set the thing then forgot all about it. But that mouse made …
Sep 28
Summer is Gone
But it was never really here in the first place. What a lot of rain and chill we had! Anyway, just a picture of me in the backyard on one of the few nice days. With me is a good friend (the dog) and a sworn enemy (the cat). I know many of you might …
Sep 05
Superdogs Are Everywhere (They're All 10s!!!)
Superdogs Are Everywhere (They’re All 10s) from Ryan Oakley on Vimeo.
- Author (Aurora Award Shortlisted, Technicolor Ultra Mall)
- Blogger (Obviously)
- Critic (Various Places, Various Things)
- Speaker (Panels, contest judge, etc.)
- One of Toronto's 12 Most Stylish (Toronto Life)
- Futurist (The weather will be . . .)
- Husband (Over two years now.)
- Worker (Cause writing is glamour.)
- Dandy (But probably not how you mean it.)
- Contact ( ryan dot oakley at gmail dot com)
