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Huh! You finish a ‘no politics’ week with a shot of a reptile ?!?

That’s not a reptile reptile, UB. That’s Sid. We’ve been introduced, for cryin’ out loud! Totally different thing, if you ask me.

A venomous serpent in England? What’s it called?

Oh, the common Adder. I thought that was a clerk…

Weirdness alert!

I posted my comment, and first I get a wordpress message telling me “you already said that” (seriously). I backtrack and now I see my post with the “click to edit/request deletion” options (which sometimes I see, sometimes I don’t) but with a countdown clock!

How very odd. I don’t know what it means, but, huh. There it is.

And now, no countdown clock. I guess I was only special for 2 minutes and 31 seconds.

No where near as dangerous as those half-adders.

Well, since it’s protected, a half-adder will bring swarms of hippies, bureaucrats, and lawyers. Far more dangerous than a simple snake in the grass.

Egad, but Sid has long ring fingers~!

Sid’s a lesbian?!

What a great photo, though Sid seems somewhat annoyed. Must be camera shy.

Sid’s a little peeved that the photographer scared off lunch.

Hmmm Londstan town is Burning Down!
It would just take a spark …

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-06-01/bnp-to-stage-rally-in-london/

Sid resembles our California Alligator lizard, a nasty tempered little critter which will bite the crap out of you. Buddy the Cat brings one in every now again just to see us get the willies.

JWM

Unfortunately, one of the snakes is both poisonous and protected.

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Poison is ingested. Venom is injected.
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Snake eater?

Pedant! *shakes fist*

Around here, we get lots of venomous snakes. Mostly the Western Diamondback Rattler (Crotalus Atrox), but a few Mojave Rattlers (Crotalus Scutalus) too. Those are damned dangerous, neuro-toxin in the venom like young rattlers all have, but most lose at adulthood.

The Mojave keeps it. Most easily identified by the slightly greenish tint.

I did eat a rattlesnake once, though. I’m sure I’ve told the story. We killed it in the front yard and Mother made us eat it.

We get tree lizards up to about a foot or so long. About as big around as a Snickers bar. . .

http://www.sibleynaturecenter.org/photoessays/scurrycowildlife/21.jpg

I like reptiles, actually. I have a general rule of thumb that I like animals that eat other animals I hate. Since I mostly hate bugs, that means I like reptiles, most birds, and spiders.

The reptiles I see most often around here are geckos and green anoles (a couple of which were mating on my bedroom window last weekend). I also see the occasional skink and brown anole. Plus, snakes. I had a cool juvenile Western Coachwhip living in my back yard for a while. They’re non-venomous and they eat cottonmouth eggs, so I was in favor of keeping him around. They’re also rare-ish in this area. Sadly, he moved out at some point.

They just taste better!

Oh, and breaking inside info …

NZDF comms have been broken and given to the media. It appears that spies even have a conscience.

Details of NZDF Afghan personnel slaughtered captured POWs and civilians.
Going to hopefully BLOW!

‘I also see the occasional skink and brown anole.’

Are you a semi-retired gynaecologist?

I watched a pair of pigeons either mating or fighting on top of a telegraph pole this morning from my study window.

I came to the conclusion that if we applied human laws to pigeons then our prisons would be brimming with them. Lifting weights in the yard, shanking rival gang members, learning The Law via correspondence.

Farnsworth Strikes Again!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/conrad-farnsworth-nuclear-reactor_n_3371813.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

The only thing I’m an utter pussy about is spiders. So yesterday, I opened a can of chili, dumped it in a bowl, and a freaking HUGE spider popped out of the chili and started struggling out of it. Shee-it.

It had been in the bowl, I guess.

Damn.

And guess who is Spider Remover in Chief?

It’s a spider. How much could it possibly eat?

Oh, and Tony Blair now says there’s “a problem with Islam“.

Really, Tone? Figured that out on your own, did you?

Chili from a can? I can’ even…

Most likely a Panama Brown Chili Spider. Did it have eight legs and a creepy look to it? Thats it.

I think it looks like some immigrants in the UK, cold and evil!

Scorpions. I’ve killed two recently. Actually only one. The first was so big I woke up Husband to come kill it. All he had was a .38 but that worked.

Nah. The truth is that the scorpion ran under the dressing table in my bathroom, and the dust bunnies stopped him cold. Husband took him out with an Allen Edmonds wing tip. The other one was already dying when I found him (also in my bathroom) so I scooped him up with the dust pan and flushed him.

I’ve since bought a spray foam hole filler that’s also an insecticide, so maybe it will slow them down.

Welp, looks like a new Dead Pool™ this friday, yeah?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/03/frank-lautenberg-dead-at-89/

Who be “M”??
Anyhoo, congrats and good riddance to Frank.

I feel so guilty … as soon as I see the news I rush right over here to see if there was a winner.

“Comment from m
Time: May 10, 2013, 11:10 pm

Senator Lautenberg”

Here in my Red corner of True Blue NJ, it’s Happy Day. With respect. But Happy Day nonetheless.

I’ve had him for most of the dead pools. Someone snaked him from me for a couple. So I stole him back….

It’s a new chance for this poor state….it’s not all blue, just the most urban (and populated) areas.

Comment from m
Time: June 3, 2013, 3:27 pm

It’s a new chance for this poor state….it’s not all blue, just the most urban (and populated) areas.

Don’t celebrate too soon. The expectations at the political sites are that Christie will appoint another corrupt Leftist, probably a registered Democrat but maybe a RINO, and with high odds on Cory Booker to take Booker out of the running against Christie for the Governor’s race.

This is New Jersey. *sigh*

Subotai Bahadur

What about Jean Stapleton? Did anybody have her?

Really cool image… Love it..