Month: February 2010

• February 25, 2010

  Thoughts on Captive Carnivores

  I want to start by saying I have been to SeaWorld twice in my life, once as a child and once as an adult (last spring). I have seen the show and the environment but am by no means an expert on whale behavior so please keep that in mind. That being said, for years…
• February 15, 2010

  Maui Whale Tails

  On Saturday, J and I flew to Maui to go whale watching. This sounds like a little bit crazy, especially since we didn’t spend the night, but Hawaiian Air offers reasonable prices for island hopping and it would’ve been expensive to stay somewhere on Maui, as it’s got a lot of resorts and things. Anyway,…
• February 8, 2010

  Adventures on the AFB Part Two!

  In which our Brave Heroine ventures once again onto Hickam Air Force Base in search of a Craft Store. Today I experienced the very best (I mean this both sarcastically and seriously) of military efficiency and helpfulness. Our story begins after lunch with J. We had to go by the ITT office to get aquarium…
• February 2, 2010

  Rainy Zoosday

  Today it is raining. Not the usual light drizzle for thirty minutes and then gone sort of rain, but the it’s going to pour all day long whether you like it or not sort of rain. This kind of rain is the kind that’s usually associated with a certain Irishman, whom I have yet to…
• February 1, 2010

  The Cat Hat

  The scene: Sunday evening, before dinner but after dark, and J and I are sitting on the couch, playing a game together on the xbox. We’ve been there a little while, maybe 45 minutes, and are having a good time with the (mostly) mindless game. Out of my peripheral vision, I see Leena jump to…