Tag: beda
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Confessions of a Cat Owner
I feel the need to share something. You have to promise not to judge me. Here goes. Caspian and I share a hairbrush. Okay, I feel better having admitted it. Caspian has always been the type that wants to participate in everything, be it folding laundry or making dinner, but his favorite thing to participate…
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Tetanus shots: the way I REALLY feel
So, I really hate getting tetanus shots. In fact, getting the b0osters makes me downright mad. Y’know why? Because if you are ever in any kind of accident or experience any trauma, they make you get another one. WHY do I need to get a new one every 5 years if you’re going to make…
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Random Doctor Who Commentary
I put these together in short form last night, but now I’m going to expand them a little… My random thoughts about the Season 6 opener. Some things will be vague so I don’t spoil things if you haven’t seen it. The new monsters are soooo creepy, and I love it. My favorite type of…
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Friday night zombies
So the “Meet an animal” will have to wait one more day because it’s late and I haven’t had time to write it today…. so instead I’ll tell you about the night game we play on Fridays. It’s pretty much a zombie apocalypse scenario game where there is a zombie (or a pair of zombies,…
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More about monkeys
Today I got to observe the annual health exams of the zoo’s seven spider monkeys. It was pretty interesting. They all lost (on average) 25% of their body weight, which is good because they were on a new diet (their former diet had made them all gain a lot of weight). I also took my…
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Adventures on base, part 3
Today I had a doctor’s appointment to find out if I needed any vaccines to go to the Philippines later this year, so I drove onto base and got there about ten minutes early… only to hear a strange alarm sounding and a man in uniform blocking the entrance to the clinic. I rolled down…
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Monkeying Around
[edited to add photos] Today the schedule at the zoo was completely disrupted by tree trimmers beside the tiger exhibits, so the tigers couldn’t go outside so we couldn’t clean inside so we had an extra hour on our hands. So I suggested we flood the spider monkey exhibit. This turned out to be excellent…
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Milk Fail
Today I fail at milk. This morning I made tea and put it in my travel mug and drove to the zoo and was gone 8 hours… and when I got home I found the brand new carton of milk that I opened for the tea this morning sitting on the counter. Expanded. And warm.…
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Old Photographs
It’s funny how there seems to be a point in the lifespan of a friendship when you start to reminisce. Usually with photos. I’ve been wondering how long you have to be friends with someone (or if there are specific experiences you have to share) before you can really reminisce. Tonight, though, I was reminded…
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Fall Habits Die Hard
It’s a funny thing that you go to school every fall for the first 18 plus years of your life and then you wake up one day and school is done. I mean, not for teachers and professors, but school is different for them, too. It’s a hard rhythm to break and it’s enough to…
Joanna Volavka 