The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
Alex Teuscher photographs captive animals in black and white, producing dark, atmospheric portraits
Usually regarded as one of the more challenging forms of photography, Wildlife photography requires technical skills and a fair amount of luck to be in the right place at the right time.
Today, I heard about mushroom management for the first time:
“Well, first they cultivated us;
then they kept us in the dark;
then they fed us a lot of crap;
and then they canned us.”
UPDATE Birdshit management!
Oldie, but goodie:
Heaven is where the police are British, the lovers French, the mechanics German, the chefs Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the mechanics French, the chefs British, and it is all organized by the Italians.
Gelukkige Verjaarsdag عيد ميلاد سعيد Moltes Felicitats 生日快樂 Hyvää syntymäpäivää Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Χρόνια Πολλά! જન્મ દિન મુબારક जन्मदिन मुबारक हो qoSlIj DatIvjaj تولدت مبارک С днём рождения! Nakutakia mema kwa siku yako ya kuzaliwa! Grattis på födelsedagen Bork! Bork! Bork! สุขสันต์วันเกิด Doğum günün kutlu olsun א פריילעכן געבורצטאָג
I was listening to some music on my ipod and a song made me think of Crazy German Girl. It happens once in a while, and sometimes I wonder what she’s up to and if she’s happy. She was a really close friend once, and I’ve always had a lingering malaise at how we broke things off. This time, something in the cosmic balance made me send her an olive branch email and see what happens from there.
I got this back from her:
Hi Richard. Looooong forgotten, no need for a lingering malaise. Don’t take it personally, but I’m not interested in staying in touch.
So yeah, I won’t take it personally ;)
UPDATE: It gets better :) About 20 minutes later, I get this:
fyi i am sure we went through this same exchange at least once. maybe delete my email addresses…
A quick look through all of my gmail would seem to disprove that. I don’t remember it, if it happened.
UPDATE 2: So, 3 hours after the last email, to which I didn’t respond to, I see this in my inbox:
So I just looked through my inbox. You contacted me previously with similar reconcile/stay-in-touch request. As per my previous email of this morning, if you can please delete my email addresses in your contacts and/or refrain from using them in the future.
Katy says that I already have a neurotic woman in my life and I don’t need another one. I have to concur. So, as per her wishes, I will delete all traces of Crazy German Girl from my email and contacts.
Have a good life, Tina; hope you allow yourself be happy.
FINAL EDIT: Best facebook comment on this post:
Somehow immediately this pictures comes up in my mind:
This pretty much sums up Katy and myself.
