Archive for July, 2004
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
Four sets of eyeballs…
Clockwise from top: Wednesday, Olive, Simon, and Mojo.
The container they are all starting at holds a rather angry ‘cicada killer’ wasp, which looks like a 2″ hornet. Saved the wasp from the dogs (or vice versa?).
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
Judge Convicts Vet Of Killing Neighbor’s Dog
FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge in Fort Worth Tuesday convicted a veterinarian of animal cruelty for killing a miniature dachshund with a log-splitting mallet.
Mircea Volosen is accused of beating his neighbor’s miniature dachshund to death with a mallet.
The 2003 incident happened when the dog got into the vet’s yard. Mircea Volosen of Colleyville had [...]
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
Maybe I’m just getting old?
So we rented a few movies last week. We thought getting something serious, and a comedy to balance it out, would be a good choice, and grabbed Monster and Bad Santa. Now, ever since that movie came out I have heard how hilarious it is, even reviewers seemed to guiltily admit they thought it was [...]
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
World’s oldest dog
A 26 year old bull terrier - heeler mix in Australia may soon make the Guinness Book of World Records.
Apparently he’s second only to a beagle in Virginia who is almost 28. I found this article linked off Emmy’s weblog, which also has a picture of the dog.
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Friday, July 9th, 2004
Um, OK…
Last night apparently my brain was very busy and I had some rather strange dreams. One of the stranger details that I can remember is that I was dressed in a pumpkin costume (sort of like the Fruit of the Loom apple guy’s costume, but a pumpkin) running around an elementary school scaring children.
I [...]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2004
Transplant Patients Die Of Rabies From Donor’s Organs
ATLANTA — Three people died of rabies after receiving infected organs from the same donor in what the government says are the first documented cases of the disease being spread through organ transplants. [...more]
This article says three, but I read on another news site there was a fourth person. I hadn’t even realized anyone still [...]
