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Erin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:21:46 +0000

So flippin’ cute. The Boston is like, “I play bitey-face!” and the cat is like, “No, I wash your face. Stay still!”

Polar bears get the better of spy cameras

Erin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:38:34 +0000

There doesn’t appear to be an imbed code for this video but go to bbc.co.uk and watch this video about polar bears. It’s about two minutes long and it put a huge grin on my face.

Quiet Country Moments

Erin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:53:37 +0000

A seal head bobbed out of the water and it was so quiet I could hear the exhales and inhales.

I am so in love with living in the country.

Awesomeness

Erin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:38:50 +0000

How to cuddle an elephant seal:

I grinned all the way through.

Perfect day

Erin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:51:13 +0000

Simon and Farley

Maia with the ball

Maia and me

Awesomeness

Erin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:41:44 +0000

I am only one

Erin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:51:23 +0000

An old lady is walking along a beach and millions of starfish have washed up on the shore. The old lady is walking slowly down the beach and picking up starfish one by one and throwing them back into the ocean. A little boy sees her and says, “Why are you doing that?”

The lady replies, “These starfish will die if they stay on the shore. I’m throwing them back so they can have a second chance at life.”

The little boy says, “But there are millions of starfish on this beach! You’ll never get them all…not even half! Most of them are going to die. What’s the point? It won’t matter in the long run.”

The lady picked up another starfish and threw it in before saying to the boy, “It mattered to that one.”

New Simon’s Cat!

Erin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:22:12 +0000

I *love* these!

Rats can giggle!

Erin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:37:35 +0000

Yes, they can!

The City That Ended Hunger

Erin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:38:18 +0000

An excerpt from the article:

Belo, a city of 2.5 million people, once had 11 percent of its population living in absolute poverty, and almost 20 percent of its children going hungry. Then in 1993, a newly elected administration declared food a right of citizenship. The officials said, in effect: If you are too poor to buy food in the market—you are no less a citizen. I am still accountable to you.

Read the whole thing here.