Debris
«chaque notaire porte en soi les débris d’un poète.»Archive for animals
No sex offender registry for sheep shagger
Some news to take your mind off the financial collapse:
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that a Battle Creek man who pleaded no contest to sodomizing a sheep does not have to register as a sex offender after his release from prison.
Jeffrey Haynes, 45, is serving 2 1/2 to 20 years for sodomy — a “crime against nature” under state law. Haynes was sentenced in 2006 after police said he had sex with a sheep at a Bedford Township farm in 2005.
The animal’s owner caught him on the property and the sheep was found injured. A DNA sample taken from the animal matched Haynes’ genetic material.
That sucks
Really, this is a horrible story:
A street-sweeping truck roaring down a Bronx street sucked up a dog and killed her as her owner held the leash.
Robert Machin said he had just finished walking his two Boston terriers and was about to put them into his car when the truck appeared Thursday morning. The retired transit worker said he was suddenly whipped around and saw one of the dogs, Ginger, being swallowed by the sweeper’s round bristles.
Martha mourns Paw Paw’s passing
CNN reports that Martha Stewart’s dog, Paw Paw, has died of renal failure. Now, I love dogs, and I fully understand the bond between people and their pets. No doubt Martha is terribly broken up about this loss and I mean her no disrespect. But there is something terribly, terribly wrong with this story.
According to the CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, more than 40,000 people die of kidney disease every year. How many of their deaths does CNN report? Why is the death of one dog — even a dog owned by America’s Favorite Home Decorating Maven — newsworthy?
Maybe it came from the sewer
A two-and-a-half foot alligator was discovered in a pillowcase on a Long Island, NY, beach.
Rats!
This morning, while enjoying my coffee, I glanced out the kitchen door at my backyard and marveled at the Disneyesque scene: a pair of Cardinals and a Carolina Chickadee were taking turns at the bird feeder. A rabbit was hippity-hopping across the grass. A chipmunk scampered among the shrubs. I actually let out a blissful sigh.
My reverie was soon interrupted by a horrifying sight. A small brown rodent with a long hairless tail peeked out from behind the downspout, and then boldly strutted out to nibble on the remains of sunflower seeds that the birds had dropped. For a few minutes, I tried to convince myself that it was just a field mouse. Then I got a better look. Eventually the small rat was joined by another somewhat larger specimen.
Tomorrow, the Orkin man will come and bombard the place with various potions that, he assures us, are harmless to humans and pets. The bird feeders will have to go away, at least for a while, though I’m hopeful we can put them out again once the rats are gone.
Cultivating my garden
The backyard at our new house is coming together. We got a table and chairs for the deck, and a charcoal smoker, so we can now enjoy delicious meals al fresco. We’ve put out some bird feeders, which have started to attract some plumed patronage. This morning I saw a red-bellied woodpecker at the suet basket, and young Alfie saw an unidentified bird at the seed feeder. We’ve also got a composting bin, and young Alfie and I have gotten started on the process of turning our yard clippings and kitchen scraps into nice rich dirt in which to grow some vegetables.
gPod
I got a new pet for my office. Of course, I’m leaving in two weeks, but I’m sure someone else will look after him (assuming he even survives that long).
Headless goat in clueless stunt
I couldn’t resist echoing the infamous NY Post headline in response to this story:
GamesIndustry.biz has learned that Sony is to conduct an internal inquiry after hitting the headlines for displaying a decapitated goat at a press event for God of War 2.
“It has come to our attention that at The God of War 2 launch showcase held in Athens, Greece, on 1st March 2007, an element of the event was of an unsuitable nature,” a spokesperson said.
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The Mail on Sunday article alleged that guests at the God of War 2 event “were invited to reach inside the goat’s still-warm carcass to eat offal from its stomach” – a report dismissed by Sony as “categorically untrue”.
Speaking to GI.biz the spokesperson explained, “In keeping with the theatrical nature of the event, the attendant media were invited to eat a bowl of food that purported to be from the animal – but in fact was a cooked traditional Greek dish.”
As it happens, goat is among my favorite meats. A decapitated goat hanging in a butcher shop window wouldn’t bother me at all. But who the hell thought it would make for a whimsical party centerpiece?
