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What to do with those leftover Jack-O-Lanterns… 2008-11-01 19:26:08 This picture came off the FlickR feed. If I’m not mistaken, it’s an Aldabran tortoise at an unknown zoo. They are the largest living tortoise species. Adult males are often over 500 pounds. The oldest Aldabran on record was 255 years old when he died. I saw an Aldabran when I visited the Charles Paddock [...] Read more:Lanterns
Dios De Los Muertos. 2008-11-01 19:07:55 Happy Day Of The Dead!
For more information about the tradition, go here.
It’s a Jekylll & Hyde thang. 2008-10-30 14:31:03 Anheuser-Busch is now distributing spirits due to the market’s declining interest in beer. Their subsidary group Long Tail Libations designed the new liquers ‘Jekyll & Hyde’. The Jekyll bottle contains 60-proof raspberry liquer and the Hyde has 80-proof molasses. The bottles are sold together. When poured together in to a glass, the black Hyde liquer [...] Read more:thang
Tom Leppard reintegrates himself back in to society. 2008-10-28 14:17:16 The press announced this weekend that the United Kingdom’s “Leopard Man” Tom Leppard has moved off of the Isle of Skye and in to a house in Broadford. Mr. Leppard lived on the secluded Scottish island for 20 years without electricity or running water. He would canoe 3 miles in to town every couple [...]
Clowns from down under. 2008-10-22 15:50:26 Here are some highlights from PBS’s ‘Parrots In The Land Of Oz’ Nature episode if you missed it Sunday night.
On PBS tonight! 2008-10-19 13:18:12 PBS is re-airing Nature’s ‘Parrots In The Land Of Oz’ episode tonight. The website has video clips, desktop wallpaper downloads, and conservation information.
Food King Mural. 2008-11-13 11:46:51 This mural is on the west side of The Food King market in Fresno, California. The artist is unknown by me at this time.
Posted in Street Art Tagged: fresno, graffiti, Street Art
He’s my designated driver. 2008-11-07 12:05:07 Posted in animals, tortoises Tagged: merlin, sulcata tortoises
I’ve been carded! 2008-11-05 15:17:12 Today I learned that my buddy Thom Godfrey of Nothing Sacred Tattoo chose my Frankenstein tattoo to be on his new shop’s business card.
Thom also did my ‘One Life, One Chance’ tattoo last April at the Bakersfield Bring It Together tattoo convention. It received a touch-up at the Central Valley Tattoo Expo in Bakersfield [...]
Rest In Peace Michael Crichton. 2008-11-05 15:01:24 He was the author of Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, television series ER, and more.
Posted in authors, deaths, people, videos, writing Tagged: deaths, michael crichton, personal liberties, videos Read more:Michael
, Peace
Rest In Peace Bettie Page. 2008-12-12 01:15:39 Posted in Deaths Tagged: bettie page, pin-up models, Videos, youtube Read more:Peace
Life on The Hill will resume. 2008-12-10 13:44:07 I have not abandoned Beer Can Hill! December’s been a busy month for me so far.
The sun didn’t come out here for something like two weeks. It was very gray and foggy. I don’t know how people who live in the northernmost parts of the planet deal with that.
The dog, fish, and birds are [...]
World AIDS Day. 2008-12-01 13:55:54 In the late 1990s bloggers observed WorldAIDS
Day by participating in Day Without Weblogs in an attempt to halt the blogosphere for a day of silence for those lost to AIDS. In this new 21st century, it seems that nothing can silence the blogosphere.
The Huffington Post has announced that 4,000 people die every day [...] Read more:World AIDS
, World AIDS Day
La cerveza de Caguama es aceptable, pero voy a pegarme con la corona. 2008-11-29 19:32:58 Despite all of the Chelada, Tecate, Del Sol, Corona, and other imported mexican beers I consumed during my time in Delano, I never tried Caguama. In fact, I don’t even remember seeing it in the stores.Fresno stores have it though, and I bought a six pack awhile back.
‘Caguama’ is slang for the loggerhead [...] Read more:corona
The Last Flight Of The Scarlet Macaw. 2008-11-26 18:36:04 Today I finished reading The Last Flight
of the Scarlet Macaw by Bruce Barcott. It is about Sharon Matola’s crusade to save a population of wild Scarlet Macaws in Belize. Sharon Matola founded and runs The Belize Zoo.
I’m going to admit up front that I am not a science or history buff, and this book [...]
Tuesdays + Tattoos = Tattoosdays! 2008-11-25 14:15:30 Beer Can Hill is unveiling a new feature today. Every Tuesday a tattooed person or a tattoo artist, whether I’m acquainted with them via the blogosphere or on the street, will be featured.
I am frequently approached by other tattooed people while I am out in public. Last month I was at the gas station filling [...] Read more:Tattoos
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Weekend Wrap-Up. 2008-11-23 15:19:59 This weekend has been pretty uneventful.
Saturday wasn’t fun because I woke up with an upset stomach and stayed in bed most of the day. I should’ve listened to Morgan Spurlock. No more late night McDonald’s for me!
While I was laid up with the stomach illness, I finished Water for Elephants. It’s about circus life in [...] Read more:Weekend
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