scabbypants asked that I post pics of the Tardis my friend (mostly) and I (some) have built in Secondlife.com so here they are. ( These are of course reduced still shots taken from full screen real time animations. )

Though it may seem like the first few seconds of this clip are enough, be sure to watch it through to the end. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno

I don't post that often these days so when I do you know its terribly important. Here's some gadgets I know I can't live without.

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/top-20-weird-gadgets/

(I have "Number 9" stuck in my head now).

You'll see only marginal coverage of this important event in the """"""media""""". If you want to know what is really going on in this country, please be sure to watch CSPAN's covearage of this Saturday's Anti-War Rally in Washington DC.

It is truly amazing, and inspiring, to see who is speaking out and to hear what they have to say. I'm watching it now - I am certain CSPAN will repeat this. I cannot stress enough that this may be your first opportunity to get news you do not get anywhere else. You wont be bored.

This is important history in the making. You are part of it. What part are you gonna be? Take the time for this.

After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their
holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:

We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They
used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they
moved to Arizona. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted
green to look like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear
nametags because they don't know who they are anymore. They go to a
building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed
because it is okay now, and do exercises there, but they don't do them very
well.

There is a swimming pool too, but in it, they all jump up and down with
hats on. At their gate, there is a dollhouse with a little old man
sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape!

Sometimes they sneak out. They go cruising in their golf carts.
Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing
every night. Early Birds. Some of the people can't get out past the
man in the dollhouse. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the
wrecked center and call it pot luck. My Grandma says that Grandpa
worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard
so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want to
be the man in the dollhouse. Then I will let people out so they can
visit their grandchildren.

Escaped Chimp Gets Snack, Cleans Bathroom
By Associated Press

6 hours ago

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top of a refrigerator.

The 120-pound primate, Judy, escaped yesterday into a service area when a zookeeper opened a door to her sleeping quarters, unaware the animal was still inside.

As keepers tried to woo Judy back into her cage, she rummaged through a refrigerator where chimp snacks are stored. She opened kitchen cupboards, pulled out juice and soft drinks and took a swig from bottles she managed to open.

Keeper Ann Rademacher says Judy went into the bathroom, picked up a toilet brush and cleaned the toilet. Rademacher says the 37-year-old Judy was a house pet before the zoo acquired her in 1988, so she may have been familiar with housekeeping chores. Judy wrung out a sponge and scrubbed down the fridge.

It took a couple of tries, but the zoo sedated the chimp, who fell asleep on top of the refrigerator with half a loaf of cinnamon-raisin bread she had pulled out of the freezer.

The zoo veterinarian gave Judy a drug to bring her around. Rademacher says Judy was groggy but fine after the episode.

The zoo says there was no danger Judy would get out of the primate keepers service area and onto zoo grounds.
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My comments:

Judy was obviously (to me) TRYING to tell ppl she is willing to work for food. If you read the story carefully you will see it is told a bit out of order. FIRST she worked, then came the snacking. This has been her occupation. Somehow she has been confined to a cage. Can you imagine how she feels? Apparently she once had a better life. I want to know why she is in a cage and why she is being sent back to a cage. I'm just funny that way.