Posts Tagged with "sharks"

Hyperbole and a Half

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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Hyperbole and a Half

Ever-corrosive to my productivity, friend Jon pointed me to this wonderful blog, Hyperbole and a Half, a steaming stew of drawings and musings from expert drawer/muser Allie Brosh. That’s a completely unacceptable description of what’s going on over there; it’s the merest whiff of the thing, because it doesn’t even mention sharks, bears, or tacos. [...]

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Then, They Came for the Zebras, and I Did Nothing Because…

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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Then, They Came for the Zebras, and I Did Nothing Because…

[Just for fun, I'm practicing reading my stuff aloud. If you can stand a flub or two, here's me reading this piece.] Can I just say, “Thank God for the internet”? Without the world wide web, who knows how long it would’ve taken me to learn that “UK Restaurant Is First to Serve Zebra Pizza”? [...]

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Great Whites more endangered than tigers

Monday, February 22, 2010

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Great Whites more endangered than tigers

After their numbers have dropped 90% in the last twenty years, great white sharks are now more endangered than tigers, a prominent marine biologist says. Which raises the question: just who is the remorseless killing machine around here?

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White sharks in Santa Monica Bay!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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White sharks in Santa Monica Bay!

I gotta say, this cheered me up no end; it’s a photo snapped by a local surfer last weekend. I love me some white sharks, and to know that at least one ten-footer is cruising around (and leaping into the air!) less than a mile from where I am typing this makes me QUITE EXCITED!!!! [...]

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Fellow Friends of the White Shark…

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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…will enjoy this site from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. I used to be terrified of sharks (perhaps I’ll write up a story or two sometime), but now I definitely like ‘em. We have an understanding; they don’t bite me when I’m in the ocean, and I–well, I don’t really do anything in return. That’s one [...]

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Newsbreaks for Wednesday (Humboldt squids)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

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For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Oceanographers say that a large, carnivorous species of squid is invading Calfornia’s central coast. They don’t know why the Humboldt squids have appeared, but I think I do. They’re waiting for the next big earthquake. “Dude, trust me—it’ll be sweet.” Obviously, that’s [...]

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Newsbreaks for Wednesday

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

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Audio version is here. A study out of Great Britain claims that finger-length can reliably predict a child’s future scores on the SAT. Coming soon: “Baby Einstein” brand finger-stretchers. A joint American/Irish group of scientists have discovered that sharks can conceive and give birth without mating. “I was shocked by the findings,” said one researcher. [...]

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Colbert vs. the Sharks

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

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I try to keep politics to a minimum here, simply because other people write more lucidly and more amusingly about it than I do. However, Jon Schwarz’s ladling of scorn on the press’ extended pants-wetting over Stephen Colbert launched me into a Jaws-generation reverie. Imagine you’re a lifeguard on a beach. You’re very proud of [...]

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Napoleon Dynamite is, well, dynamite

Sunday, August 8, 2004

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Modest, yes. Extremely funny, too. If you’re not sick of cinematic depictions of high school yet, you really ought to go see the new movie, Napoleon Dynamite. My wife Kate, ever the connoisseur of geekdom, insisted. Briefly: Napoleon is an incredibly gangly, nerdy kid going to high school in Idaho. The movie follows him through [...]

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