Goats in Trees

Go read this HowStuffWorks article about Morocco's Tree Goat population. No, that's not a new species of goat - these goats will simply climb up trees to eat the leaves if there's nothing to eat on the ground.

Having owned goats, I can say that a) they are excellent (and adorable) climbers and b) they are very, very determined.

Morocco, you better find a secondary food source for these goats or you really will be in trouble!

Man Walks Home with Artificial Heart

In other (more serious) happy news, a man has successfully left a hospital with a fully artificial heart. He must wear a backpack containing a pressurizing machine at all times, but he can finally leave the hospital after almost two years!

I'm so happy for him. What an incredibly difficult journey that must have been. I can only imagine how happy he is to have at least some part of his life back. Congratulations, Okeke, and thank you, Science, for helping us all out.

Up, "UP" and Away!

A few days ago, Jonathan Trappe became the first man to successfully replicate a sequence in a Pixar movie in the real world. He used balloons to float across the English Channel!

Of course, he wasn't lifting a house (which even Pixar admits would have taken hundreds of thousands more balloons than they felt like animating), but still - he floated over the English Channel with balloons!

Overall, I'd say this went a lot better than the time Trip Hortin bought an island and tried to lure superheroes there, and much, much better than the time Louis BonMarche tried to run a restaurant using rats as chefs.

Congrats, Jonathan! Now will you please find me a Kevin?

Goodbye, Liz!

Good luck! NYC will miss you! And here you go, a special goodbye chocolate lab puppy courtesy of the Daily Puppy.

Four Horsemen, Anyone?

So this happened.

Looks like the Gates of Hell were in Guatemala all along. Who knew?

Groovin' with Ken!

A funny break from vacation photos: Groovin' with Ken!

Thanks, Pixar!

San Diego Seals! Out in the Wild

We saw seals hanging out on the beach in San Diego and sea lions hanging out by a pier in San Francisco. We also saw a couple of sea lions doing something in the water that looked like slow-motion playing which they may have wanted to do in private, if you know what I mean. Unfortunately for them, right above them was the window looking out of a great vegetarian restaurant we ate at called Greens, so we saw the whole thing (though not the "whole thing", if you know what I mean - phew). For obvious reasons, I did not take pictures of that.

Things I learned about seals: they are fat, lazy, and adorably inept at getting onto land.

PS. That squirrel was seriously pissed off about something. Probably that the seals were getting all the attention.