Sephy’s Platzish

It would figure that after viewing the extremely dangerous chicken, I wound up crossing paths with not one, but two peacocks - one with a long tail and the other with a shorter tail. As I said, they definitely have the run of the park!

Here’s the first one, with the long tail, in a more natural setting

And the second one, in, well, an urban setting - on the pavement.

At the zoo, obviously, there are a lot of things that you will see to protect the animals and the patrons of the zoo - fences are among them.

From time to time, you see signs posted on the fence which make sense - such as an explanation of what the animal in question is, or a reminder that it is illegal to feed the animals. However, as far as I know there is only one of these signs -

So, this begs the question…what kind of animal would be so ferocious to bite when provoked?

This one -

Yep…the standard rooster. Who’d have thunk it?

I didn’t mention this at first, but I did go on the 10th of October, which means that we’re getting close to Halloween. As part of the festivities, the zoo have a program called "Boo at the Zoo" - where they have decorations up around the place, and they have the obvious theme.

And by around the place, I mean everywhere. This was the first one that I saw - in the "family farm" area, where you have the everyday things like cows and chickens and goats

This is the start of my project to get the photos from my trip to the zoo posted to here, so that everyone can see them, and not just myself and/or a few select others.

I’ve already shown y’all a picture of a peacock which are allowed to roam the zoo at their leisure. However, I did take other pictures, and the first non-peacock photo I took was of the Pepsi machine. The zoo has a marketing deal with Pepsi, so they have specialized machines.

They also sell the sodas for $2.00 each for a 20oz bottle. I had my own water, so I didn’t buy any.

Actually, I didn’t buy anything other than admission into the zoo - I had my own munchies with me, so I didn’t have to worry too much.

You might not know it if you’ve been only reading the blog, but I am still alive and kicking around the Internets.

Last time I posted, I was still talking about combovers and still on one side of the fence when it came to the election - however, I have now moved over to the other side and I’ve realized that I’m actually more liberal than I thought I was.

Also, in that time, I have gotten involved in a project - at first it was reluctant involvement, but since launching it and thinking more about my political feelings, I’ve gotten involved more - and more willingly. That project is The Mudflats Forum - which was started out of a blog - Mudflats - which gained a lot of traction when Sarah Palin was named as John McCain’s running mate.

It is an amazingly craizy busy forum, with 1200-plus members and nearly 700 posts a day. The best part is that the moderation team on the forum is a group of awesome people, without whom Snos & I wouldn’t be able to run the forum as well as it does run.

Now, in other news

I’m still working at my job, and still looking at other opportunities to get more work on the side; I’ve been to the zoo, pictures of which you’ll be seeing over the next few weeks when I have a moment to actually sit down and edit them! I’ve also been to the race track - free - thanks to a gas station.

However, just so you know, here is a sample image from the zoo - nothing terribly exciting, just a peacock which are all about the place