Recycling old computer monitors...

Fun with packaging

A Nicky Harrison dilemma

Who would she be rooting for?

Drunk Squirrel

I think this should be accompanied by Graham Coxon's 'Freakin' Out'...

Paratrooper's family flees home after Afghan spider 'kills dog'

A paratrooper's family have fled their home in Essex after a large and possibly deadly spider apparently hitched a ride back from Afghanistan with him.

Lorraine Griffiths, who believes the spider killed the family's pet dog, Bella, is refusing to move back into the Colchester house with her three children until the sandy-coloured creature, thought to be a camel spider, is captured.

Her husband, Rodney, returned home from a tour of duty in Helmand province in June, and she believes he accidentally brought the spider back with him. He has since returned to Afghanistan.

She said Bella had confronted the spider when it first appeared but ran out whimpering after the creature hissed at it.

"It seems too much of a coincidence that she died at the same time that we saw the spider," the 37-year-old told the East Anglian Daily Times.

She said the family, who have now moved in with her mother, had unsuccessfully laid traps for the spider, which she had identified using the internet.

An RSPCA spokeswoman said: "If it is the spider they believe it is, then normally they don't attack humans but could give a painful bite."

It "hissed" at her? It "hissed" at her?! I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I saw that thing in my flat I think that I would literally die of the shock.

Article found here.

No more pictures plz...

Another pigeon

Suspicious cat

I done a lolcat...

Shame on me.

猫百科 １００cats

I found this awesome photo set on Flickr a few days ago called '猫百科 １００cats' by mika_tofu, and I wanted to share it with you. Below are a few of my favourites, but you can see the full set and leave your comments here.

Thanks mika_tofu!

Shady characters

Too many cats

This Russian lady is the owner of 130 cats and she keeps them all in her small Moscow flat. She's been taking in stray cats for 15 years and giving them food and shelter. She tiled her walls and floors so that they're easy to clean and the neighbors don't complain about smells from her apartment. The cats are fed twice a day with dry food and porridge.

Hubbard of the day?

Greta gone wild

Whad I done?

Dog vs treadmill

The look of regret

A short sequence of shots from last weekend's Woofstock festival in Toronto. An event called Dock Dogs was set up where dogs run the length of a dock and jump into a 40ft pool of water. This Border Collie, Oban, changed his mind about jumping at the last minute but, to his obvious surprise, momentum would not be denied!

Found here.

Sk8r Bird

Old pic of moody kitties...

I was sorting through all the pictures on my camera today and found this sweet ickle pic of "the girls". Thought I would share it, since its sort of cute.

*Ahem* Excuse the pants in the background!

Over the moon