$160,000 later

I spent 4 years at RISD and all I got was this artistic reinterpretation of Mr. Potato Head.

watson petting zoo part 01: hungry swan (hopatcong, NJ)

With this inaugural post, we establish our “Waston Petting Zoo” series, devoted to the many sundry strange creatures we will no doubt encounter in our travels.  Conveniently, you can navigate our posts by category in the right-hand sidebar of any page, browsing by content or by country of origin.  As the breadth of our experience widens, so will the categories…

 

Behold Hungry Swan.  

We came upon him at the Lake Saturday morning (July 5) and lulled him into a false sense of security with our tender morsels of stale cheap hamburger buns.  No doubt in the near future he will expect the same special treatment from some less gracious human being, who, with stunning irony, will promptly transform him into a meal of similar luxury.

things i intend to do with my watson part 01: rescue bear

 

Officials say a 375-pound male black bear was seen roaming a residential neighborhood, evidently in search of food, near Alligator Point, some 40 miles south of Tallahassee.

The bear was hit with a tranquilizer dart, but he managed to bolt into the Gulf of Mexico before the drugs took effect.

At that point, FWC biologist Adam Warwick jumped in to keep the bear, who was some 25 yards offshore, from drowning.

via Trehugger

 

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