Showing posts with label Snakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snakes. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Cheap Snakes On a Plane!
Feelin' lucky punk? Nine-dollar airfare lucky?
For $9, this will NOT be your pilot
This will
Media buzz surrounds the decision by Jet America to offer $9 seats in order to hype their new venture of serving small and mid-size cities.
Now of course, there are a few caveats:
Only the first nine seats go for nine dollars. Fair enough.
$20 extra to book by phone. $10 by Internet. What about snail mail?
Lansing, South Bend and Toledo are only a few of the spectacular getaway locations they serve!
$15 to check a bag. You could pay that anywhere.
I'm guessing there are some other little tidbits the investigative journalists have yet to uncover. Things like, oh, let's see...
A $159.95 Fuel Surcharge?
Nine dollars to get on the plane - nine hundred to get off?
BYOB policy? Bring your own Bungee - doubles as a seat belt, or a way to keep your luggage strapped to the wing. Your choice.
Snacks? Be sure to bring enough to share.
On the plus side, I bet there are some perks this smaller and cheaper airline can offer that the big chains can't. Like...
Snakes on a Plane! Or cats. Yappy dogs. Pet monkeys. Who cares? There are no flight attendants and the pilot is locked behind that silver door, so anything goes.
Want to use your Blackberry in-flight? Go ahead! The fleet is so old, there's no pesky electronic equipment to interfere with on these planes.
In fact, a long scarf and goggles might be a good idea.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Happy Ending
The nightly news gave this story a large segment. It seems 67 dogs were stacked (some in birdcages) in a West Englewood home.
The camera did a slow pan of all these tiny Chihuahua and other toy-breed puppies... stopping at a snake tank, where a lone (rat?) snake looked for an escape. Immediately, as a snake lover, I wanted to adopt that poor serpent stuck amid the squalor. Then I thought for a moment... hmmm... lots of puppies. One snake. No mention of rats.... Wonder what our slithery little friend has been eating lately?? Would he turn up his tongue at "real" snake food?
Fortunately, the story has a happy ending. You'll note a local herpetologist stepped forward and took the snake. A pack of dog lovers has descended on the shelter to take in the other victims.
The camera did a slow pan of all these tiny Chihuahua and other toy-breed puppies... stopping at a snake tank, where a lone (rat?) snake looked for an escape. Immediately, as a snake lover, I wanted to adopt that poor serpent stuck amid the squalor. Then I thought for a moment... hmmm... lots of puppies. One snake. No mention of rats.... Wonder what our slithery little friend has been eating lately?? Would he turn up his tongue at "real" snake food?
Fortunately, the story has a happy ending. You'll note a local herpetologist stepped forward and took the snake. A pack of dog lovers has descended on the shelter to take in the other victims.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Snakes In a Search Engine!
Why can't I work here??? Is this like the coolest Bring Your Pet To Work Day ever, or what? (this is not a photo of Kaiser)
'Google search' for missing snake in NYC
By NAHAL TOOSI
This was one search that you couldn't just Google.
An employee's python went missing over the weekend in Google Inc.'s sprawling Manhattan office, sending search teams on an all-out snake hunt. The searchers scoured the complex for the 3-foot-long snake and finally found the serpent, known as Kaiser, on Monday night.
"A snake was lost; it was not an April Fool's joke. It was found last night," Google spokeswoman Ellen West said Tuesday. "The snake has left the building."
She declined to reveal specifics about where in the office Kaiser was discovered. But a contributor to Google's official blog wrote that the staff was told the snake was found "relaxing behind a cabinet." (read blog here)
And although West wouldn't say how the snake made it to the office, she confirmed it belonged to a "Googler" and said the pet was now at its owner's home.
The Google blog contributor, software engineer Dan Bentley, wrote that while some employees laughed about the situation, others stood away from walls and corners and the bathrooms were less crowded.
The fact that someone brought a snake into the building is not completely surprising, given Google's laid-back culture.
Dubbed the "Googleplex," the Manhattan office of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company offers a relaxed workspace, built around a team concept that has people sharing offices and cubicles connected in groups. It also offers free food, massage therapy, yoga classes, and ski trips, according to Google's jobs Web site.
Company officials did not comment on a report that the search for the snake even included a missing snake flier. The Web site Valleywag, a technology gossip Web site based in Silicon Valley, posted a photo of the flier, complete with a photo of the reptile.
The flier described the snake as "non-venomous" and "not dangerous," and responsive to the name "Kaiser," according to the Web site.
Awwwww! A happy ending! Well, except for that guy who brought his pet rat...
'Google search' for missing snake in NYC
By NAHAL TOOSI
This was one search that you couldn't just Google.
An employee's python went missing over the weekend in Google Inc.'s sprawling Manhattan office, sending search teams on an all-out snake hunt. The searchers scoured the complex for the 3-foot-long snake and finally found the serpent, known as Kaiser, on Monday night.
"A snake was lost; it was not an April Fool's joke. It was found last night," Google spokeswoman Ellen West said Tuesday. "The snake has left the building."
She declined to reveal specifics about where in the office Kaiser was discovered. But a contributor to Google's official blog wrote that the staff was told the snake was found "relaxing behind a cabinet." (read blog here)
And although West wouldn't say how the snake made it to the office, she confirmed it belonged to a "Googler" and said the pet was now at its owner's home.
The Google blog contributor, software engineer Dan Bentley, wrote that while some employees laughed about the situation, others stood away from walls and corners and the bathrooms were less crowded.
The fact that someone brought a snake into the building is not completely surprising, given Google's laid-back culture.
Dubbed the "Googleplex," the Manhattan office of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company offers a relaxed workspace, built around a team concept that has people sharing offices and cubicles connected in groups. It also offers free food, massage therapy, yoga classes, and ski trips, according to Google's jobs Web site.
Company officials did not comment on a report that the search for the snake even included a missing snake flier. The Web site Valleywag, a technology gossip Web site based in Silicon Valley, posted a photo of the flier, complete with a photo of the reptile.
The flier described the snake as "non-venomous" and "not dangerous," and responsive to the name "Kaiser," according to the Web site.
Awwwww! A happy ending! Well, except for that guy who brought his pet rat...
Snakes in a Bog on a Dog!
The Higher Power of Very Lucky to be AliveThis poor pup was bitten by the rare Eastern massasauga rattlesnake
(not terribly toxic) but is expected to make a full recovery.
"Whoop is feeling better after spending Friday night hooked up to a IV with antibiotics. Now, he’s taking two antibiotics, a painkiller, and a cream designed to promote skin growth around the bite area....
He never needed anti-venom medication, but Frye said he might need surgery if venom killed too much of the skin around the bite."
On the plus side, he wasn't bitten on the scrotum...
I'm happy the dog is doing well, but is anyone looking after the poor snake? I hope he or she is also healthy and hanging on to the little habitat it has left. We should declare a moratorium on all building and development in the area. Think "North America".
"The species has struggled to survive as these fields have been drained or filled in for farmland or development. Mature females tend to give birth to five or six live young every three to four years. Half the babies usually don’t live through the winter.“The massasauga is more critically endangered than the bald eagle ever was,” Ballard said.
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