Kitty Cat Trees a Black Bear

Here Kitty Kitty!:

“Another example of a photo really adding to a story. From {This Is} True’s 25 June 2006 issue…”

Person vs Train: People Who Use Their Brains Know Who Wins That One

From mercurynews.com today:
Finding trouble by the tracks

“…What needs to change, Caltrain officials said, is the public’s attitude toward the train.…”

No; really??? How could that possibly be?

What Judgement??

From ABC News:
Steelers QB Stable, but Questions About His Judgment Remain:

“…‘If it was the law, I’d definitely have one on every time I rode, but it’s not the law, and I know I don’t have to and you’re just more free when you’re out there with no helmet on,’ he told ESPN.…”

Hmmmm… 24 years old, male, riding without a helmet even though he knows better… OTOH, he’s obviously not using the head that wears the helmet to think, so maybe it doesn’t matter?

Eeeeeewwwww! That’s Gross! But Cool, Too!!

From mercurynews.com today:
Out of the past crawls leggiest bug:

REDISCOVERED IN SAN BENITO COUNTY
By Julie Sevrens Lyons
Mercury News

“San Benito County has a new claim to fame: the world’s leggiest animal.

“No joke. After an 80-year hiatus, a millipede no wider than fishing line was rediscovered in a remote part of the fertile region just southeast of Santa Clara County.

”Called Illacme plenipes, Latin for “plentiful feet,” the little critter has been found nowhere else on the planet. Even though researchers know it’s long, lean and extremely hairy, there is still much to be learned about the millipede that comes closest to having the mythical 1,000 gams.…”