Heh!

article in today's Chron...abt replenishing population
of Calif. native turtle species...incl. the western
pond variety... their decline attributed to many factors..
one of which is the proliferation of a non-native turtle..
bought as pets, released into the wild when they outgrow
their 'cute' factor....this is the ..(wait for it!)
"...dreaded red-eared slider..more aggressive than their
cousins..and tending to hog all the food.."
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consensus seems to agree that "our" terrapins are
the common pet-shop variety..red-eared sliders..
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but don't you just love the adjective "dreaded"...
considering...

I guess...

it's that time...
Wandering around the amaz's book section...
up popped an ad for the DVD of the tenth season OT..
(Amazon's got my number!)
& since I've got all of the other nine..
and in a sort of btw...displayed an ad for a DVD of the NM!!
with hope that it will be vidable(sic)viewable in US...
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Yes! Yes! I know...everybody HATES Venus...
I'm not too fond of the mammalianish form..thinking
'they' could have pictured her with more reptilian traits..
and still evoked the female-ness of her character..
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And so it goes...
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Oh, Hey! In case you're interested...
all the ARCHIVED postings appear..klik on any of
the dates to check out the cataloging/bibliographic info
that was the raison d'etre of this 'bloggy' thing in the first place!!
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and just for fun... writer(a good one!)Abbess Marie has a neat thing
going.."The Other Ninja".. worth reading..