A Golden Retriever in a Kansas zoo has taken over the mothering duties of three tiger cubs. Seems the natural mother got involved with some nefarious types and neglected her babies. Is it me, or does there seem to be a story about neglectful tiger mothers every month? They’re they Andrea Yates of the animal [...]
July 31, 2008
Categories: News I Find Interesting . Tags: baboons, bears, books for boys, books for teenagers, CANEY, cougars, fantasy, golden retriever, Horror, leopards, lions, Oklahoma City, pigs nursing cubs in China, ring-tailed lemurs, Safari Zoological Park, Science Fiction, tiger cubs, Tom Harvey, young adult fiction, Young adult series . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment
I’ve watched it over and over again, and I can’t figure out what is up with this snake’s head. It looks like…. well, watch the video and let me know what it looks like.
July 30, 2008
Categories: Fun Videos . Tags: bizarre animal video, books for boys, books for teens, books for young adults, fantasy, Horror, huge snake in a ditch, Science Fiction, snake with bizarre head . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 3 Comments
This video has taken off like… well a lion chasing a zebra. Be warned. It’s not for everybody. It has moved many viewers to tears it’s so terrifying.
July 29, 2008
Categories: Fun Videos . Tags: ABC, Ace Berg, Africa, Anthony Bourke, Born Free reunion, Christian Lion, friends, friendship, George Adamson, get in touch, harrods, hug, hugging, hugs, John Rendall, lion hug, MSNBC, remembered affection, TadManly, The View, Times, timesonline, Whitney Houston, Will Always Love You . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 4 Comments
A 20-year-old man (I’m using the word loosely) dressed up as the Joker was arrested in Michigan for trying to steal Batman posters at a movie theater. If you’re 20 and you’re dressed up like the Joker, that should be reason enough to throw you in jail.
July 29, 2008
Categories: News I Find Interesting, Uncategorized . Tags: batman, book for young adults, books for teenagers, clown dresses up like Joker and gets busted, comic books, dark knight, DC comics, fantasy, Horror, joker busted, Science Fiction, the joker arrested . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 2 Comments
Well, it’s here. The movie trailer to end all movie trailers. Actually it’s not that exciting. Looks like Bush was just your average rich guy.
July 28, 2008
Categories: Fun Videos, News I Find Interesting . Tags: Ari Fleischer, Barbara Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, General Colin Powell, George Herbert Walker Bush, george w. bush, Ioan Gruffudd, James Cromwell, Jeffrey Wright, Jesse Bradford, Josh Brolin, Karl Rove, Laura Bush, Noah Wyle, oliver stone's w movie trailer, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Corddry, Saddam Hussein, Sayed Badreya, Scott Glenn, Thandie Newton, Toby Jones, Tony Blair . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment
You probably have to have seen the movie for this to be funny, but if you have get ready. This is side splitting.
July 28, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Alternate Batman Scene, batman, batman spoof, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, deleted batman scene, heath ledger, Interrogation, Joker, joker spoof, Parody, Spoof, TDK, the dark knight, youtube . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 1 Comment
An almost infinite number of bloggers, reporters, professional reviewers, and common schlubs from coast to coast have waxed poetic about Heath Ledgers performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight. While I can’t add anything new, I can confirm that it is flawless. He accomplishes something almost unthinkable. He surpasses Jack Nicholson’s performance as the [...]
July 27, 2008
Categories: News I Find Interesting . Tags: batman, books for boys, books for teens, comic books, fantasy, heath ledger, Horror, horror films, Science Fiction, the dark knight, young adult books, Young adult series . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 2 Comments
Is it me or does our author friend Jackson Goddard look like Walt Whitman or what?
July 27, 2008
Categories: Authors & Writing . Tags: famous authors, humorists, jackson goddard, publishing, southern literature, spiritual literature, The Shack, walt whitman, writing . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment
I don’t want to get too maudlin about Professor’s Pausch’s passing. I don’t know the man so it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to do a tribute to him. I was simply inspired by his courage like the rest of the world. So the best thing to do is to present him in his own [...]
July 26, 2008
Categories: News I Find Interesting, Randy Pausch . Tags: Carnegie Mellon, groudhog day, last lecture, pancreatic cancer, professor, Randy Pausch, randy pausch memorial fund, really achieving your childhood dreams, rocky, sgt. peppers, TIME Magazine 10 Questions . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 2 Comments
The Carnegie Mellon professor who inspired the world with his tremendous attitude and will to celebrate life despite having terminal pancreatic cancer has passed away. Randy Pausch entered the public arena when his “Last Lecture” was recorded in front a packed theater on the campus of Carnegie Mellon and later released on Youtube and other [...]
July 25, 2008
Categories: News I Find Interesting, Randy Pausch . Tags: Alice program, Carnegie Mellon, Entertainment Technology Center, last lecture, pancreatic cancer, PETscans, professor dies of pancreatic cancer, Randy Pausch . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 4 Comments