Remember these phrases?

A puppeh at her owner's grave:

The Heart Remembers.....

My sweet 17 year old sweet baby cat, Scat, passed at 11:30am.

She began to feel bad and then her breathing changed. I took her to the vet and x-rayed her chest. Her lungs looked awful. There was a fluid buildup too.

I didn't bring her back home because all I would do is cry. She hates the vet and it was getting harder for her to do anything.

I held her when she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. My two best buddies are now gone.

I am completely crushed and utterly bereft.


RIP Scat baby. Find Mousie.

From a forensic psychiatrist: How the media shouldn't cover a mass murder

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He says:
If you don't want to propagate more mass murders...

1-Don't start the story with sirens blaring.

2-Don't have photographs of the killer.

3-Don't make this 24/7 coverage.

4-Do everything you can not to make the body count the lead story.

5-Not to make the killer some kind of anti-hero.

6- Do localize this story to the affected community and as boring as possible in every other market.
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More:
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/media/2012/07/how-media-shouldnt-cover-mass-murder

Will the media ever change?
Sigh...

Pets and owners over the years:

Why so serious?

Zoo visitors can get a massage from four giant PYTHONS

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(Short video at link)
Fearless tourists are taking up a slithering spa treatment with a difference - by receiving massages from four giant pythons.

Visitors to Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines can undergo a ’sssspa treatment’ from the deadly snakes which measure up to five metres long.

The four Burmese pythons slither across participants for up to 15 minutes - and the snakes are fed 10 chickens beforehand to curb any hunger pangs.

The terrifying treatment is free for zoo visitors, and is apparently beneficial because the snakes’ slithering is therapeutic and calming.

Zoo bosses also claim the flickering of the snakes’ tongue on skin mimics a tickling sensation.
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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/snake-massage-philippines--burmese-python-spa-treatment-at-cebu-city-zoo-135103854.html#CndW6KT

What could possibly go wrong?

Crocodile Injured by Falling Accountant

A dangerous reptile sustained injuries after being squashed by a portly circus accountant on a roadtrip in northern Russia on Tuesday.

The two-meter-long crocodile was peacefully snoozing on the floor when the tour bus hit a bump in the road, triggering an unfortunate chain of events that caused a 120-kilogram female passenger to be thrown into the crocodile and said crocodile to vomit for several hours afterward, RIA Novosti reported.

Both reportedly sustained shock and minor injuries. But the crocodile, named Fedya, apparently fared worse than the accountant. He vomited for three hours after the accidental full body slam, though a medical examination found he was clear of any internal injuries, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported.

Fedya had to skip a performance that had been scheduled for later in the evening, however.

The accountant, whose name was withheld, was issued a formal reprimand for neglecting to wear a seat belt.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/500515.html

That crocodile has earned its freedom!

"A Lasting Image" (a film about hope & caring after the F5 tornado in Moore, OK)