woof?

Um, I think I'll just stick to dogs. If I could choose any, it would be animals that it would just be too cruel to keep, like a giraffe, gorilla, tiger, you know, that stuff :D

No, Speak!
http://www.thetick.ws/images/speak.jpg

I would disagree with you. My in-laws had one, and it drove my allergies nuts. It's been gone for several years now, and I finally can go over there without drugging my self into oblivion.

I was bitten by a capybara once. Like raccoons, they are cute as all hell but they are definitely not nice animals.

My dad, as a kid, had a raccoon as a pet. A housepet.

...Yes, he did grow up in rural Fayette County, Alabama.

I stand corrected. I was confusing that with hypoallergenic...

http://dogs.about.com/od/dogbreeds/a/hypoallergenic.htm

Okay, now, damn it. You cannot just say, "I was bitten by a capybara once" and not give details. I mean, you might be up to your tuckus in capybaras on a daily basis, but I've never even been remotely close enough to one that it would have had an opportunity to so much as nibble me.

Give?

It's not such a dramatic story--they have them at the zoo here. We were there recording interesting animal noises to turn into dinosaur noises for a certain videogame. I wanted to get closer so I first stuck my microphone through the cage, and then got bolder and stuck my whole arm in. The little punk dove for me as soon as flesh was accessible. He was totally waiting for it.

Did your resulting scream make it into the videogame anywhere?

Ha--no, but probably only because I cursed and we wanted a T rating. :) My screams were actually in that game already though, because I voiced a minor character who was also available in multiplayer mode, thus she had to have death and pain screams.

What game?

This one. :)

ooh, thats not a bad game. Good work.

EDIT: wow, scathing review on wikipedia though. Either I remember bad or I didnt play long enough...

Thanks. Wiki is pretty harsh, but we all knew it was far from great... You should have seen what it was supposed to look like, before we ran out of money and time. :) If you played at least to the first flying level, you heard my voice.

I enjoyed the Turok series, but never played evolution. Now I may have to.

You can definitely get a copy pretty cheap these days. I still have a bunch of cheesy PR materials that I'm hoping I can one day sell on ebay as ironic nostalgia items. :)

Acclaim did the South Park games, right? Those might get some bucks (Incidentally, I always loved the tricks with the lizard in the logo).

Yes, though I never worked on any of them. Unopened copies currently have Buy-It-Now prices of $4.50 on eBay... it'll be awhile before any of them truly gain the notoriety necessary.

Drama isn't required. But you have to admit, 99 out of 100 people are probably *not* going to have a story wherein *they* were making audio recordings for a videogame and were bitten by a capybara. So that makes you unique, at least, it does on the Cellar.

I'm sure that somewhere online, there is probably a Yahoo E-Group for support of the game-designing victims of capybara attacks, but at first blush, it seems a rather rare set of circumstances, and therefore interesting.

:blush: Self-deprecation always was my strong suit.

I thought it was a cool story. I only get bit/peed on by mice and rats at my job.

Bhodi is a juvenile delinquent.

I would probably prefer to get bit and peed on by rats and mice.

Ah, if only I had not been bored to tears by experimental psychology ...

Nowadays I only get bitten and peed on by my offspring. :)

Already complaining?

Wait another 13 years, THEN you'll have a right to complain.

If he's still biting me and peeing on me by then, I'll be doing a lot more than just complaining. :)

It'll be kicking and cussing instead.

Details please ...

No capybaras here, just dogs.

Idol, who will be 9 in a couple weeks:
http://www.unc.edu/~nbeach/idol01sm.jpg

and Pumpkin:
http://www.unc.edu/~nbeach/punk02sm.jpg

Cool shots of your dogs, windhund. Were they former racers?

Yes. Pumpkin was a brood mama as well before we got her. Most of her kids are enjoying retirement now too.

How many years do they usually race? :confused:

Beautiful dogs. Thanks for sharing!

Depends on how fast they are. They start racing at about 18 months of age. Some of them wash out immediately - they are slow (relatively speaking), or they don't care about chasing the lure. Others will race for several years - most tracks have a requirement that a dog must retire if it reaches 6 years of age, but for a dog that old to still be racing is a rarity. Kind of like human athletes - it's not common to see a professional athlete over the age of 40 or so. Also, some get hurt. Pumpkin broke her hock (which is actually a collection of small bones in the rear leg), and she couldn't race anymore after that. Doesn't keep her from zorching around the yard at alarming speeds, but her career was over.

Thank you, windhund. Yeah, kind of like retired hookers, they still do it for fun. :D

ms. mischa (2 year old chocolate point siamese)


http://static.flickr.com/57/156495723_52bedf27f2_o.jpg



RIP ~ Margaret (1993-2006) :sniff:

http://static.flickr.com/52/148397666_6bc97a9670_o.jpg

They're very cute! Sorry to hear Margaret passed away this year.

thank you. couldn't exactely replace her with another dog, so i opted for a kitty this time.

margaret would approve. . . got ms. mischa from a cat rescue. :thumb2:

This is my horse, Q. (Querida de Holandes, translations: Darling of Holland)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...lvAnniv/lr.jpg
These are our kitties:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nthefloorc.jpg
We have a total of 11, 8 are permanant indoor cats, 1 indoor/outdoor and 2 outdoor barncats.
All were rescued or trapped/spayed/tamed.
hh

I love looking at all your beautiful creatures. I had to give my cats back to my ex when I moved from my apartment into a small house. I miss having pets...but I sure do have some nice plants now!


I really want a pet cow but I don't think my municipality would approve. Of course, where I live maybe no one would notice.:p

Pumpkin-doggie reminds me of Santa's Little Helper! So cute! All the pets are cute, cute, cute how lucky we all are to have the furry critters in our lives. :apaw:

Wow, that's a bunch of cats. I love my cats, although today, I had to briefly love my youngest, Anu, just a little less.

We're painting trim. Anu found some paint somewhere...and tracked it all over the wood floors, which we are *not* redoing. I was not amused.

Gromit likes the new helmet.

http://onfinite.com/libraries/945351/ae5.jpg

Squirrely-Jo is the guilty party, Marmalade was an innocent bystander...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...perkillers.jpg

Cat Disneyland
 

Anu enjoys lying on top of the bird cages, but he doesn't seem inordinately interested in the birds somehow.

The looks on their faces are priceless. :lol:

That is just toooo cute! And I have seen that look on my cats face's too many times to count. :lol2:

A friend wanted to lend us a dog training collar, as we have a puppy.

I think it's a bit on the big size for Clover.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...wCollar002.jpg

Good for training Clover not to run away....or stand up.:lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/100_0867.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/100_0866.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...100_0864sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/100_0861.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/100_0859.jpg

Happy Birthday Dotty
 

11 years yesterday, still rotten.
http://cellar.org/attachment.php?att...1&d=1089328815
OK what happened? I clicked insert image and it gives a link.

Damifino, but give Dotty my best. :birthday:

Oh, my Giant Schnauzer is Lula, she is eleven and nuts.
The delinquent, two-years-old, is Bhodi.

Some of you have seen her before.. but here's Alta
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/IMG_3777.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/whatadog.jpg


Buster
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/IMG_1863.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/IMG_1872.jpg

Don't let the pictures fool you, his personality is more like this guy
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/IMG_2085.jpg


and Pumpkin
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/IMG_0167.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/IMG_0229.jpg

Cute pets. :) What kind of dog is Atla? She is so pretty!
And Happy belated birthday to Dotty!

She is an American Eskimo with a smidge of Chow

Two New Additions to my Household
 

I have just adopted two 1 year old neutered male Singapuras. They both come from the same breeder and are related somewhere along the line.

I brought them home Friday night and we are beginning to settle down together. They are incredibly active, fast and inquisitive. In fact it's difficult to get the toys out of the box before they're on them!

Diz - first pic, with rounded head and large eyes - hasn't fully engaged with me yet. He spends most of his non play time curled up under my dining room table, where I set up a den with a faux fur throw, cardboard box and storage heater. He does allow me to stroke him, but cries every night at about 22.00. Am hoping we will get to know eachother better.

Dylan - second pic, pointy ears and face - seems happy to be with me already. He spends non play time on my lap if I'm watching tv or reading, and on my shoulder if I'm moving about. He will also play fetch 7 times out of 10 with a catnip mouse.

Am waiting for my cat tree to arrive and I should be able to get some better shots then.

Another close up, and one to show the body shape.