July 17, 2008


Dear Clusterflock

sweet girl pets possum. he's about to bite her, or maybe he's just yawning?
What’s keeping you going today? For me, it’s this delicious photo.

posted by Amy Mabli in animals, dear clusterflock, nature, odd 

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22 Responses to “Dear Clusterflock”

  1. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Amy, that is right up there with the rat my friend Lee mailed me in a pretty pink box! (That rat has kept me going now for days.)

  2. Amy Mabli on July 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    Ah, that’s sweet.

  3. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    A couple of rat shots may be found here.

  4. Amy Mabli on July 17th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Rat: a girl’s best friend.

  5. juju pongo on July 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Yipes!
    funny how dem possums be so cute when they young
    http://danteoblimov.blogspot.com/2008/07/weekend-in-el-dorado-county.html
    and so repellent when older…

  6. Deron Bauman on July 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    I’m looking for the right words. that scares the tits right off me.

  7. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    Deron, how about “David Cronenberg”?

  8. Deron Bauman on July 17th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    I still don’t feel better.

  9. Andrew Simone on July 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Today, it is playing with the greatest gadget ever made. How did I not get the first generation.

  10. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Andrew’s having fun. Deron’s feeling funny in his tummy.

  11. Brandon Hobson on July 17th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    I have a terrible rat phobia. I have nightmares of them, sometimes. You’ve given me the willies.

  12. Brandon Hobson on July 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Sheila: I don’t know why I clicked on your rat photos when I knew I would shiver.

  13. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    Fascination of the abomination. Or something like that. I have been struggling all day long not to look at those walking catfish again.

  14. Amy Mabli on July 17th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    Well, this photo makes me feel funny in my tummy in a good way. He’s adorable, like a Muppet.

    And I don’t he’s going to bite her, I think he’s yawning. It’s tiresome dealing with kids.

  15. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    I agree, Amy. He’s yawning. If he were agitated, he would be blowing spit bubbles as a prelude to falling into a coma.

  16. Brandon Hobson on July 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    If I saw that live, in person, I think I would scream. I’m sure my scream would sound vaguely female.

  17. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    The first time I saw it live, in person, Brandon, I realized in a blinding flash that I No Longer Lived in Chicago — because in addition to seeing the possum spit bubble routine, I saw myself standing out on the front porch in the dark on a spring night there in the back of the back of beyond and I heard myself admonishing my cat, “Lena! Quit bothering that possum this instant!”

  18. Sheila Ryan on July 17th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    At first I thought that by “that” you meant Bette Midler’s tete-a-tete with Emmett Kelly. Now that would have sent me screaming.

  19. Cindy Scroggins on July 18th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Deron’s scared titless.

  20. Aaron Winslow on July 18th, 2008 at 9:48 am

    I assumed that that possum’s stuffed.

  21. Deron Bauman on July 18th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    that’s what she said.

  22. Sheila Ryan on July 18th, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Forcemeat- or bread-based stuffing?

    (I believe possums are omnivorous.)

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