This is how you should pamper your significant OTHER (not OTTER): you keep him, or her, or the intersex person (formerly labeled as true hermaphrodite), in the palm of your hand, figuratively. Like a baby hedgehog, or like a mini-piglet. If you neglect your OTHER, it may turn into a spiny HEDGEHOG that won't hedge your funds. Or into a HOG that will hog your funds. Lovely maxicard from UK - say Awww...

http://www.dailycute.net/

Pamper, or neglect? The choice is yours. The aftermath, too.

Actions have consequences, and so do inactions.

Don't turn your OTHER into The Last Inaction Hero!

What! You don't want a piece of the action?

Choose "In ACTION", rather than "INACTION".

Don't leave your OTHER to be either "palmless", or empty-handed, because they will ...put something in that hand, whatever that means...

Life... a hands-on experience.

What's in YOUR palm?

"A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. 

There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand (by introduction). 

There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas (although fossils of at least four extinct species were discovered in South America). 

Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (order Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link, and have changed little over the last 15 million years.^[2] 

Like many of the first mammals they have adapted to a nocturnal, insectivorous way of life.

The name 'hedgehog' came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English'heyghoge', from 'heyg', 'hegge' = hedge, because it frequents hedgerows, and 'hoge', 'hogge' = hog, from its piglike snout.^[3] 

Other names include 'urchin', 'hedgepig' and 'furze-pig' ."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog

Put enthusiasm in everything you do.

Sucking with enthusiasm - look at the hind legs of this piglet below. One leg appears to be lifted, in the thrust for his "Got milk?" quest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sow_with_piglet.jpg

"A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. 

Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives. 

Pigs are omnivores and are highly social and intelligent animals."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig

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Happy Pink Saturday! (still open on Sunday!)

^{Please visit "Pretty in pink"/ "Show us your pink" [objects, that is :)] meme here:}

^{http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/}

Cool site I found! [long time ago, like in 2005, for God's sake!] :) Here's a link that gets you 15% off your order

"Hey! I thought of [EVERYBODY :) ] when I was browsing this site today. 

It's called Zazzle, and it has lots of cool custom stuff that I thought you would like. 

Here's a link that gets you 15% off your order:  http://www.zazzle.com/?pm=REFERAFRIEND&rf=238693463283865848&emc=emc_0707_referAFriend_referral

You can make your own stuff, too.  

Just click on 'create'."

Is this proof enough that I REALLY like Zazzle? :)

Maximaphily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maximaphily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BBC News - Space shuttle Atlantis in historic final lift-off. Also, I show you images and cool facts about that. Also, 2 maximum cards: with Space Shuttles Atlantis and Discovery (I can find a maxicard related to ANY subject; if not, I will MAKE IT relate, more or less subtly)

"English: This image features the space shuttle Atlantis's cabin and forward cargo bay and part of the International Space Station while the two spacecraft remain docked, during STS-132's flight day four extravehicular activity of astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen (both out of frame). Though three sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) will involve only three astronauts (two on each occasion) who actually leave the shirt-sleeve environments of the two docked spacecraft, all twelve astronauts and cosmonauts on the two combined crews have roles in supporting the EVA work."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-132_Atlantis_at_ISS_1.jpg

Atlantis OV-104
Atlantis launching STS-122 mission to dock with the International Space Station.
OV designation	OV-104
Country	United States
Contract award	29 January 1979
Named after	RV Atlantis
Status	Active
First flight	STS-51-J 3–7 October 1985
Last flight	STS-135 8- 20 July 2011
Number of missions	32
Crews	191
Time spent in space	293 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes, 37 seconds as of STS-132
Number of orbits	4,648
Distance travelled	120,650,907 miles (194,168,813 km) as of STS-132[1]
Satellites deployed	14
Mirdockings	7
ISSdockings	11

"The Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is the last active Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States.^[2] The Atlantis was the fourth operational (and the next-to-the-last) Space Shuttle to be constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern California, and it was delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida in April 1985.^[3][4] Atlantis is the only orbiter which lacks the ability to draw power from the International Space Station while docked there; it must continue to provide its own power through fuel cells.^[5]

Atlantis is nearing retirement, its last scheduled mission is STS-135, the last flight before the Shuttle program ends."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis

BBC News - Space shuttle Atlantis in historic final lift-off

The above postcard shows the Discovery Space Shuttle, not Atlantis, but hey!...

The stamp has a generic shuttle, unless some NASA expert begs to differ...or just differs.

The maxicard below has a stamp with the Discovery, but the postcard really shows the Atlantis!

See, you can't always have on hand, in due time for postmarking, the right stamp and the right postcard.

You just do your best, between the perfect TRIFECTA and the perfect DEFECTA, so to speak...:)

Trifecta: "It is also used to describe a situation when three elements come together at the same time."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifecta

I have created this maxicard with the postcard that I bought upon visiting this:

"The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world.^[2] 

It was established in 1976. Located in Washington, D.C., United States, it is a center for research into the history and science of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics.^[2] Almost all space and aircraft on display are originals or backups to the originals. 

It is the second-most popular^[3] of the Smithsonian museums and operates an annex, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, at Dulles International Airport. 

The museum currently conducts restoration of its collection at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility in Suitland, Maryland."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum_(United_States)

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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!

Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).

Wonder Woman - Comic Cover Postage Stamp from Zazzle.com. No, it's not my design ("then God created the woman"). I am just showing you the possibilities at Zazzle

Wonder Woman Comic Cover Postage Stamp from Zazzle.com

In case that your vision is obscured by too much hair, 

let me tell you: 

it says "Wonder Woman", behind her.

The initials DC do NOT refer to my name.

For y'all non-anglophones out there: COMIC does not mean here that it's FUNNY.

Don't you laugh!

It means that it's about a COMIC(S) BOOK.

Drawings, with text.

If anybody wants to buy this, it can be customized, or bought as is.

You could add text, like...

"Yeah, but can she cook?"

or "My girlfriend is even better!" [oh, really?]

or "My wife has shoes...just as red!"

or "Our housemaid does wonders, in-house."

or "That's my Tinkerbell on steroids!"

or "Her knee kick will give you a...knee-jerk reaction?"

or...whatever.

More gifts from Wonder Woman store at Zazzle:
http://www.zazzle.com/wonderwoman?rf=238693463283865848

Why The Facebook-Microsoft Alliance Should Worry Google | Fast Company. Also, I show you a non-Mozart WOLFGANG - dorincard from USA, made with a folded card

Why The Facebook-Microsoft Alliance Should Worry Google | Fast Company

A gang of four?

A gang is never fixed or reliable, except short-term.

Alliances and rivalries are always changing.

Just look how many foes of USA were once "friendlies", or "independent contractors" of CIA, etc.

Saddam, Gaddafi, OBL...

Conversely, many old foes are now (for how long?) rather "friendly".

UK, Japan, Germany...

"Among wolves, you howl like them."

WOLF GANG...no, it's not Mozart. It's WOLPACK.

Yes, that's my own design of zazzle customized postage (personalized stamp).

Why is the postmark upside-down?

"Iron know, iron care...I just work here, at the post office." - was that the line of thinking? :)

Anyway, now it's an EFO ("errors, freaks and oddities"), right? :)

Mark Zuckerberg, Nonplussed By Google, Sets Facebook's New Course | Fast Company. Also, I show you a maxicard from Romania, with what YOU should NEVER become!

Mark Zuckerberg, Nonplussed By Google, Sets Facebook's New Course | Fast Company

Everybody should do his or her best to adapt, to change course as necessary.

You DON'T want to become a dinosaur of your environment...about 65 million years ago. 

Extinct.

BBC News - Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear 'kills hiker'. Also, I show you maximum cards from USA (Alaska) and Romania with The Grizzly Bear. Guess what animal is NOT afraid to attack a Grizzly Bear?

Read and be careful while trespassing wildlife habitats: BBC News - Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear 'kills hiker'

Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park (Ursus arctos horribilis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grizzly_Bear_Yellowstone.jpg

"The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear (Ursus arctos) that generally lives in the uplands of western North America. 

This subspecies is thought to descend from Ussuri brown bears which crossed to Alaska from eastern Russia 100,000 years ago, though they did not move south until 13,000 years ago.^[1]

Grizzlies are normally solitary, active animals, but in coastal areas, the grizzly congregates alongside streams, lakes, rivers, and ponds during the salmon spawn. 

Every other year, females (sows) produce one to four young (commonly two) which are small and weigh only about 500 grams (1 lb). 

A sow is protective of her offspring and will attack if she thinks she or her cubs are threatened."

Name one ferocious animal species who has the nerve/guts/balls to attack/harass a powerful and grisly grizzly bear.

?

?

?

"Coyotes, foxes, and wolverines are generally regarded as pests to the grizzlies rather than competition, though coyotes and wolverines may compete for smaller prey, such as rabbits and deer. 

All three will try to scavenge whatever they can from the bears. Wolverines are aggressive enough to occasionally persist until the bear finishes eating, leaving more than normal scraps for the smaller animal."

                                                                                         Wolverine on rocky terrain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wolverine_on_rock.jpg

"Conflicts with humans

Grizzlies are considered by some experts to be the most aggressive bears^{[citation needed]} even by the standards of brown bears.^[28]Aggressive behavior in grizzly bears is favored by numerous selection variables. Unlike the smaller black bears, adult grizzlies are too large to escape danger by climbing trees, so they respond to danger by standing their ground and warding off their attackers. Increased aggressiveness also assists female grizzlies in better ensuring the survival of their young to reproductive age.^[29] Mothers defending cubs are the most prone to attacking, being responsible for 70% of fatal injuries to humans.^[30] Historically, bears have competed with other large predators for food, which also favors increased aggression.

Campers are warned to hang food, garbage, and toiletries out of reach of bears, or to use a secure bear cache.

Grizzly bears normally avoid contact with people. In spite of their obvious physical advantages and many opportunities, they almost never view humans as prey; bears rarely actively hunt humans.^[31] Most grizzly bear attacks result from a bear that has been surprised at very close range, especially if it has a supply of food to protect, or female grizzlies protecting their offspring. In such situations, property may be damaged and the bear may physically harm the person.^[32]

Exacerbating this is the fact that intensive human use of grizzly habitat coincides with the seasonal movement of grizzly bears.^[32] An example of this spatiotemporal intersection occurs during the fall season: grizzly bears congregate near streams to feed on salmon when anglers are also intensively using the river. Some grizzly bears appear to have learned to home in on the sound of hunters' gunshots in late fall as a source of potential food, and inattentive hunters have been attacked by bears trying to appropriate their kills.^{[citation needed]}

Increased human-bear interaction has created "problem bears", which are bears that have become adapted to human activities or habitat.^[33] Aversive conditioning, a method involving using deterrents such as rubber bullets, foul-tasting chemicals or acoustic devices to teach bears to associate humans with negative experiences, is ineffectual when bears have already learned to positively associate humans with food.^[34] Such bears are translocated or killed because they pose a threat to humans. The B.C. government kills approximately 50 problem bears each year^[34]and overall spends more than one million dollars annually to address bear complaints, relocate bears and kill them.^[34]

For back-country campers, hanging food between trees at a height unreachable to bears is a common procedure, although some grizzlies can climb and reach hanging food in other ways. An alternative to hanging food is to use a bear canister.^[35]

Traveling in groups of six or more can significantly reduce the chance of bear-related injuries while hiking in bear country.^[36]"

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bear}

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Look at the maxicard from Romania, above.

Do you see a heart-shaped stone, between the front paws?

No, that doesn't mean that somebody has a stone-cold heart...:)

Please visit and join The Guest Heart Thursday meme!

http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/

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