October 10
Day 2 of the great camp-off and no one is happy. Amy’s not happy, Ava’s not happy, so no one is happy. Well, there might be some happy folks in Canada but that’s about it. Oh, and puppies, puppies are happy. Pharrell Williams is happy, everyone knows that so it hardly counts. But the Sisters are unhappy, make no mistake. These tidbits did make us smile. We smiled but we did not laugh, there was no laughing because we’re – say it with us – unhappy.
1. International Smuggling Rings. The Detroit Zoo is caring for 1,007 tiny turtles that were confiscated by officials in the airport. The poor little things were crammed into empty cereal boxes, rubber snow boots, and, confusingly, into a Canadian man’s pants. Yes, his pants. Now what the hell made him consider stuffing them into his pants? How does one walk with upwards of 500 turtles in your pants? We’re guessing they wiggle, at least a little bit. Ok, let’s get passed this bad decision and circled back to the beginning. This guy was arrested as part of an international smuggling ring. Really? How huge is the turtle black market in Canada? How much
does this pay? The Sisters are getting laid off and we’re looking for a lucrative option.
2. Baby bear rescues. Two bear cubs were rescued from inside a tree. People heard them crying and finally saw their little snouts sticking out of a hole in a cottonwood tree. We have all kinds of visions of Winnie the Pooh and a pesky bee hive. While the Department of National Resources was figuring out how to cut the babies from the tree, a super nice lady fed them watermelon so they wouldn’t get dehydrated. Sigh. We never have anything fun like that happen
to us. We have crappy jobs.
3. Maybe just pesky. We understand that sometimes animals out in the wild, doing their thing, can cause humans hardship. Except we’d love to be inconvenienced by an animal. Take beavers. We’d love to take a beaver. Apparently they cause trouble with irrigation canals sometimes flooding homes in the Washington state area. That does sound irksome, no matter how cute and fuzzy beavers are. That doesn’t mean we wouldn’t want to touch one. We have a problem with touching. This latest band of beavers are getting a reprieve. They’re calling them nuisance beavers and they’re relocating them to do their “pesky” work where it’s needed.
4. The Book With No Pictures. We’ve told you we love The Office. It’s so exquisitely uncomfortable. It’s genius, and one of the reasons it’s so brilliant is B.J. Novak. He was a writer, producer and actor on the show, playing Ryan the temp. Turns out, he’s also a writer of books. His latest is a children’s book called The Book With No Pictures. It’s a delightful mess of funny sentences and jokes the reader is forced to say aloud. It makes
us wish our kids were smaller and not busy reading on their own anymore.
5. Camping. As much as we don’t like camping, after all, it happens outside in the outdoors alfresco in the open air, Amy does love being with her family. It certainly makes for a blog or two and causes lots of texts about watching for bigfoot, injuries, and whining. Have fun Bright family, we miss you!
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