Here Comes Peter Cottontail

2007-12-28 - 11:51 a.m.

Last night, I was walking the courses near the end of the evening and I saw movements on the lawn. I got a little bit closer and saw one of the wild rabbits jump up and land on something that was low to the ground. The animal he'd jumped on turned and ran a bit, then jumped on the rabbit. The other creature looked like it might have been a possum, and I was ready to break it up if I thought the rabbit was hurt.

Then long ears popped up on the other creature. I'd been watching two bunnies at play!

When they saw I was watching, they stopped and (I swear) started giving me the we-wasn't-doing-nothing look. I went back to walking, and wound up approaching them from the other side. They ate the grass and occasionally moved away from me, but they didn't take off (when I've seen more than one rabbit, only one will stand his ground a bit - the rest bolt). I was able to go past them without frightening them off completely, and (I presume) they went back to playing later on.

Nice to know the bunnies know how to relax after a hard day of sleeping.

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Then I came home and watched more Monkees on DVD. There's an episode called "Hillbilly Honeymoon" that had several familiar faces:

• Lou Antonio (Jud Weskitt, the hillbilly groom) later appeared in one of my favorite Star Trek episodes
  
• Melody Patterson (Elly Mae, the hillbilly bride), who had starred in F Troop
  
• and Billie Hayes (Maw Weskitt, the hillbilly matriarch), who later starred in this classic and this classic

To top it off, it's a fun Monkees episode, too. Usual stuff - a pretty girl falls madly in love with Davy Jones and hilarity ensues - but some good funny bits in there:

Jud: I'd appreciate it if you'd be m' best man...
Davy: Oh, that's a very nice gesture, Jud!
Jud: ...and lend me two bucks for the preacher.
Davy: TWO BUCKS?? How much is that in English money?
Jud: Seventeen pence, six shillings.
Davy: ...okay - I can manage that.

Mike also demonstrates his fine ability in playing another instrument - his nose. Don't ask.

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From Hud's blog come this promo picture for Alien vs. Predator.

Sca-ree stuff.

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Also from Hud, with a side trip to the You Can't Make This Stuff Up Dept.:

According to this article in the Baltimore Chronicle, AGW is a GOOD thing...because it will eventually kill conservatives.

No, I'm not kidding. And neither are they.

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I have lots of things to take care of today. And then, of course, the gig.

Be seeing you.

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