Month: March 2023
Dinosaur Head in Scotland Puts Locals Right Off Their Haggis
The residents of cheerful Cullen, Scotland, are in an uproar (no pun intended) over an apparently semi-toothless antiques dealer who propped a gigantic, psychedelically painted dinosaur-head on top of his store/home in an effort to “put a smile on people’s faces” and ostensibly sell the monstrosity to an interested buyer. Whull, the dude’s first mistake may have been rooted in any attempt to conjure … Read More Dinosaur Head in Scotland Puts Locals Right Off Their Haggis
Spring Breakers, YUM!
Great White Sharks pinging everywhere off the Florida coastlines as Spring Break rolls into high gear. What a buffet for the sharkies—and best of all the meat comes pre-marinated in all manner of sauces: Jack Daniels; tequila; Yukon Jack; maybe a bit of single-malt. And one would have to imagine that projectile vomit makes for ideal chum. Bon appetit, y’all! _________________ #GreatWhiteSharks #SpringBreak #Florida … Read More Spring Breakers, YUM!
Imagine the Scene Reversed
Juvenile Great White Shark goes home to Mom and Dad with a North Dakotan kid in its maw and exclaims “Guess what? Best day EVER!” All gallows humor aside, it must have been a thrill for this young guy to hook the fish of nightmares and unrivaled legend. That’s a tale he’ll be able to tell his grandkids and friends and fellow pub-goers for … Read More Imagine the Scene Reversed
55 Extra Great White Sharks Detected in Cape Cod Waters?
That seems a bit surprising. New England swimmers have got to be rather weathered, bitter, and full of gristle, even to the sharpest teeth. Then again, it is well-known that they make excellent chowder. Seafood is seafood. The great whites may be “on” to something. _______________ #GreatWhiteSharks #CapeCod #MarineBiology #NewEngland #YankeeCuisine #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum … Read More 55 Extra Great White Sharks Detected in Cape Cod Waters?
Yes, Yes, Scientists Have Been Publicizing This for Years …
… they didn’t just start spreading the word yesterday. We have been told for four or five years that orcas hunt smaller great white sharks to wrench the livers from their bellies and chow-down. What we DON’T know (yet) is whether killer whales enjoy these oily delicacies with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. Stay tuned?————————— #greatwhitesharks #orcas #liver #killerwhales #marinebiologist #oceanography #AuthorJonathanKieran … Read More Yes, Yes, Scientists Have Been Publicizing This for Years …
“Alabama Waters are Just as Likely for Our Purposes,” say the Great White Sharks
And no further proof is needed beyond this UNLIKELY humdinger of a fish tale. (Some enterprising troubadour needs to work a great white into a country song set in ‘Bama. STAT!) ———————- #GreatWhiteSharks #FishTales #RecordCatches #Alabama #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
Couldn’t They Have Fed It to the Crocodile in the Swimming Pool?
If you keep a zebra in Ohio, of all places, your should expect that zebra to get homesick for the Kalahari and possibly bite your arm off in a fit of pique. I get irascible when I go to Costco, sometimes, but I have yet to nibble at someone’s limb. It’s still early in the year, however, so give me time. ——————————— #Zebra #ZebraInOhio … Read More Couldn’t They Have Fed It to the Crocodile in the Swimming Pool?
The Shahk Luhked Thehh
… and it was all quite dramatic and breathless (and there was thrashing!) with the entire spectacle captured on camera by a drone and then of course it was seen to be a harmless and docile nurse shark. No one was eaten. Not even a nibble. #SoDisappointed ____________________ #SharkyWaters #MuchAdoAboutNada #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram … Read More The Shahk Luhked Thehh
The Jessi Colter Legacy Lives On Part I
I have written a fair amount about the OG Queen of the 1970s “Outlaw” musical movement—a paradigm-shift that changed the way sequins & satin-saturated Nashville did business and how its head honchos dealt with artists who refused to fit Music Row’s assembly-line approach to creativity. Though in hindsight Jessi Colter is far far FAR too often remembered as a figure akin to the mint … Read More The Jessi Colter Legacy Lives On Part I
Egyptian Tourism on the Upswing
THIS IS GOOD NEWS to those of us who treasure the ongoing preservation of ancient Egyptian monuments, the development of that nation’s crucial tourist-based economy, and the fortunes of dear friends actually living in Egypt and working as tour guides or archaeologists. The pandemic took almost all the wind out of the felluca’s sails, so to speak, but it seems things are getting back … Read More Egyptian Tourism on the Upswing
Great White Sharks? On the Beach in Pensacola?
Yeah, some anglers caught a juvenile great white shark and managed to reel it onto the beach. In Pensacola, of all places. But they were responsible fisherman and dragged it back into the ocean toute de suite. To accomplish this, I guess they must’ve grabbed it by the panhandle. 🥁 _________ #GreatWhiteShark #Pensacola #Florida #Fishing #OutdoorLifeMagazine #Anglers #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor … Read More Great White Sharks? On the Beach in Pensacola?
A King Should Always Stand Tall (Especially if that King is a Cobra)
Striking footage—no pun intended—has come to us from Asia featuring an appropriately majestic King Cobra rearing the front half of its formidable body six feet into the air so that it might enjoy a little survey of the surrounding terrain. It all makes for quite a sight, one that no hapless and unprepared living creature (save, perhaps, a hardy mongoose) would be thrilled to … Read More A King Should Always Stand Tall (Especially if that King is a Cobra)
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