Author: Jonathan Kieran
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Tiny Gelatinous Murderers
Australians generally refer to the constellation of species comprised of extremely dangerous coastal jellyfish as “marine stingers” or “sea wasps”. Their more common designations are Box Jellyfish (for the larger, blobbier kind) and Irukandji, for the minuscule gobs of gelatinous…
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Mind Those Kiwis
Imagine going out to pick a nice kiwi and finding one of THESE camped out for a snack. —————————————— #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram
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Rah! Rah! Sis-Boom-Bah! It’s ‘23 and I’m in Awe. (Not Really)
But Newsweek is in awe of this dude who takes risky “up close & personal” portraits of great white sharks, their toothy gullets exposed to the hilt. The guy says he’ll “never get eaten.” I wonder what might have been…
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Bathe with a Holy Goat Amid the Ruins
The sandstone temple of the ram-headed fertility god, Khnum, remains one of the most enigmatic archaeological sites hailing from the sultry days of ancient Egypt. It’s still a large and splendid monument, but severely truncated: only the hypostyle hall of…
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If One is Ready to Brave the Elements of Los Angeles …
… one should reward one’s self with the best dim sum around. HERE are the most vaunted dim sum destinations according to the folks at TimeOut. Spear that dumpling! ___________________________________#dimsum #LosAngeles #TimeOut #cuisine #culinarydestinations #JonathanKieran #dimsumrestaurants #JonathanKieranWriter #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranIllustrator #JonathanKieranArtist…
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Dive Into a Cintra Wilson Ocean and Swim Like a Happy Dolphin
Cintra Wilson has long been one of America’s premier pop-culture/political commentators and possibly our most scintillating contemporary wordsmith. Her books (A Massive Swelling, Colors Insulting to Nature, Fear and Clothing, etc.) are cult-legendary, as are her longstanding columns and essays…
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Improve Your Smile, Crocodile
I completely understand this massive Australian saltwater crocodile’s sudden distress and displeasure. The dentist probably tried to “upsell” him on unnecessary deep-cleanings, ludicrous pocket-measurements, superfluous root-canals, ceramic implants, and an abundance of costly X-Rays. And all this after first pawning…
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At Work For The Duration
Be not bewildered or bemused if most of what I post for the next year is largely trivial and comprised of succinct odds and ends. Lists have been made, revised, reconfigured, and condensed. Social life shall cease to exist for…
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Things We Need Not Know
I well remember this great white shark attack in Morro Bay last year at Christmas, but no one needed to learn particularly gruesome details about the poor man’s demise a year later. The “press” is weird, to put things mildly.…
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Merry Christmas …
… to those who revere the ancient holy day and fondest Seasons Greetings to those who celebrate other events and moments of significance to their peoples, traditions, and histories. __________________________________________________ #Christmas #MerryChristmas #HappyHanukkah #HappyKwanza #HappyRamadan #HappySolstice #JonathanKieran #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranWriter #JonathanKieranIllustrator…
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