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“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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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Another Fish Tale
Look, it’s exciting to see a Great White Shark of any size cruising alongside one’s seaworthy vessel, but there is a tendency (as with everything, these days) to exaggerate to the point of … well, gross exaggeration. The white shark…
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There Are Grains of Truth (and Sometimes Chunks of an Altar) in Every Folktale
The remnants of a 2nd Century CE Roman shrine have been discovered beneath the site of St. Martin’s Cathedral in Leicester, England, confirming centuries of “folktale” tradition. Just goes to show you: memories linger in continuous societies. ___________________________ #Archaeology #Leicester…
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Grease-Fires are Too Merciful for these Art Murderers
“Sensitivity readers” my ass. You’re Orwellian devils. If you ever meet me and tell me that you are a “sensitivity reader,” prepare to make tracks. ___________________ #YesItIsExactlyThat #Orwell #LatePhases #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho…
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