Comments on: If the Mac Came Back

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:22:01 +0000

A little too late for a guess but I would of been wrong anyway. Oh well…

By: altadenahiker

altadenahiker — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:25:21 +0000

Stanley will take care of the, uh, monument.

By: Pasadena Adjacent

Pasadena Adjacent — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:26:19 +0000

Bears, Cats, McCain, coffee and jewlery oh my!

The scoop on poop (nod to Susan)

I found this rather large Pile on my way to Mount Lukens (Lukens was a friend of John Muir and it’s the highest mountain on the chain). I started out at Trash Tuesday #8 following the creek bed and made my way past where the Rim of the Valley trail hooked up with this fire road that I was on. A mile up from that point I found the big one. Since it had rained recently, I found no identifying tracks. My theory is that it’s three piles. To the right is scrawny coyote dung. A bear passed through and pooped on top of it. As a territorial gesture? I don’t know. The middle pile is void of hair while the top pile is loaded with it. Cougars are territorial and will poop on another’s poop to let you know. Want to hear a cougar purr? listen….
http://www.tdscats.com/wav_files/cougar_purring.wav
Bear poop
http://www.bear-tracker.com/blackbearscat.html
Cougar scat
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/1318/scat.html

Coyote, bear, cougar… my final answer

Queen V: Thanks for the very informative lecture of scat. Riviting! I hope grandmother’s good china was involved. I wrote the Museum of Jurasic Technology a letter suggesting the idea of presenting jewelry made from animal gallstones. Perhaps more interest would be afforded me if I suggested Coprolite.

Mary: (whisper) I know! it has been fun

Ms O Looney: you are a master of the spoken word. One is in the oven now

AH: I was forced to look up Civit.

Ms Debra: you provided my theory with evidence. Ms Debra is doing wonderful work in Oman. Some of the woman are showing great interest.

Susan: we’ll talk

By: susan c

susan c — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:53:34 +0000

So when are you going to give us the “scoop on poop.” I once pitched a book with that title and Tricycle Press was very interested. In the end (no pun intended) they passed (no pun intended again) because they couldn’t visualize how the book would look.

By: stuff for local artists

stuff for local artists — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:05:33 +0000

Artists– the Sunday Salon is one of the newer ventures we’ve established up here at the Gallery At The End Of The World.
part Art Show / part Workshop & Networking Event, the Sunday Salon is designed for artists to come up, show their work, hang out with other artists and swap info about techniques, tactics, other upcoming arts events, etc. In addition to all the GATEotw’s regular artists, we also invite ALL artists to be a part. It’s a fun introduction to the Gallery At The End Of The World universe. We also invite a select list of art lovers, collectors, gallery owners, interior designers, appraisers, etc, so that you can actually SELL your work at the salon, too, and/or get picked up for additional shows at some of the other galleries we work with.

TO SHOW ART AT THE SUNDAY SALON:
-next salon is Sunday, NOVEMBER 23rd, 12noon-dusk
-show up at 11am with the work you intend to show; make sure it is ready to hang; the gallery can provide hammer, nails, screws, and other wall hardware
-$20 co-op fee to reserve display space for the day, plus 20% of sales to the gallery (co-op fee helps pay for cashier, security, catering, vino, etc)
-our friendly cashier will handle all sales transactions for you; all sales proceeds will be waiting in an envelope for you at the end of the day

hens teeth art collective is also having an exhibit November 8th at hens teeth square in altaden featuring one of our resident artists johnny fox, see the attached flyer for details!

please try and come out to show your support!

GATEow

By: Debra Erickson

Debra Erickson — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:54:01 +0000

I found this: “Cougars will deposit their scat in the middle of trails and dirt roads as a territorial marking. They will sometimes scrape together a pile of debris and urinate or defecate on it. This is another form of territorial marking.”
Cougar, be careful

Debra Erickson
Executive Director
Kerzner Marine Foundation
http://www.kerznermarinefoundation.org

By: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:49:42 +0000

My favorite news quote on election night:
“We’ve handed Obama a manure sandwich….now what’s he going to do with it?”

By: Miss Havisham

Miss Havisham — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:52:30 +0000

Good to the last droppings.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:16:10 +0000

what a cool cool week.
Just when I was ready to give up on the US electorate.
Wow, the energy around American politics information/communication has shifted dramatically.
I just hope this smarter trend lasts for a while.
It’s been great talking election season on the trail with you, since I’ve avoided talking about it in most public settings–

By: altadenahiker

altadenahiker — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:50:38 +0000

Hmmm, my next tile. After I finish my cup of civet coffee.