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Homicidalheathen

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  1. Watch the cove, if you still think its ok to trap and train big smart (I believe spiritually advanced fish) such as whales and dolphins after that...then...you have no heart. BTW there have been many 'shamu's' its just a name....they die all the time. Its like Lassie, there was more than one and the first wasn't even a boy dog.
  2. oh yah this is on here someplace already and I believe it was one of phee's favs we should have a list called phee's phaves lol
  3. Cumquats instead of kumquats... or after I have been with Kim...kimquats? heehee! how about cumsquats? that is what I would smell like.
  4. you should come visit us in the D someday when your on leave...good luck over there.

  5. If you have not seen it you should. And don't be a patron of Sea World. story follows: =================== ORLANDO, Fla. — A killer whale attacked and killed a trainer in front of a horrified audience at a SeaWorld show Wednesday, with witnesses saying the animal involved in two previous deaths dragged the trainer under and thrashed her around violently. Distraught audience members were hustled out of the stadium, and the park was immediately closed. Veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, was one of the park's most experienced. It wasn't clear if she drowned or died from the thrashing. SeaWorld spokesman Fred Jacobs confirmed the whale was Tilikum, one of three orcas blamed for killing a trainer who lost her balance and fell in the pool with them in 1991 at Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia. Tilikum was also involved in a 1999 death, when the body of a man who had sneaked by Orlando SeaWorld security was found draped over him. The man either jumped, fell or was pulled into the frigid water and died of hypothermia, though he was also bruised and scratched by Tilikum. A retired couple from Michigan told The Associated Press that Wednesday's killing happened as a noontime show was winding down, with some in the audience staying to watch the animals and trainers. Eldon Skaggs, 72, said Brancheau was on a platform with the whale and was massaging it. He said the interaction appeared leisurely and informal. Then, Skaggs said, the whale "pulled her under and started swimming around with her." Skaggs said an alarm sounded and staff rushed the audience out of the stadium as workers scrambled around with nets. Skaggs said he heard that during an earlier show the whale was not responding to directions. Others who attended the earlier show said the whale was behaving like an ornery child. The couple left and didn't find out until later that the trainer had died. "We were just a little bit stunned," said Skaggs' wife, Sue Nichols, 67. Another audience member, Victoria Biniak, told WKMG-TV the whale "took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around, and one of her shoes flew off." But Jim Solomons of the Orlando County Sheriff's Office said Brancheau slipped or fell into the whale's tank, which seemed to contradict Biniak's description. Authorities provided few immediate details. SeaWorld in San Diego also suspended its killer whale show after Brancheau's death. It is not clear if the killer whale show has been suspended at SeaWorld's San Antonio location, which is closed until the weekend. According to a profile of Brancheau in the Orlando Sentinel in 2006, she was one of SeaWorld Orlando's leading trainers. It was apparently a trip to SeaWorld at age 9 that made her want to follow that career path. "I remember walking down the aisle (of Shamu Stadium) and telling my mom, 'This is what I want to do,'" she said in the article. Brancheau worked her way into a leadership role at Shamu Stadium during her 12-year career with SeaWorld, starting at the Sea Lion & Otter Stadium before spending the past 10 years working with killer whales, the newspaper said. She also addressed the dangers of the job. "You can't put yourself in the water unless you trust them and they trust you," Brancheau said. Steve McCulloch, founder and program manager at the Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program at Harbor Branch/Florida Atlantic University, said the whale may have been playing, but it is too early to tell. "I wouldn't jump to conclusions," he said. "These are very large powerful marine mammals. They exhibit this type of behavior in the wild. "Nobody cares more about the animal than the trainer. It's just hard to fathom that this has happened." Mike Wald, a spokesman for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration office in Atlanta, said his agency had dispatched an investigator from Tampa. Wednesday's death was not the first attack on whale trainers at SeaWorld parks. In November 2006, a trainer was bitten and held underwater several times by a killer whale during a show at SeaWorld's San Diego park. The trainer, Kenneth Peters, escaped with a broken foot. The 17-foot orca that attacked him was the dominant female of SeaWorld San Diego's seven killer whales. She had attacked Peters two other times, in 1993 and 1999. In 2004, another whale at the company's San Antonio park tried to hit one of the trainers and attempted to bite him. He also escaped. In December, a whale drowned a trainer at a Spanish zoo. Then there was the July 1999 incident at the Orlando SeaWorld, when the body of a naked man was found draped over Tilikum. Daniel Dukes reportedly made his way past security and remained in the park after it had closed. Wearing only his underwear, he ended up in the frigid water of Tilikum's huge tank. An autopsy ruled that he died of hypothermia in the 50-degree water. But officials also said it appeared Tilikum bit the man and tore off his swimming trunks, likely believing he was a toy to play with. Dukes' parents filed a lawsuit against the park later that year but ended up withdrawing it. ___
  6. well lets see...now that I am completely weened off the adderral...and dont take sleeping pills.. horrible.... always laying awake then tired and can't concentrate during the day when is the part where this starts working and I can funtion? ~sigh~ glad I can get away with just cleaning a few houses cause I would be nodding off again if sitting behind a desk. If it were not for K I dont know what I would do right now guess he has earned the right to do those things he was doing with those people last night...
  7. Like, is everyone full of BS these days or what?? Like, my feet hurt from working sore. Like I am going to find one of these Dr Shohls foot mapping centers and get some new inserts...I hear those work really good and are much cheaper than prescription
  8. I love this one! It even has metal rings for chaining your victims to, on the tower!
  9. 'queen ann' houses http://architecture.about.com/od/housestyles/ig/Queen-Anne-Houses/Queen-Anne-With-Brick-Tower.htm
  10. http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ss/gothicrevival.htm
  11. Have inspected some of the merch and it really would pass...quality wise I am not sure these things didn't just...'fall off a truck'....label wise as well. And the prices are better than AJwright, except shipping of coarse. its better if you get people to order together and get the discounted wholesale prices. http://www.westoffer.com/ http://www.westoffer...GID=3&SUBID=156
  12. Johnny Depp to appear on '48 Hours' in defense of convicted killers the West Memphis Three
  13. sore...and sick of orange listerine...this stuff could be used in torture. Rinse, hold repeat...20 x....
  14. well it was, until 8 inches of snow was plopped... I went mud sledding the other day now I has snow! Yay! Mud sledding is quite messy btw
  15. tonight at the southfield public librarys meeting room... a real live forensic scientist talks. 7pm http://michiganmurde...ibrary-csi.html also: http://michiganmurdermayhem.blogspot.com/ michiganmurderandmayhem authors
  16. glad I am not the only one...I never go anymore...not at age 45...just not my bag. Love the term dgnerates thou...have to remember that.
  17. This coming Monday...watchit! Rob directs. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/02/22/2010-02-22_rob_zombie_talks_about_directing_darker_spookier_scarier_episode_of_cbs_csi_miam.html
  18. I still have a thing for much younger (does that make me a perv??) Rafael Nadal. mmmm he made mens most fit last year. I mean geez his knees are still perfect? HE is perfect. quote: Q. You spoke about your knees giving you trouble. How are you physically? Are you fine for right now at this stage? RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I'm perfect, yeah. ...of guys my age...Hugh Jackman....as wolverine or not.
  19. my right knee cap is now sliding around...I may be done for, for the day...damnit
  20. Had the snow blower take a crap, broke one shovel...and this one wont work...also he says 'its going to snow more so we gotta get busy...' no shit is that suppose to make me wanna work harder? thats why I take breaks on dgn...it motivates me...
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