I recently returned from a trip to Omaha to visit my brother and his family. Any excuse to see my beautiful nieces. Omaha is a very nice city. I mean, I would never leave St. Louis. But its not a bad place to live, as long as you don't mind a few feet of snow every winter.
While I was there I had the opportunity to visit Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (http://www.omahazoo.com). The highlight of my visit to the zoo (besides the fact that my brother paid my admission) was a visit to the Shark Tank. That's right. Omaha has sharks. In a tank. That you walk through.
I think my brother deliberately did not tell me what an experience at the zoo's aquarium would be like. I wasn't expecting to turn a corner and suddenly be just feet away from sharks, manta rays, and a very brave sea turtle. The thing that surprised me most, was that these creatures took my breath away with their beauty. I would never have used the words beautiful and great white in the same sentence before, but there is no other way to describe the experience. These perfect killing machines were swimming just feet away and they were beautiful. This is a creature so perfect that it hasn't needed to evolve in millions of years
So yeah, it was cool.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Friday, June 03, 2005
Ninjas
From http://www.fox2ktvi.com/
MEN DRESSED AS NINJAS ROB SOUTH ST. LOUIS STORE
A daring robbery by men dressed as ninja's early Thursday morning at a south St. Louis Walgreen's is caught on tape. It happened about 2:15am at the Walgreens at South Broadway and Gasconade. Police say four robbers wearing black hoods and gloves stormed the store. One was armed with a shotgun. One held the manager at gunpoint, while the others went from register to register stealing drawers full of money. About 15 minutes later, a 9-1-1 call sent police to an alleyway less than a mile away. Officers found the cash drawers inside a dumpster, but the money was gone and so were the crooks. No one was hurt and the entire crime was captured on the store's video security system. Police will use that to try and identify the suspects.
Finally, I say. Ninja assassins bring their reign on terror in our fair city. However, I'm a little concerned that we are dealing with pseudo-ninjas. I mean, if the store was covered with throwing stars, or there were katana slices in the registers, then I would would say 100% pure ninja. But I don't think real ninjas use shotguns.
MEN DRESSED AS NINJAS ROB SOUTH ST. LOUIS STORE
A daring robbery by men dressed as ninja's early Thursday morning at a south St. Louis Walgreen's is caught on tape. It happened about 2:15am at the Walgreens at South Broadway and Gasconade. Police say four robbers wearing black hoods and gloves stormed the store. One was armed with a shotgun. One held the manager at gunpoint, while the others went from register to register stealing drawers full of money. About 15 minutes later, a 9-1-1 call sent police to an alleyway less than a mile away. Officers found the cash drawers inside a dumpster, but the money was gone and so were the crooks. No one was hurt and the entire crime was captured on the store's video security system. Police will use that to try and identify the suspects.
Finally, I say. Ninja assassins bring their reign on terror in our fair city. However, I'm a little concerned that we are dealing with pseudo-ninjas. I mean, if the store was covered with throwing stars, or there were katana slices in the registers, then I would would say 100% pure ninja. But I don't think real ninjas use shotguns.
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